A just transition for Africa cannot be led by mining billionaires and presidents who answer to capital.
Ramaphosa, the G20 and the Empty Promise of a Just Transition
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Gwede Mantashe
Tariffs: effects and options for South Africa
An interview with former Trade and Industry Minister, Rob Davies, surveys the damage to the South African economy from the US tariffs and suggests that greater African cooperation is the way to go.
Stilfontein massacre: when the state violates the Constitution
The Constitution of South Africa explicitly safeguards against discrimination, guarantees rights and freedoms and insists on administrative justice.
From the ashes of neoliberalism, a capitalism with a human face might emerge (Part Three)
The world, including South Africa, is flush with idle capital. In the highly competitive market for investment, South Africa does not rank very high.
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...
REGULATION, NOT XENOPHOBIA, FOR ZAMA ZAMAS
MINISTER OF MINERAL Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, recently shut down suggestions that “Zama Zamas” should be trained as artisanal miners and incorporated into the formal mining sector, to solve the illegal mining crisis currently engulfing South Africa....
Whose Terrain?
By Jeremy Cronin, SACP deputy general secretary The mainstream press today has made much of Cronin’s comments as anti-Vavi statements with regards to the Civil Society Conference convened by COSATU recently. Below, read what Cronin had to say in Umzebenzi Online and...
ANC Vows to Staunch Media Leaks
By Natasha Marrian and Stuart Graham21 September 2010The leaking of ANC leadership discussions and decisions to the media must be dealt with "decisively", ANC secretary general said Gwede Mantashe on Monday. "The leakage of NEC [national executive committee]...
Assertive Zuma Rules Out Policy Switches
By Sam Mkokeli and Sibongakonke Shoba21 September 2010Mantashe decries poor discipline, organisational chaos in partyPresident Jacob Zuma closed the door on new economic policy discussions when he delivered his political report yesterday, instructing delegates to the...