President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address was an exercise in spin. The claim that South Africa is on a path to recovery contradicts a harsh and worsening reality.
The crisis of a nation betrayed
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Black Capitalists
PERSPECTIVES FOR THE LEFT
There have been moments when opportunities for a revival of the socialist Left looked promising. The late 1990s saw the flourishing of a range of social justice struggles, which began to pose a challenge to the ANC government’s shift to neoliberalism.
CORRUPTION IS A CLASS PROJECT
The struggle against austerity, against wage cuts and retrenchments in the public sector, and the struggle against corruption are intimately linked. They provide the bridge for building the necessary worker / community alliance.
RESTORE PUBLIC SERVICE TO STEM CORRUPTION
From the earliest days of post-Apartheid South Africa, major corporations have corrupted the state by offering bribes in order to get lucrative contracts.
ZUMA’S REGIME MUST GO
Ramaphosa instead of Zuma? Does it make a difference? Clearly, the crisis in South Africa runs much deeper than Zuma.
‘How do we organise our movements?’: First reply to Ngwane’s opening
Trevor Ngwane is right, for most people life under the capitalist system is frustrating, bleak, short, brutal and nasty. I agree with Ngwane that the point is not merely to be philosophical about the social ills facing us in the 21st century, but to overhaul the...
The Impact of the Global Recession on South Africa
Theme: This paper examines the impact of the global economic recession on South Africa’s economy and society, the ways in which the country’s government has chosen to respond to that crisis, and its likely social and political fall-out. Summary: Despite initial...