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Mathew Blatchford

Mathew Blatchford teaches at the University of Fort Hare

The impotence of the left would not be a problem if the right’s policies were productive.
COUNTRY

​SA left will have to stand up to an unscrupulous ruling class to resurrect itself

Those in power will use propaganda and repressive state apparatus to maintain their grasp on the country’s purse strings

  • Mathew Blatchford
5 min read
The impotence of the left would not be a problem if the right’s policies were productive.
COUNTRY

​South African left will have to stand up to an unscrupulous ruling class to resurrect itself

Those in power will use propaganda and repressive state apparatus to maintain their grasp on the country’s purse strings

  • Mathew Blatchford
5 min read
“China hasn’t invaded Africa, doesn’t appear to be involved in political destabilisation, and is probably less economically manipulative than, say, the European Union or Brazil,” writes the author. (Reuters)
BRITIAN

Don’t attack the Chinese — learn from their example

By labelling China as a colonial threat, Zambian historian Sishuwa Sishuwa is helping its enemies

  • Mathew Blatchford
5 min read
Freedom to express fundamental rights versus administrative action by the South African Revenue Service exposes a fundamental link to communal interests and justice in a constitutional democracy. (Oupa Nkosi)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

In denial of reality, we stuff our eye sockets and ears with toilet paper

‘Years of incompetent government in the service of irresponsible oligarchs has left the country in ruins,’ writes Mathew Blatchford

  • Mathew Blatchford
4 min read
ANC

Situation in the ANC normal, all fouled up

The pretence of urgency is a ploy to manipulate people into supporting the ruling class campaign to remove Zuma.

  • Mathew Blatchford
4 min read
ANC GOVERNMENT

SA must free itself from the minority rule of plutocrats

The country’s struggle is not over – a small cabal of rich people in the ruling party, which is revealing its democratic deficit, has taken over.

  • Mathew Blatchford
4 min read
The opening of the nomination process meant that ANC members
ACADEMIC RESEARCH

Research is at the mercy of plutocracy

When corporate entities fund think-tanks it puts paid to intellectual integrity or political engagement.

  • Mathew Blatchford
5 min read