Pan Africanism that deifies oppressive African leaders is toxic to ordinary...
Reflecting on the cash crisis in Zimbabwe and the undeserved suffering of its people, Joyline Maenzanise is tired of black activists who idolise liberation...
Illicit Financial Flows Have Direct Impact On Ordinary People
Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs), base erosion, profit shifting (BEPS) and wage evasion is a growing problem that is causing huge capital resource leakages in...
Young people say #ZumaVote should be a wake-up call for South...
Last week, Parliament held a vote of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma by secret ballot. He survived by 21 votes. Although this meant...
Here’s Why The Saudi Government Is Cracking Down On Activists
On May 15, the Saudi Arabian government arrested a large number of women's right activists, featuring many of the prominent activists who had advocated...
What you need to know about the candidates for ANC president
The ANC’s official nomination and campaigning season only officially begins at the end of September but, with just a few months until its December...
The Steep Price Of Being Family To Abahlali’s Most Famous Activist
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S'bu Zikode, the founding president of the radical shack dwellers movement Abahlali baseMjondolo has had to be in hiding numerous times after...
“Conspiracy Of Silence” Happening Around The Rohingya Muslims
After last year's condemnation around the violence which was being committed against the Rohingya Muslims, the world seems to have gone silent once more...
How Economic Crimes Occur In South Africa
The People's Tribunal on Economic Crime in South Africa took place at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg this past week. Social activist and lecturer Khaya...
Nuclear, security, fees and the ties that bind
In 2017 South Africa has faced rising electricity costs, near drought conditions in the Western Cape, a corruption crisis with the state social grant...
#CosatuStrike: ‘Zuma must step down because he is clearly captured’
South Africans have not given up on the struggle against corruption and state capture. Thousands of members of the Congress of South African Trade...
Marievale Evictions: The SANDF Is Still Barring Residents From Their Homes
Marievale residents have yet again been barred from returning to their homes despite a court ruling by the High Court in Johannesburg stating they...
Digital Vibes report finds Dr Zweli Mhkize’s denial of allegations “untrue”
Months after receiving the Digital Vibes report, president Cyril Ramaphosa has finally released the report. The report was the investigation into the National Department...
The President’s Keepers: State capture, white vindication
The Johannesburg launch of Jacques Pauw's controversial book, "The President's Keepers", was a noteworthy event. For some, the launch represented a rallying point against...
EFF: Zuma Is Gone, Now Dissolve Parliament
Following the resignation of Jacob Zuma as the president of the republic on Wednesday night, the Economic Freedom Fighters hosted a press conference on...
‘Radical economic transformation has been hijacked by a corrupt faction’
On Tuesday, Zwelinzima Vavi, General Secretary of the South African Federation of Trade Unions, spoke at 'A Decent Standard of Living' conference organised by the...
Zuma’s free education plan is a ferocious hospital pass to his...
Finance minister Malusi Gigaba was the very picture of discomfort on Saturday. He was at the 54th national conference of the African National Congress,...
Cyril Ramaphosa Should Listen To Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe
As Ramaphosa navigates the racial, social, and economic traps that South Africa finds itself in after the disaster of the Zuma years, he would...
State capture report chronicles extent of corruption in South Africa. But...
No self-respecting theatre critic would dream of reviewing a three-Act play during the interval at the end of the first Act. But that is...
The President’s Keepers and state capture: black intellectualism needs to focus,...
It is astonishing that a book revealing deep-rooted and widespread corruption and state capture in government should instead prompt a pointless debate about Jacques...
Attacks on citizen rights in SA: Five trends and countrywide threats
From the large city centres to the rural townships, South Africans are witnessing a nationwide crackdown on their civic rights. Citizens’ ability to speak...
