The world, including South Africa, is flush with idle capital. In the highly competitive market for investment, South Africa does not rank very high.
From the ashes of neoliberalism, a capitalism with a human face might emerge (Part Three)
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Government of National Unity
Build a broad united front on the ground
Sidney Kgara, head of Nehawu’s Policy Development Unit, proposes that a popular left front must be urgently built around the material interests of working-class communities.
The Government of National Unity – neoliberal consolidation with uneven short-term benefits (Part Two)
Critics from all sides have slammed President Cyril Ramaphosa for breaking his pledge to downsize the cabinet, resulting in significant extra expenses for the public.
Election 2024 results underscore failure of openly ethno-nationalist parties (Part One)
While the GNU has every chance of being good for some, the same cannot be said about the many.
National dialogue an opportunity for business to reset in favour of broader social good
The low level of active endorsement of the political elite by the majority of eligible voters is a legitimacy crisis.
It’s wrong to assume that SA has credible leadership
Retired trade unionist Dinga Sikwebu’s characterisation of the current political situation as a stalemate — and therefore a basis for the much-vaunted national dialogue and social compact — fatally assumes that we have a political elite and business class with...
Not a GNU, but a neo-liberal elite pact
This article is co-published with Elitsha News. It is important to name and characterise things for what they exactly are. To mischaracterise phenomena can lead to bad strategy and tactics. Based on this approach, we argue that following the outcomes of the May 29...
Populism at the heart of the 2024 elections
This article was first published on the Elitsha website. We are publishing a variety of views on the results of the election in order to stimulate debate. Populism defined the recent elections, inviting reactionary ideas into the mainstream. What does the outcome of...