South Africa
Obituary: Desmond Tutu (1931 – 2021)
Anti-apartheid activist and liberation theologian Desmond Tutu has died after a long battle with cancer, aged 90.
South Africa: steelworkers’ three-week strike sold out
‘NEGOTIATIONS ARE about give and take … We are not cowards because we have taken a compromise,’ said the self-styled ‘socialist revolutionary’ Irvin Jim, general secretary of the National Union […]
The Crisis in South Africa
By Jeremy Dewar MANY SCHOOLS, Labour councils and community groups will be celebrating Black History Month by re-telling the inspiring story of the anti-Apartheid struggle. And so they should. But, […]
Business as usual in the ANC but fresh forces assemble to its left
NUMSA announces new 'Revolutionary Workers' Party'
#FeesMustFall: South African students fight for free education
SOUTH AFRICA’S student movement has closed down many of the country’s universities for nearly a month now in their campaign to abolish fees. In one of the world’s most unequal […]
South Africa miners’ struggles could end ANC’s austerity
By Jeremy Dewar South Africa, one of the world’s major emerging markets, is about to tip into recession. Its currency has slipped to a historic low against the dollar. The […]
South Africa: unions debate forming new party
The giant metalworkers’ trade union Numsa has been campaigning for the labour movement to break with the ruling ANC and form a new working class party. Now union federation Cosatu […]
Condemn the Marikana massacre – unite to win demands
Statement of the League for the Fifth International 20 August 2012 The League for the Fifth International condemns the brutal massacre – reminiscent of the Apartheid era – of […]
