Economic liberation is essential to begin addressing South Africa’s social crisis.
The state of the nation’s economy
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Austerity
17,000 households deliberately deprived of water
Amandla! Interviewed Nqobile Ndima, an activist in the struggle for water in Phumlamqashi informal settlement near Lenasia, in Gauteng.
Budgets shape societies: the risk to our schools
The government’s political choices are weakening public schools and creating space for private actors to step in. This has concerning implications for equity and democratic control.
Stop the march of the right-wing
If the right-wing forces in South Africa and globally continue to grow, we face a dark future.
Beyond the script: Why the State of the Nation needs a rupture, not reform
South Africa does not lack wealth. It lacks power in the hands of the majority.
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.
The National Dialogue: crisis, opportunity, and the challenge for the Left
The National Dialogue is incapable of addressing the structural roots of inequality, unemployment and state collapse.
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.
Poisoned by policy: why South Africa keeps getting sicker
South Africa is indeed a sick patient. But neoliberalism is not the cure. It is the disease.