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The Marikana massacre and unrest on South Africa's mines in 2012 elicited a flurry of analysis, much of it superficial and too hastily produced to be of any real use. One of the more authoritative accounts, however, came from former trade unionist Gavin Hartford, now...
The vivid images of the Marikana Massacre and its aftermath are strikingly different from those capturing previous strikes by South African mineworkers. What is noticeable is the presence of large numbers of women – not all of them mineworkers – acting in support of...
av David Van Wyk kl. den 18 augusti 2012 kl. 17:51 · Press statement Bench Marks Foundation Yesterday the President of the SACC and Chairperson of the Bench Marks Foundation, Bishop Jo Seoka and a team, met with the striking Lonmin workers. He was told by the striking...
South Africa's World Cup A Legacy for Whom? Edited by Eddie Cottle Published by UKZN Press, Durban. 2011. Benito Mussolini once described fascism as "the merger between corporate and state power". If we are to seriously consider Il Duce's words, then surely, South...
Interview with Riedewaan Anthony, coach and founding member of Hanover Park Football Club (established in 1980). The Soccer World Cup has come and gone and its promise of a better life for all never materialized. Hanover Park Football Club is located in a township on...
One and a half years after the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian revolutionaries returned to the streets in the first half of June 2012. The huge crowds that filled public squares throughout Egypt defy those accounts that reduce the revolutionary...