Debates about the meaning(s) of activism have been perennial pre-occupations in postcolonial societies. In South Africa, the contours of this debate have been shaped, on one hand, by those who argue that attaining formal democracy renders struggle and activism...
discipline
Reconstituting emancipatory activism
Debates about the meaning(s) of activism have been perennial pre-occupations in postcolonial societies. In South Africa, the contours of this debate have been shaped, on one hand, by those who argue that attaining formal democracy renders struggle and activism...
Violence could have been foreseen | by Stuart Theobald
SIX weeks ago I went on a tour of Lonmin's operations in the Bushveld Complex near Rustenburg. It was a PR exercise. I was shown the Marikana clinic where the company had invested millions in impressive facilities. With a group of journalists, we saw schools it...
Classrooms in crisis
Questions to Salim Vally on June 16th and the Educational System Amandla! (A!): At the heart of the June 16 uprising that changed the political situation in SA was the crisis of education. What has changed in 18 years? Salim Vally (SV): What has changed is that we now...



