The poor and working class have long been denied a seat at the table, despite holding valid, urgent solutions.
Why We are Here: Statement on the National Dialogue from Civil Society Groups
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Reject inflation targeting: create jobs
South Africa’s current inflation targeting regime, rooted in a liberalised financial framework, has failed to address the country’s core development challenges.
Gwede Mantashe’s proposed changes to the MPRDA: A new chapter for South Africa’s mining and petroleum industries
The Minerals Council does not want to be forced to engage with communities despite the appalling record of failure of voluntary Social and Labour Plans over the entire post-apartheid period.
Free State – a province in crisis, and Botshabelo – the symbol of broken promises
Botshabelo, and the Free State at large, deserve better than bucket toilets, fake RDP houses, and broken infrastructure.
The Mirage of a Palestinian State
More countries recognizing a hypothetical entity called “State of Palestine” is symbolically positive. But under the present conditions, it can’t be more than a renewed version of the vast prison within which the Zionist state confines the Palestinian people in the 1967-occupied territories.
The Cost of Coltan: Review of Jean-Gabriel Leynaud’s film Of Mud and Blood
Set in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Of Mud and Blood revolves around the lives of diggers and miners in mineral-rich Numbi, a rural valley with mixed settlements and dirt roads beside an expanse of mountains.
The Age of Fanon, 1
Frantz Fanon would have been 100 years old this year, a cause for sombre commemorations at a time when his words feel prophetic and empowering, yet devastating at the same time.
Towards Disaster
The recent conflict between India and Pakistan follows decades of tension, periodically erupting into violence, over the disputed status of Kashmir.
Violence Against Boys and Men
As a society, we have to incorporate into our collective consciousness and violence prevention efforts that males make up a larger percentage of victims of violence.