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    Capitalism Realised, Not Idealised

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    COMMENT In an article written for Rapport titled “Our Problem? Too little rather than too much capitalism” Professor Johan Fourie, an economics professor at Stellenbosch...

    South Africa Is Caught In The Global Hype Of The Fourth...

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    South Africa is caught up in the global hype of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). This is distracting it from the unfinished business of...

    The Butchers Of Marikana Won

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    COMMENT What to make of the fact that the people who set the Marikana massacre in motion now sit in South Africa’s halls of power?...

    Where Young People Stay In South Africa – StatsSA

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    South Africa’s population has hit 58.78 million people, according to the Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) 2019 mid-year population estimates (MYPE) report released on...

    Who Is Really To Blame For SA’s Jobs Crisis?

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    Subscribe to our newsletter. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent admission that South Africa is facing punishing job losses is in direct contradiction with the promises he made...

    “Under Capitalism, No Black Person Ever Dies By ‘Natural Causes’”

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    COMMENT Whether we are aware of it or not, we see Black people as living synonymous with labour, especially through a white gaze in this...

    Marxist Scholar Harold Wolpe’s Ideas Still Speak To South Africa’s Problems

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    COMMENT During the apartheid period in South Africa – 1948 to 1994 – a lively intellectual culture of opposition emerged on some of the country’s...

    Domestic Workers Can Now Claim For Occupational Injuries

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    Maria Mahlangu had worked for the De Clerq family as a domestic worker for 22 years when she drowned in her employer’s pool. As...

    After The Elections, Class War

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    Subscribe to Sipho’s Weekly Political Newsletter. There are plans afoot to destroy what is left of organised labour in South Africa, to prepare the way for...

    Joburg’s New Gold: Women In The Inner-City

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    The discovery of gold in 1886 saw Johannesburg as a city laced with promise. While this precious resource has been mined away, the city...

    Cosatu Marchers Call For Better Teaching Conditions

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    Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) members on strike have called on the president to address issues faced by the basic education sector,...

    Xolobeni: Pro-Mining Youth Group Has Strong Ties To Mining Company

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    Fractures are emerging in the Xolobeni community of the Eastern Cape, as the fallout from a 2018 High Court ruling effectively barring an Australian...

    5 Points From The ANC Election Manifesto

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    On Saturday, the African National Congress president Cyril Ramaphosa launched the party's manifesto for the 2019 elections - promising an inclusive economy, and a...

    This Zim Immigrant Is Giving SA Youth Skills

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    After being attacked by unknown people for running community upliftment programmes, a forty-year-old Zimbabwean man, Paul Soti came to South Africa to seek asylum....

    “Workers Cup” Producer Ramzy Haddad On Prioritising Workers In Film

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    Migrant workers around the world work in very dangerous conditions and live in even worst conditions. The Workers Cup is a documentary by director...

    The Price of a Criminal Record

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    In a small conference room on the 11th floor at the Wits Journalism Department, Thuba Sithole is mentally re-visiting the days he spent in...

    Racism, Exploitation Accusations Levelled At Durban Market Agents

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    Transgression, racism and exploitation are the given reasons for an uproar at the Durban Fresh Produce Market. Workers under Delta Market Agents embarked on...

    Here’s How Plastic Is Destroying Our Ocean

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    On June 5th, World Environment Day was celebrated. It marks the day on which the United Nations (UN) uses to encourage awareness and action...

    Why Numsa and NUM Hate The New Independent Power Producers Deal

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    On Wednesday, energy minister Jeff Radebe signed a R55.92 billion contract with 27 independent renewable energy power producers which is set to produce more...

    Why SA’s Renewable Energy Project Is Still On The Rocks

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    In early March, the new minister of energy Jeff Radebe announced that 27 independent renewable energy power projects would be signed by the state...