Nothing left
A much-anticipated “Conference of the Left” was supposed to unite South Africa’s progressive forces. Instead, it confirmed the harder truth: the left doesn’t need unity, it needs rebuilding.
COSATU
Metal that will bend
Once a beacon of hope for militant trade unionism, Numsa’s descent into corruption and political entanglement reflects the broader struggles facing South Africa’s labor movement.
Don’t mobilize, organize
To rebuild, the South African left must realize that there are no shortcuts to power.
Has the giant fallen?
The split within South Africa's largest trade union federation, COSATU.
The post-1994 power brokers and black liberation
Where does this leave the majority of largely poor, black and unskilled people affected by the competing interests of powerful groups?
The South African Compromise
How did leftist political scientist Adam Habib end up as a South African version of Thomas Friedman?