Footsoldiers in a social war: the police, crime and inequality in South Africa - Christopher McMichael Christopher McMichael on policing, the 'war on crime' and state repression in South Africa.
Umshini Wam Chris McMichael on the Lonmin Massacre. 'Umshini Wam' is Jacob Zuma's trade mark song. It means 'bring me my machine gun'.
Cape Town: Attempt to occupy Rondebosch Common Yesterday more than forty people were arrested in a major police operation to prevent the occupation of the Rondebosch Common in an elite suburb of Cape Town - the most unequal city in South Africa, which has now surpassed Brazil as the most unequal country in the world.
The Cape Town model, state violence and military urbanism A Mike Davis style analysis of Cape Town, South Africa's most unequal city, from a libertarian…
