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The economic crisis that has shaken the world may have started in Wall Street, but it has been made much worse by the actions of both the European institutions and European member states.Much of the so-called debt crisis was caused not by states spending too much, but...
Andre Marais (AM): What does Simphiwe Dana stand for?Simphiwe Dana (SD): I stand for justice. I stand for peace.AM: What inspires your music?SD: The human condition. My roots are everything. I am passionate. I was born in Africa.AM: How did growing up in rural...
ANCYLThe tragedy – and most severe critique of the South African Left – is that Julius Malema and the ANC Youth League were allowed to hijack the struggle for economic freedom, for their own opportunistic and demagogic purposes. It would thus be a big mistake for the...
Mass joblessness is an everywhere phenomenon in the developing world. The existence of an ever-growing reserve army of labour manages to keep working wages below a living minimum. Hence, the majority of the working class in any third world economy can get nicely tied...
Bobby Peek tells how the struggle for environmental rights is intertwined with the one over access to energy After decades of struggle, South Africa finally gained its democracy in 1994. This included the delivery of a constitution that guaranteed people a new...