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AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THE privatisation of electricity sales in South Africa is about to be taken. The process the government has embarked on is in effect a privatisation of sales, as in any privatisation of public property. Private investments have to produce a steady...
27TH FEBRUARY 2019, THE Cabinet of South Africa approved the National Action Plan to Combat Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (NAP). The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ) launched the NAP on 25th March 2019. Its...
THE PERSISTENT PREVALENCE OF xenophobic attitudes within the working class is no surprise. Nor is the emergence in many townships of Operation Dudula, an openly reactionary and right-wing organisation. Equally unsurprising is the resonance of Operation Dudula in...
THE WATER CRISIS IN NELSON Mandela Bay is getting worse. Already, Churchill Dam has reached 0%. Meanwhile, the council is fighting over who should be the City Manager and is using rate payers’ money for lawsuits. They debate who should run the city and lead the...
THE SRI LANKAN catastrophe persists with no signs of respite. The terrible economic crisis has sparked an unprecedented mass protest that started after the Sri Lankan government defaulted on its external debt obligations in April 2022. The previous Prime Minister,...
ON 18TH MARCH 2022, THREE days before Human Rights Day, Judge Patricia Goliath delivered a ground-breaking judgement. It confirmed that economic benefits can never outweigh the cultural and heritage rights of indigenous people. The judgement concerned a unique and...
Interview with Thapelo Mohapi, General Secretary of Abahlali baseMjondolo. Thapelo Mohapi: Abahlali is based in Durban, and that’s where our headquarters are. But we organise in four other provinces. The movement, of course, has grown. The latest statistic was...
Interview with Amcu President, Joseph Mathunjwa Amandla!: Amcu has conclude a three-year agreement with Sibanye-Stillwater Gold after a gruelling strike. What were the gains for gold workers and what were the main lessons you take from the strike? Joseph Mathunjwa:...
THE STUDENT UPRISING OF 1976 was a pivotal moment in the liberation movement against apartheid. For the first time high school students en masse across the country mobilised against Bantu Education and apartheid. The march by thousands of students and subsequent...