by David Harvey | Apr 7, 2009
Much is to be gained by viewing the contemporary crisis as a surface eruption generated out of deep tectonic shifts in the spatio-temporal disposition of capitalist development. The tectonic plates are now accelerating their motion and the likelihood of more frequent...
by Daniel Krähmer | Aug 11, 2010
Floyd Shivambu, spokesperson for the African National Congress Youth League, gave Amandla! an interview as to why the Youth League has resurrected the nationalisation debate.What has motivated the ANCYL to place the issue of the nationalisation of the mines on the...
by Daniel Krähmer | Aug 25, 2010
By Amandla! Editorial StaffThe ANC, according to many of its leaders, does not intend to change economic policy. But the debate on the mining industry signifies that people see the necessity for change. These are the two things to learn from the public exchange over...
by Daniel Krähmer | Aug 25, 2010
The government can’t simply buy the mining industry. That would ruin the state. A price of R2 trillion has been circulating as a rough estimate. This amounts to more than three times the entire state budget that is three years of total state expenditures. The only...
by Daniel Krähmer | Aug 25, 2010
By Amandla! Editorial StaffWhat would a sincere debate on the nationalisation of the mines mean for millions of landless rural workers who are still waiting for the land reform promised? Amandla! asked Professor Lungisile Ntsebeza who leads the project for Land Reform...