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Dennis Webster
Rural Workers Mobilized in South African General Strike
01 May 2018
“’Land and the hunger for land’ is uniting rural and urban workers.”
Norimitsu Onishi and Selam Gebrekidan
“They Eat Money”: How Mandela’s Political Heirs Grow Rich Off Corruption
18 Apr 2018
“Corruption has whittled away at virtually every institution in the country.”
Zwelinzima Vavi , Ncedisa Mpemnyama
Two Salutes to Winnie Mandela
04 Apr 2018
South African Federation of Trade Unions mourns passing of Comrade Winnie Mandela by Zwelinzima Vavi
Pavan Kulkarni
South Africa: Unions Plan General Strike, Denounce “Sell-Outs” and “Rented Stooge” Ramaphosa
28 Mar 2018
“SAFTU called upon rank-and-file members to ‘break with the leadership sell-out deal and join our fight to defend their democratic rights.’”
Phakamile Hlubi-Majola
Cyril Ramaphosa Has No Agenda Except Neoliberal Policies, Says NUMSA’s Irvin Jim
28 Feb 2018
“The South African Communist Party (SACP) and present leadership COSATU are lying to people that Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver socialism.”
Patrick Bond
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Relaunches Neoliberalism
28 Feb 2018
“In spite of repeated rhetorical gestures from Pretoria to the contrary, the BRICS have amplified unfair and inequitable world order processes.”
Zwelinzima Vavi
Major South African Trade Union Federation Welcomes Resignation of Jacob Zuma
21 Feb 2018
“Zuma is a creation of the ANC, not the other way around.”
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
NYT Joins Campaign to Purge the Term, “White Monopoly Capital” in South Africa
08 Feb 2018
“The Times fingered a British p.r.
Patrick Bond
New Evidence of Africa’s Systematic Looting, From an Increasingly Schizophrenic World Bank
07 Feb 2018
“’Sub-Saharan Africa loses roughly $100 billion of ANS annually because it is “the only region with periods of negative levels’ of gross national income.”
Sampie Terreblanche
The Co-optation of the African National Congress: South Africa’s original ‘State Capture’
01 Feb 2018
After the ascendancy of Cyril Ramaphosa to the presidency of the African National Congress (ANC) last month, it is vital to understand deep structural barriers that prevent South Africa’s achieveme