Who Owns the Land – Communal Land or Bantustans?
South Africa has been engulfed in stormy debates about the ownership of land. The best the ANC government has done for two decades is to oversee a failed neoliberal land Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Politics
The Freedom Charter Myth Being Kept Alive
In its proposal for the formation of a new people’s united front the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa is insisting that this front should base itself politically Continue Reading →
The al-Bashir Debacle
The ANC Government has landed itself in a pickle following its failure to arrest the president of the Sudan, Omar al-Bashir who was present in the country for the African Continue Reading →
The BDS Movement In The Aftermath Of The March 2015 Israeli Election
Once again the racist policies of the Likud party led by Netanyahu, have been endorsed by the electorate with the return of a coalition of right wing parties to power Continue Reading →
Skirmishes in the Trade Unions
Conflicts inside South Africa’s most prominent trade union federation, COSATU, have grown more acute in recent months. Its leadership finds itself trapped in faction fights, fuelled by self-seeking bureaucrats desperate Continue Reading →