Originally published at The South African Civil Society Information Service (SACSIS) In the last days of June, Nkululeko Gwala was assassinated in Cato Crest - a shack settlement in Durban that is in the process of being upgraded with formal housing. Just over three...
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Discussion with Charles Abrahams: Class action suit on 100 years of mineworker neglect
Silicosis lawsuit filed against South Africa's gold miners. After decades of chronic and systematic neglect of mine-related diseases, a bold class action suit was filed in August on behalf of up to half a million black mineworkers, who had been worked to death or sent...
State Power and Democracy | by Andrew Kolin
Andrew Kolin, State Power and Democracy: Before and During the Presidency of George W. Bush, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010It is not hard to find texts that defy the lies of the state by presenting facts that contradict them. This method of 'uncovering' the status quo,...
State Power and Democracy | by Andrew Kolin
Andrew Kolin, State Power and Democracy: Before and During the Presidency of George W. Bush, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010It is not hard to find texts that defy the lies of the state by presenting facts that contradict them. This method of 'uncovering' the status quo,...


