As the 2014 elections approach and the ANC continues to weaken under Zuma's leadership a host of new political parties and formations, from Agang to WASP, are beginning to enter the political scene from. The latest emerge is the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) led by...
ANCYL
Activists speak
Amandla! interviewed 3 youth activists on the meaning of June 16th Mntuwoxolo Ngudle, student at CPUT. YCL / ANCYL / ANC / SACP / SASCO Peter Tsholo, Free State. Progressive Youth Movement Wendy Tsotetsi, Gauteng, Youth Agricultural Ambassadors (YAA), ANC Amandla!...
Crony Capitalism 2.0 and the Wretched of South Africa by | Patrick Bond
Do Pretoria and Johannesburg deserve the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah, cities along the ancient Jordan River which were, according to The Book of Genesis, consumed by fire and brimstone as punishment for sinful hedonism? Etymologically, Sodom – today just a salt pan at...
Malema’s disciplinary: What will happen now? To soon to write the youth leader’s obituary | by Amandla! Editorial staff
Anyone interested in South Africa will be asking: What is the political future of Malema if he does not appeal his five-year suspension from the ANC? What is the future of the ANC Youth League, and what is the future of the ANC?‘A week is a long time in politics,’...
AMANDLA ISSUE 21 | EDITORIAL
AMANDLA ISSUE 21 | EDITORIAL :We face a deepening crisis. Mining, manufacturing and agriculture, key employments sectors of the South African economy, have declined dramatically, almost certainly condemning many more thousands of people to the unemployment scrapheap....
Cosatu: Nationalisation Talks Crucial
14 September 2010Johannesburg - The nationalisation of mines debate started "wrongly" and in the "wrong place", Congress of SA Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said in Johannesburg on Tuesday."It has been narrowed... it does an injustice to an otherwise...
Cronin: Narrow BEE a Setback for Mining
7 September 2010The narrow black economic empowerment focus has "set back" South Africa's critical mining sector, SA Communist Party deputy general secretary Jeremy Cronin said on Tuesday. "The big nationalisation has already happened and it was nationalisation of the...
The Politics of the National Youth Development Agency Bill
By Anele MbiOn 17 and 18 November the Ad Hoc Committee on National Youth Development Agency hosted public hearings at Parliament in Cape Town. There are major concerns regarding the involvement and consultation of young people in establishing this new Agency. This is...


