Not white genocide, not really land reform, not really farmers
Submitted by Mike Harman on Aug 24 2018 15:30
This week the far right South African white genocide meme went mainstream via a Trump tweet, but apart from ‘no it’s not really white genocide’ fact checking there’s been little discussion of what’s actually going on.
Tearing racism up from its capitalist roots: An African anarchist-communist approach - by Bongani Maponyane (ZACF)
A take down of scientific racism, and analysis of the ongoing links between capitalism and racism in South Africa.
Abahlali baseMjondolo leader S’bu Zikode’s life is ‘in grave danger’
Submitted by red jack on Jul 9 2018 14:16
Abahlali baseMjondolo continues to be subject to assassination in Durban. This article, from the Daily Maverick in Johannesburg, reports on recent threats to the movement.
Black Consciousness and the quest for true humanity - Steve Biko
Steve Biko's 1972/3 article on the Black Consciousness movement.
Steve Biko interviewed by Gail M. Gerhart, 1972
In October 1972, Steve Biko was employed by the black division of the Study Project of Christianity in Apartheid Society (SPRO-CAS), which had its office in the same building as the South African Student Organization (SASO) at 86 Beatrice Street, Durban. American political scientist Gail M. Gerhart interviewed Biko in those offices on October 24,1972, amid a constant flow of SASO people in and out.
Death threats at Abahlali baseMjondolo land occupation near Johannesburg
Submitted by red jack on May 26 2018 13:44
On Tuesday 22 May 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo militant S'fiso Ngcobo was assassinated in a land occupation near Durban. Today, Saturday 26 May, death threats, and the presence of armed men, have been reported in an Abahlali baseMjondolo land occupation outside Johannesburg,
Statement on the Assassination of S’fiso Ngcobo
Statement issued by Abahlali baseMjondolo after the assassination of S'fiso Ngcobo on Tuesday, 22 May 2018.
Another Abahlali baseMjondolo leader assassinated in Durban
Submitted by red jack on May 23 2018 14:23
Last night S'fiso Ngcobo, chairperson of his local Abahlali baseMjondolo branch was assassinated in Durban. Earlier in the day Ndumiso Mnguni, also an Abahlali baseMjondolo member, was shot and seriously wounded by Municipal security guards.
General Strike in South Africa
Submitted by red jack on Apr 25 2018 16:43
Cities and rural towns across South Africa were shut down today as the new South African Federation of Trade Unions, which is independent of the ruling ANC, and driven by the militant National Union of Metal Workers, held a successful general strike. The strike was strongly supported by popular organisations organised outside of the factory floor, such as Abahlali baseMjondolo. It is being understood as a clear indication that the ANC has lost its hold over the organised working class.
Forced Development, Demolitions, Flooding & Threats in Vusimuzi, Tembisa
Submitted by Mike Harman on Apr 25 2018 10:26
Vusimuzi settlement was founded in 1995 and is now being subject to forced demolition and flooding of existing homes due to new development.
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