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 rulers have blood on their hands
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Articles
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...
Reaping the Whirlwind
By Shawn Hattingh Over the last few weeks in South Africa, community protests and land occupations have once again erupted. People are simply...
On the quality of South Africa’s Democracy
By Leonard Gentle Now that the dust has settled on the 2011 local government elections and the frenzied one-upmanship of the leading political...
Mangaung Versus Marikana: COSATU Chooses Sides
By Leonard Gentle In the run up to the September COSATU Congress, the media began to float the story that Zwelenzima Vavi’s position as General...
Mazibuko and Malema: New Profiles, Reshuffling Social Forces
By Leonard Gentle Two events have been the subject of recent media comment: the ANC Youth League’s (ANCYLs) march for “economic freedom” and the...
Libya and the BRICS: Currency Wars, Imperial Wars, and Popular Uprisings
By Leonard Gentle On one side of the world NATO bombs Libya and on the other, the newly expanded BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South...
Fear and Loathing in South Africa: The Malema Phenomenon
By Leonard Gentle Ah Julius Malema…everywhere else, the world is responding to the biggest crisis of capitalism since 1929 and the threat posed to...
Beyond Malema: Neoliberalism and corruption
By Leonard Gentle The ongoing saga around Julius Malema and his millions achieved through state tenders has rightfully generated public disgust....
Basil D’Oliviera Had a Much Larger Significance
By Leonard Gentle “What do they know of cricket, who only cricket know?” the famous injunction by Trinidadian socialist writer, C.L.R James, in his...