By Leonard Gentle Over the past weekend, the striking mineworkers of Amplats gathered at a mass rally in Rustenburg and howled their defiance of a...
Articles by ILRIG
The Silence of the Lambs: What has happened to the ‘Developmental State’?
By Leonard Gentle I have vivid memories of Budget Day as a child. Everyone in the house, particularly noisy children, had to be quiet when the radio...
The root of all evil? The Dollar, the BRICS, and South Africa
By Leonard Gentle South Africa (SA) is attending its second meeting of the BRICS group of countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China and SA. The...
The massacre of our illusions…and the seeds of something new
By Leonard GentleThe story of Marikana has so far been painted shallowly as an inter-union spat. In the first few days after the fateful Thursday...
The crisis, class war, and imperialism in Greece
By Shawn Hattingh As the crisis in Europe has intensified, class war and imperialism have deepened in Greece. Indeed, the Greek working class has...
The 2012 budget: By the ruling class for the ruling class
By Shawn Hattingh Once again much media fanfare has broken out in aftermath of the South African state’s budget speech. The budget, however, is yet...
Sugar Coating Exploitation
By Shawn Hattingh Southern Africa has become well known for being one of the cheapest places on earth to produce sugar. Consequently, million tons...
Strategic challenges for the service delivery protestors in South Africa
Presented at an ILRIG Public Forum The central issue of South African politics seems to be that poverty and inequality are growing after 17 years of...
South Africa’s rulers have blood on their hands
Many people in South Africa were shocked by the death of at least 13 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) troops when rebels overran their...
South Africa’s Muted Response to the Global Crisis
By Leonard Gentle People the world over are facing an economic crisis unseen since the Great Depression of the 1930's. Despite the talk of "green...
South Africa and the New World Order
By Leonard Gentle South Africans are inclined to moan about so much…the fact that things don’t seem to function, the corruption, the crude avarice...
Reaping what you sow: Reflections on the Western Cape farmworkers strike
By Shawn Hattingh The series of strikes and protests that recently took place in and around farms in South Africa’s Western Cape Province was...