F*ck the police - Jared Sacks Jared Sacks provides a critique of the police from South Africa where the ANC is increasingly responding to mass protest with murder at the hands…
Abahlali: We were promised homes for all, not just for ANC party members South African shack dwellers' direct action movement Abahlali baseMjondolo on the death and legacy…
Why we should not vote This looks at why the working class should not vote in the upcoming elections in South Africa.
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.
South Africa: The state's brutality The article looks at recent notable acts of repression by the South African state directed at protestors and strikers. Linked to this it looks at…
The influence of the IWW in South Africa - Lucien van der Walt An article by Lucien van der Walt on the IWW's impact on South African political affairs and those…
Another Abahlali baseMjondolo activist murdered in Durban, this time by the police Nqobile Nzuza, 17 years, old was shot dead by the police yesterday morning on a road blockade. She…
Abahlali baseMjondolo organise march of thousands in Durban in protest at repression This article is from the mainstream press in South Africa. But it gives a good enough account of the…
Uproar about legal costs for Marikana workers reflects a political retreat A short article arguing that the debate around the state's refusal to carry the legal costs of Marikana mine workers reflects a retreat into the politics of reconciliation.
Labour in South Africa: A sleeping giant? A chapter by Lucien van der Walt providing a brief overview of the union movement in South Africa, black and white, its achievements and its…
The politics of land: ZANU vs. the MDC An article from 2000 by Samuel Kariuki and Lucien van der Walt on the issue of land in Zimbabwean politics and the potential lessons from neighbouring South Africa.
