Although Nelson Mandela’s presidency fostered hope for a permanent end to the woes of the apartheid era, South Africa’s non-white population have come to realise that they are still under an oppressive regime—but this time, at the mercy of the country’s ultra-rich and ownership class.
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Elections 2024: Just another stop on a long road to nowhere?
This article was first published in City Press. We are publishing a variety of views on the election results to stimulate debate. South Africa held its national and provincial elections on 29 May, amid the 30th anniversary of the end of apartheid. Contrary to...
ANC AND 2024 ELECTIONS: A NIGHTMARE OF COALITIONS, SPLITS AND NEOLIBERAL CRISIS
THE AFRICAN NATIONAL Congress is certainly fighting its most difficult election since the dawn of democracy in 1994. This may sound like a cliché that gets echoed every election, but now it’s true. The unabated decline of the electoral support of the ANC has been...
OP-ED: Defiant Gaza – The Reasons for Resistance Are Clear
As astonishing as the break-out of the Gaza concentration camp has been, and ensuing attacks within Israel’s southern settler towns, seized from indigenous Palestinians in past ethnic cleansing, the reasons for the actions are clear for all with open minds and a sense...




