Ayanda Ngila, a leader of the eKhenana Commune in Durban, South Africa, has been assassinated Ayanda Ngidi was murdered by local ANC party thugs in Durban on 8 March 2022. His…
The Punishment is the Process (A human rights report on the repression of the eKhenana Commune) A report by a human rights monitor on the repression of the eKhenana Commune -…
March for 'the total decommodification of land' in Durban, South Africa Today, Abahlali baseMjondolo, from a base on more than seventy ongoing land occupations, and with a…
A Brief History of South Africa’s Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (1919-1931) The Industrial & Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) – a trade union, rural peasant movement, and urban…
Rick Turner, Participatory Democracy and Workers’ Control This article considers the contribution of radical South African philosopher Rick Turner to theories…
Rick Tuner and South Africa's Sixties This article examines the life and thought of South African radical philosopher Richard “Rick” Turner (1941–1978), a crucial figure in the 1973…
Abahlali baseMjondolo march against assassinations in Durban More than 5 000 members of Abahlali baseMjondolo took to the streets of Durban yesterday to demand…
Abahlali baseMjondolo leader S’bu Zikode’s life is ‘in grave danger’ Abahlali baseMjondolo continues to be subject to assassination in Durban. This article, from the…
Another Abahlali baseMjondolo leader assassinated in Durban Last night S'fiso Ngcobo, chairperson of his local Abahlali baseMjondolo branch was assassinated in…
Unfreedom Day Rally: Freedom a figment of elite imagination, say 50,000 shack dwellers An article from the mainstream media on the annual 'UnFreedom Day' rally held each year by Abahlali…
South Africa: Land Expropriation from Below Faces Brutal Repression As the ruling African National Congress promises, with an eye on a coming election and the collapse…
Strikes in Durban, 1973 Gerhard Maré's study of the 1973 strikes of nearly one hundred thousand workers in Durban, South Africa.