Yet another collection of irrevent postcards from our correspondent on the front-line
Speculating the end of the tripartite alliance between the ruing African National Congress (ANC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and …
Issue
Zambia’s Nationalisation: Any Lessons for South Africa
At the ANC Youth League’s recent congress it again called for the nationalisation of South Africa’s mines. Neo Simutanyi discusses …
Yet another summit bits the dust the GDS two years on
The second anniversary of the Growth and Development Summit (GDS) slipped by very quietly while the media’s focus lay elsewhere. …
Zambia’s seconds subordination: re-colonisation through neo-liberalism
Glenn Adler traces the roots of Zambia’s subordination within southern Africa. Attachments Zambia's second subordination. re-colonisation through neo-liberalism_0 (5 …
You believed the man: Policing domestic violence
Police are often blamed for their ineffectual policing of domestic violence. While there are clearly problems with the way some …
You can’t be a gangster and be secret out it: Policing gangs in Elsies River
According to Antony Altbeker who accompanied an Elsies River police team on patrol, policing the Cape Flats is a war …
You can’t eat democracy
Interview
You Can’t Operate in an Unrest situation
Recently COSATU met with several employers’ associations, including the Federated Chamber of Industries (FCI), to demand that they oppose the …
Writing new songs
South African workers should write new songs that reflect the everyday struggles of their time, writes Busang Moiloa. This is not …
WTFU comes to town
In February the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)’s presidential council met in Johannesburg, South Africa. Elijah Chiwota writes about …