The feature in this issue focuses on the rise of the right and the challenge for the Left to resist.
Can The Right Be Stopped?
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COP 30: entrenching the crisis of climate politics
COP30 summit in Belém was a failure that highlighted the growing chasm between international climate policy and the reality of a warming world.
Grants for the rich: The personal is political with tax
There is a government “grant” being awarded to some of the most privileged individuals in the country.
Ramaphosa, the G20 and the Empty Promise of a Just Transition
A just transition for Africa cannot be led by mining billionaires and presidents who answer to capital.
Free electricity for the poor and cost recovery for the rest
Universal access to electricity is essential for equitable development but physical access alone doesn’t deliver comprehensive development benefits.
Unemployment is exceptionally high — even if elites are trying to pretend otherwise
South Africa doesn’t have a “statistical-error” unemployment crisis; it has a jobs crisis.
The Betrayal of Mandela’s Apartheid Liberation Movement
Although Nelson Mandela’s presidency fostered hope for a permanent end to the woes of the apartheid era, South Africa’s non-white population have come to realise that they are still under an oppressive regime—but this time, at the mercy of the country’s ultra-rich and ownership class.
Consultants and the climate con: management consultants are gobbling up scarce climate finance
Private consulting firms see energy and climate consulting as the new frontier for profit-making.
The EU’s ‘Investment Package’ isn’t Aid — It’s guaranteed profit for private capital
Reindustrialising South Africa demands strategic public investment, democratic control of finance, and a renewed commitment to productive transformation.