A coup d’état denied
Is a coup indeed…albeit a soft one It is definitively a coup, the variance is in the characterization of the coup. Bizarrely, the coup emanated from internal political party mechanics that did [...]
Comatose ANC sold out the revolution!
Rudderless ANC surrendered radical economic transformation struggle immediately after their unbanning Over 40 years ago, Steve Bantu Biko said, ‘There is no running away from the fact that now in [...]
Is time for struggle heroes to hand over the baton!
Great leaders know when to quit. When Nelson Mandela decided to quit active politics, most people felt it was premature and also feared that the reconciliatory tone would fizzle and retire with [...]
From liberation to liability – the record of National Liberation Movements in Southern Africa
By Keith Somerville BY AFRICAN ARGUMENTS AUGUST 5, 2013 Review of Roger Southall, Liberation Movements in power: Party and State in Southern Africa, Woodbridge: James Curry and University of [...]
The Struggle for South Africa’s Liberation: Success and Failure
By John S. Saul Global Research, September 29, 2015 Socialist Project 29 September 2015 This paper was presented at a seminar at the University of Johannesburg on Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Albie [...]
Destroying African Agriculture
Biofuel production is certainly one of the culprits in the current global food crisis. But while the diversion of corn from food to biofuel feedstock has been a factor in food prices shooting up, [...]
EFF STATEMENT ON JOB LOSSES IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2017
The EFF notes the 2017 first quarter employment statistics released by Statistics South Africa today. The report shows that South Africa lost 48 000 jobs in the first quarter of 2017 quarter on [...]
Is bizarre to note that the ANC looks out of sorts and ready to relinquish power
Economics/markets and factional politics don’t mix. The man from Nkandla is running riot and appears to be an astute master of factional ANC internal politics. His benefactors are triumphant [...]
White Monopoly Capitalist (WMC) vs Black Political Elites (BPE) or black liberation struggle heroes
There’s a growing debate of which is better between the past and the present, colonialism vs democracy? Lately, Helen Zille even think that after all colonization was not all that bad! Well, [...]
Reactional ANC have no balls to implement radical economic transformation
From CODESA, GEAR, NDP to the increasing noises of radical transformation, the ANC has not demonstrate any radical appetite to transform the economy. In fact, from CODESA, the ANC made too many [...]