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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NEOLIBERALISM, CORRUPTION, INCOMPETENCE: STATE OF DYSFUNCTION
Here in South Africa we see a state which fails to function at the most basic level. It fails to provide water, electricity, functioning sewage systems – the most fundamental utilities.
RECLAIM THE LOCAL STATE
The post-elections moment is key. Left and working class forces need to look beyond the elections and focus on sustainably building a longer- term, post elections set of strategies for transformation of local government.
RESTORE PUBLIC SERVICE TO STEM CORRUPTION
From the earliest days of post-Apartheid South Africa, major corporations have corrupted the state by offering bribes in order to get lucrative contracts.
LEFT ECONOMIC STRATEGY AND THE STATE
We should make a serious effort to understand the reasons behind the public disinterest in supporting progressive economic ideas.
RADICAL ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION: BETWEEN THE SMOKE AND MIRRORS
A complicated game of smoke and mirrors is being played as the battle unfolds for the ANC, the state and the inside track to plunder South Africa’s economic wealth.
AIDC Statement on ANC Response to COSATU/Civil Society Conference
3 November 2010As one of the participant organisations at the 28-29 October 2010 COSATU-convened conference with civil society, the Alternative Information and Development Centre (www.aidc.org.za and www.amandla.org.za) is extremely disappointed with the official...
Statement: NUMSA Supports Public Workers Strike
18 August 2010 1. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) supports the decision by the public sector workers to go to a rolling mass action in demand of a living wage and improved conditions of employment. This public workers strike should be...
Young Communist League of South Africa Fully Behind Public Strike
YCLSA Media Release, 18 August 2010The Young Communist League of South Africa (Ufasimba) affirms its unequivocal support to the thousands of workers within the public sector; some of which are still subjected to ailing working conditions and yet expected to deliver...