Botshabelo, and the Free State at large, deserve better than bucket toilets, fake RDP houses, and broken infrastructure.
Free State – a province in crisis, and Botshabelo – the symbol of broken promises
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Mangaung
The storm after the whirlwind: The ANC after Zuma
The big question for the political future of the ANC and that of South Africa, although it may appear early or some would say premature, is a post-Jacob Zuma plan. For the ANC, it just elected Cyril Ramaphosa as its deputy president, but given the recent example with...
COSATU’s history: coming full circle| interview with Dirk Hartford
Interview with Dirk Hartford, the first head of COSATU media and editor of COSATU News in the 1980's, about the implications of the current tensions in COSATU. Amandla!: What do you make of what is happening in COSATU now with the allegations against its General...
Editorial : Polokwane to Mangaung: five wasted years: What prospects for the Left?
Polokwane has come and gone. Mangaung is upon us and the prospects for the left remains the same: quite dismal, at least inside the ANC, with its current power configurations. Talk of a 2nd transition or of a Lula moment conjure the illusion of a break with what's...
Riding victimhood to power | by Justice Malala
Many have been outraged and sad for President Jacob Zuma over The Spear saga but in truth he could not have asked for a better week. With just seven months to go to the ANC's Mangaung conference, Zuma's battle over The Spear has given him a party that is firing on all...
Malema’s disciplinary: What will happen now? To soon to write the youth leader’s obituary | by Amandla! Editorial staff
Anyone interested in South Africa will be asking: What is the political future of Malema if he does not appeal his five-year suspension from the ANC? What is the future of the ANC Youth League, and what is the future of the ANC?‘A week is a long time in politics,’...