The crisis in the care sector goes beyond economics; it is structural. This article argues that increased government spending on care jobs won’t address racial, political, and gender oppression.
The state of the nation’s care economy
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Covid-19
The state of the nation’s economy
Economic liberation is essential to begin addressing South Africa’s social crisis.
Respect local organisation
You cannot helicopter in a GBV programme and expect it to work. You must work with the people who already hold the community together.
Treasury’s Operation Vulindlela is privatisation of the South African state
Today’s fight over the fiscal framework and revenue proposals is not a technical disagreement—it is a battle over the soul of the post-apartheid state.
BRICS in the new global disorder
BRICS has evolved alongside the trajectory of its members over the past two decades.
‘The green transition is a myth’: Adam Hanieh on the ongoing centrality of oil to capitalism
Under capitalism, envisioning a shift away from fossil fuels is more difficult by the day.
Challenging exclusion: the fight for fair SRD grants
The SRD grant was introduced in May 2020 to support people without income during the Covid-19 lockdowns.
Bangladesh: from despot to neoliberal leader
The Left must reinvent itself, reorganise and unify against all forms of bourgeois domination.
Business and the broader social good in the new political dispensation
Business can and must do better and more to promote social solidarity.