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.
13 Article(s) by:
Niall Reddy
Dr. Niall Reddy is a researcher at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies in Johannesburg.
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.
O duplo vínculo do ANC
Após perder a maioria parlamentar pela primeira vez, o Congresso Nacional Africano da África do Sul está se esforçando para formar um governo de coalizão. Suas opções são sombrias.
Between two evils
After losing its parliamentary majority for the first time, the African National Congress is scrambling to form a coalition government. The options are bleak.
Don’t mobilize, organize
To rebuild, the South African left must realize that there are no shortcuts to power.
Will the populist wave crash over South Africa?
With the globe-spanning rise of right-wing populism, there may be good reason to fear for South Africa’s fledgling democracy.
Mission betrayed
The New Apartheid, a new book by Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh, seeks to define a generational mission in South Africa. Instead, it shrouds our existing one in complete opacity.
A terrifying vision of South Africa’s future
If South Africa’s Left can’t find a way to channel popular discontentment into the building of mass progressive movements, it will instead morph into anarchy, nativism and, inevitably, authoritarianism.
South Africa’s Left needs a new party
Assuming today’s socioeconomic crisis benefits the Left is folly. That will only happen if we have the political vision to make class the fault line of social polarization, and for that we need to face the challenge of constructing a new party.
How not to change a curriculum
One of South Africa's leading universities, UCT, released a curriculum change framework post-#RhodeMustFall. This is a critique by two alum.
Doing the Ramaphosa Shuffle
South Africa's President carries much hope. But fundamental change requires he radically restructures the state and the economy.
The crisis of the party-state in South Africa
Improving socio-economic conditions may prove to be the precondition for fighting corruption.
The Fire This Time
To equate the rage of South African student protestors with the official brutality of the state is the bedrock of conservatism.