The secretary general must take some blame for the spectacular rise of Amcu and the EFF.
The battles for higher wages by angry striking miners must be chosen carefully to avoid setbacks for the workers, writes Ebrahim Harvey.
In this extract from ‘Kgalema Motlanthe: A Political Biography’, we learn that he didn’t expect the new leadership to do things it accused Mbeki of.
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/ 19 February 2010
It often does not seem that the ANC fully appreciates the working-class and poor profile of the coloured population in the Western Cape .
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/ 20 February 2009
President Kgalema Motlanthe speaks to Ebrahim Harvey on the recent media splurges about his personal life, the Carl Niehaus affair and more.
After his first 100 days in office, President Kgalema Motlanthe speaks about the Congress of the People, the sacking of Vusi Pikoli and Zimbabwe.
In his first interview since his inauguration, President Kgalema Motlanthe speaks about his reaction to his sudden elevation and the state of the ANC.
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/ 20 September 2008
It is because I hold the <i>M&G</i> in high regard that I find its views of the controversial Zapiro cartoon to be blatantly wrong and unfair.
Let’s face it, since 1994 many leading black figures in the middle, professional and upper classes have played the ”race card”.
Although the Forum for Black Journalists (FBJ) has been censured for its blacks-only membership, overtly white racist organisations such as the AWB seem to have been left to relaunch recently. This is a contradiction that requires serious intervention by the SA Human Rights Commission and the government. They are a bigger threat than the FBJ could ever be.