By Shawn Hattingh In the heat of the struggle for statues like that of Rhodes – the arch-symbol of British imperialism – to be pulled down, and in...
South Africa and the DRC: Has Rhodes passed on the baton?
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Reflections on Nelson Mandela and the ANC
By Shawn Hattingh Since Nelson Mandela’s death, thousands of articles and millions of people have paid tribute to him. They have rightly praised him...
Political significance of the platinum strike
Determining the future now: the platinum workers’ strike The platinum strike, which began on the 23rd of January, has become a showdown between...
Nkandla: Is it just Zuma’s greed?
By Shawn Hattingh The Public Protector’s report on Nkandla has again unleashed a storm of anger. Radio shows and newspaper columns have been filled...
Existential crisis of the Kurdish in Turkey and Elsewhere: Nationhood or Autonomy?
The Kurds are a nationality concentrated in a territory that straddles four states: Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey. For months Kurdish militia have...
Capitalist crisis goes from bad to worse
Like a recurring nightmare, the capitalist crisis refuses to go away and rather seems to be going from bad to worse. Perhaps the most glaring signs...
China ground up
By Shawn Hattingh What the plunge in Chinese stock markets reveals It was long ago stated that capitalism came into the world dripping in blood and...
A week in August: Factions in COSATU, Economic Fear Mongering
This article was first published online here: http://sacsis.org.za/site/article/1771 Lenin once said, "There are decades when nothing happens and...
Disordering the World: The Rise of Neoliberalism
In his melancholic book, Age of Extremes: the Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991 (1995), British historian Eric Hobsbawm states: “The history of the...
Eskom’s class agenda
By Shawn Hattingh There never seems to be a dull moment when it comes to Eskom. There has been load-shedding; huge managerial salaries; and scandals...
In the Rubble of US Imperialism: The PKK, YPG, and the Islamic State
By Shawn Hattingh The mainstream news has been filled with stories about the horrors being committed by the Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq,...
Is it just Jacob Zuma?
By Shawn Hattingh Various columnists and opposition politicians, whether from the Democratic Alliance (DA) or the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF),...