Reporting, analysis, vision & strategy bearing on or emanating from South Africa.
Nelson Mandela, the first democratic president of South Africa (1994ā1999), secured a catalytic and at times confounding place in world history. He…
South Africaās migration debate is overwhelmingly focused on what happens when migrants arrive. Politicians argue about deportations and documentation. Activists focus on…
South Africans commemorated two significant events in May: Africa Day and Workersā Day. These moments normally evoke political reflection on the importance…
When Mel Mandy gave birth to her first child twenty-five years ago, the doctor told her off for smoking while pregnant. Her…
For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will…
If last weekendās Conference of the āLeftā was any indication of what progressive forces have to offer, the Democratic Alliance (DA, South…
Our movement stands shoulder to shoulder with activists across this country in condemning the brutal, calculated assassination of Comrade Mokoena Letsie in…
While the labour movement often seems at its lowest ebb, what Marx identified as capitalismās main internal contradiction ā the overaccumulation of…
Tanya Zackās recent gemāThe Chaos Precinct: Johannesburg as Port Cityāis focused on the Jeppe precinct, the so-called āEthiopian Quarter,ā located in the…
The third weekend in November offered the world two disastrous days for solving polycrisis problems, starting in the Brazilian Amazon city of…
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