Ramaphosa represents a political elite eager to appease corporate South Africa and foreign investment. Opposing this faction is a kleptocratic formation keen to amass wealth through the abuse of state funds.
Some white people think any discussion of racism or its legacy is an attempt to shame or condemn them for the ‘sin’ of their whiteness
The idea of race and the tenacity of racial inequality are deployed by elites to divert attention from their criminality and to silence critical dissidence
The removal of migrants won’t stop the job crisis, end crime, fix the schooling system or the police service, repair hospitals, and end poverty
Job creation should not be the peak of our ambition. We could decommodify life’s necessities instead
Inequality is a moral crime. We can imagine better systems, so why does the ANC hold on to neoliberalism?
Power in post-apartheid South Africa lies with the party, the state and capital. The tourism minister masks her complicity with bad governance, and being part of the economic and political elite.
Lindiwe Sisulu and other power and prosperity seekers in the ANC had the authority to improve the lives of ‘the people’, but didn’t
You can’t tackle issues like poverty until you understand their root causes. Pastors who focus on self-enrichment through misleading their congregations misdiagnose these causes. That’s dangerous.
The people need to remove their blinkers and reclaim their minds to achieve a better future