Economic freedom in our lifetime: A timely wake up call

ANCYLThe tragedy – and most severe critique of the South African Left – is that Julius Malema and the ANC Youth League were allowed to hijack the struggle for economic freedom, for their own opportunistic and demagogic purposes.  It would thus be a big mistake for the...

Doing dirty work, exposing dirty tricks

Xolani is a municipal worker in Johannesburg, doing dirty, hard, but socially necessary labour for which he is paid the negotiated minimum of R4 330.30 a month. He is an example of one of thousands of workers in similar positions in local government service in towns...