AIDC warns: NGP? Do not repeat the tragedy of GEAR as a farce!

AIDC warns: NGP? Do not repeat the tragedy of GEAR as a farce!

by Daniel Krähmer | Dec 3, 2010

Glimpses of clear sunlight in a long winter only indicate that summer is possible, but are not summer itself (not even spring). The Alternative Information Development Centre (AIDC) welcomes that the government’s New Growth Path (NGP) document recognizes the hard...

The Struggle – for Socialism – Continues | by John S. Saul

by Daniel Krähmer | Oct 16, 2011

This article seeks to identify ways in which those engaged in socialist practice in South Africa might hope to more clearly navigate their way forward. It asks, in short, what is to be done – and how?I. Beyond the “working class”: expanding the constituencyMarx had...

Is Water the Hidden Agenda of Agricultural Land Acquisition in sub-Saharan Africa? | by P Woodhouse and A S Ganho

by Daniel Krähmer | Oct 26, 2011

Introduction: Land Grab and water requirements Availability of adequate moisture is a fundamental requirement for agricultural use of land. Designation of exclusive rights to use land provides prior rights to ‘green’ water (rainfall and plant transpiration) on that...

Carbon trading in Africa: Who will benefit? | by Wally Menne

by Daniel Krähmer | Feb 14, 2012

History is littered with the fallout from failed financial schemes that have resulted in massive losses for ordinary people and private institutions, whose investments were plundered by unscrupulous consultants and bankers. Such economic crimes have commonly been...

Africa’s Biggest Landfill Site: The Case Of Bisasar Road | by Patrick Bond and Khadija Sharife

by Daniel Krähmer | Jun 4, 2012

Bisasar Road is Africa’s largest landfill site, and one of only three landfill sites in Durban with a full permit. It was opened for business in 1980 under South Africa’s apartheid regime. The Group Areas Act, a crucial pillar of the segregation agenda, meant that...
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