Protests have plagued Cape Town for years, but now they've begun to bleed out of township boundaries and into spaces that affect the middle class.

If we are to have any chance of resolving the escalating crisis in our society, we are going to have to think beyond liberalism.

Were he alive today, the Black Consciousness activist would be one of Mamphela Ramphele's most ardent critics, says Jared Sacks.

This is the only public comment that I will make on the whole saga of the threats made against me by Andile Mngxitama, writes Jared Sacks.

Were he alive today, the Black Consciousness activist would be one of Mamphela Ramphele's most ardent critics, says Jared Sacks.

This is the only public comment that I will make on the whole saga of the threats made against me by Andile Mngxitama, writes Jared Sacks.

Cape Town shack dwellers' anger is about a lack of service delivery and is not politically motivated.

About 200 Cape Town residents participated in the call for a "World Revolution Day" on October 15 inspired by the growing worldwide Occupy movement.