The month of October marks eight months since lecturers at Chancellor College, University of Malawi, stopped teaching, demanding guarantees of academic freedom. Despite verbal assurances from President Bingu wa Mutharika for a win-win solution to the problems that...
Education
Envisioning a new African university | by Steve Sharra
The month of October marks eight months since lecturers at Chancellor College, University of Malawi, stopped teaching, demanding guarantees of academic freedom. Despite verbal assurances from President Bingu wa Mutharika for a win-win solution to the problems that...
Fighting for our right to work: organising the unemployed in South Africa | by Amandla! editorial staff
‘There is no third force, political party or communist academic behind our struggle. It is oppression at the hands of the African National Congress that has driven us into the rebellion of the poor. We are in rebellion because we are being forced to live without...
Interview with Chris Malikane:
Amandla! (A!): COSATU has drafted its Economic Growth Path for full employment and government has published its New Growth Plan. Where do you see the debate on economic policy going in this country, and do you see any major shifts towards more distributive...
Occupy Wall Street protests go global | by Philip Pullella
Demonstrators worldwide shouted their rage on Saturday against bankers and politicians they accused of ruining economies and condemning millions to hardship through greed and bad governance.Galvanised by the Occupy Wall Street movement, the protests began in New...
Neoliberalism, Education and the Politics of Capital: Searching Possibilities of Resistance | by Ravi Kumar
That the instruments of imparting education extend beyond the classical notions of classroom learning is a fact few can disagree with today. It is, however, not enough to realise that the process of educating a human being transcends the limited universe of whatever...
Neoliberalism in Africa, Apocalyptic Failures and Business as Usual Practices | by George Caffentzis
We are not blinded by the moral reparation of national independence; nor are we fed by it. The wealth of the imperial countries is our wealth too.... So when we hear the head of a European state declare with his hand on his heart that he must come to the aid of the...
Press Statement: NWC statement Following Its Meeting Held on 1 November 2010
2 November 2010Following the National General Council meeting held in September, this year, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ANC was directed to perform a number of responsibilities.The NGC directed the NEC to report the outcomes of the NGC to the ANC...
