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A review by Xoliswa Skomolo In 1990, South Africa crossed the rubicon of apartheid, and all babies born thereafter are referred to as "born-frees". One of them is the author of this book. It is an elaborate and rich narrative - a roller coaster of a journey that has...
Éric Toussaint interviewed by Benito Perez for the Swiss newspaper Le Courrier from Geneva Éric Toussaint knows what is at stake in development finance. Founder of the Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt (CADTM) in 1990, the Belgian political scientist was...
To pose questions about the conditions of labour under South African democracy is to question the success of the ANC's national project itself. As the liberation party embraced a liberalised economic system, it turned away from the more radical restructuring and...
To pose questions about the conditions of labour under South African democracy is to question the success of the ANC's national project itself. As the liberation party embraced a liberalised economic system, it turned away from the more radical restructuring and...
Everyone, other thaN lunatics, troublemakers and the economically illiterate, is supposed to know that the demand by the striking platinum workers for a starting basic wage of R12 500 is plainly unaffordable. Indeed, anything even near R12 500 is supposedly so...
by Richard Pithouse Numsa's's resolve to break with both the ANC and the authority that the SACP has tried to exert over the union movement carries the potential for a real political opening. The union's commitment to work with other struggles, including community...
by Katherine Robinson Johannesburg, 7 February: While South Africa celebrates 20 years of democracy this year, the country will also be holding its national election, the first since 1994, without Madiba. If the last two months are anything to go by, we will surely...
By Boris Kagarlitsky March 4, 2014 Why, do you suppose, war has not yet broken out between Russia and Ukraine? The answer is very simple: no one plans to go to war, and no one can. Kiev for practical purposes does not have an army, while the government that has...
Just over a year has passed since the Marikana massacre and the amount of critical reflection on the worst act of state violence since the end of apartheid is minimal at best. Other scandals have dominated the news cycle, from Nkandla to Guptagate, along with endless...