Chancellor house has become symbolic of the precariously close nexus between the state and the ruling party, and the creation of fortunes not only for maintaining power but also to benefit individual members of the ruling elite. Though controversy stalks the ANC...
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Historic Lonmin faces “perfect storm” after killings
LONDON - "You can never have enough enemies," Tiny Rowland once boasted, but even the buccaneering tycoon who built what is now Lonmin plc might blench before the "perfect storm" it faces after South African police killed 34 strikers at its Marikana platinum mine....
Angola helps out Portugal | by Augusta Conchiglia
The former colony has become an unexpected source of jobs and investment for Portugal in the global downturn. Angola is Sub-Saharan Africa’s third largest economy, after South Africa and Nigeria (1). It is already one of Africa’s biggest oil producers, with an average...
Would European capital sacrifice Greece to protect profits? | by Richard Seymour (“Lenin’s Tomb”)
Answer: what do you think they've been doing? On Monday, the Greek Prime Minister announced that his government would hold a referendum on the latest Euro austerity package. And look at the reaction to this ostensible democratic naivete. Stock markets slide...
Amidst the wreckage of capitalism | by Alan Bradshaw
David Harvey (2010) The enigma of capital and the crises of capitalism. London: Profile. (PB: pp. 312, ISBN-10: 9781846683084)Slavoj Žižek (2010) Living in the end times. London: Verso. (HB: pp. 432, ISBN-10: 9781844675982)Analyses of the crises, instability and...


