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Zuma vs Ramaphosa? Neither is the leader South Africans deserve

Opinion Andile Zulu - 27 Sep 2020

Neither statesman could command sufficient authority in an ANC that remains mired in corruption and infighting and at the behest of big capital

DA’s policy proposals are counter-transformative

Top Six Siyabulela Tsengiwe - 2 Sep 2020

The DA is stuck in classical liberalism when there are new ways of thinking about capitalism and the role of the state - and its denial of race as a concept is disingenuous

Towards a people’s economics of education

Opinion Ashley Visagie - 12 Aug 2020

Reopening of schools seems to be less about the teachers, parents and students and more about desperate attempts to rescue our failing and unsustainable capitalist economy

The mechanism of contagion in racism

Opinion Kiasha Naidoo - 26 Jul 2020

How race came to function as fuel to an exploitative economic system. Take the case of South Africa…

Black Lives Matter – turning point at a historic moment

Opinion Anthony Bogues - 24 Jul 2020

The protests that have taken place in the United States confront the racialised edifice that built the modern world

Beware of Big Business bearing gifts

Opinion Ahmed Sule - 19 Jul 2020

Large corporates whose business has thrived because of inequalities, could be hijacking the anti-racist movement by offering money and not tangible changes

How racism is an essential capitalist tool

Opinion Richard D Wolff - 2 Jul 2020

In the United States, the African American minority is capitalism’s ‘business cycle shock-absorber’

Achille Mbembe: The universal right to breathe

Opinion Achille Mbembe - 24 Jun 2020

‘Modernity has been an interminable war on life. And it is far from over.’ We need to start anew; reclaim the oxygen that belongs to all on Earth

Militarisation, repression and capitalism in the US

World William I Robinson - 21 Jun 2020

A global police state – the military arm for capital interests – marginalises, controls and subjugates millions of people considered surplus humanity

The myths that swirl around modern-day South Africa should be dispelled

Opinion Andile Zulu - 25 May 2020

Without an accurate understanding of the dilemmas which overwhelm us, our efforts to produce effective and far-reaching strategies or solutions for change will fail

There are limits to what a capitalist government can do in this crisis

Coronavirus Greg Dor - 13 May 2020

We need an entirely new way of doing things to put an end to poverty

Political pragmatism is required to survive Covid-19

Coronavirus Quentin du Plessis - 12 May 2020

Political ideologies — communism, capitalism, liberalism — and an unrealistic view of the world as we’d like it to be got us into this mess

Covid-19 pandemic: An opportunity to press the reset button on capitalism?

Article Bert Olivier - 27 Apr 2020

Human greed has brought us to the brink of societal collapse. It is time for a student-led revolution to promote a transition to a new economic system

Shabaka and The Ancestors heed history’s call

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 31 Mar 2020

“We need to start articulating our utopias, articulating what needs to be burned and what needs to be saved.” — Shabaka Hutchings

The enduring allure of Robin Hoods

Article Christopher McMichael - 25 Jan 2020

Society’s fascination with robbing the rich to feed the poor, whether fabricated or in real life, reveals a profound longing for justice and redistribution in a capitalist world

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Johannesburg cannot police its future

Matthew Wilhelm solomon - 27 Oct 2020

South Africa’s biggest city is ground zero for debates about the long-term effectiveness and constitutionality of militarised urban policing and how we imagine the post-Covid city

Coronavirus

Ithala backs its embattled chairperson

Paddy Harper - 25 Oct 2020

Roshan Morar is being investigated in connection with KwaZulu-Natal education department backpack sanitiser tender worth R4-million and a batch of face masks that vanished

National

Q&A Sessions: ‘My north star is the patient’

Eyaaz Matwadia - 24 Oct 2020

Rhulani Nhlaniki is Pfizer’s cluster lead for sub-Saharan Africa. As Pfizer starts phase III of the clinical trial of their Covid-19 vaccine candidate, he tells Malaikah Bophela that if it is successful, the company will ensure the vaccine will be available to everyone who needs it

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Transport Month

[email protected] - 23 Oct 2020

An infrastructure-led recovery will help to stimulate demand in the South African economy, which is vital post the Covid-19 pandemic

Special Reports

Limpopo’s Economic Recovery Plan to fight Covid-19 impact

special reports - 23 Oct 2020

Billions have been set aside to help farmers and industries get back on their feet as part of the Limpopo Socio-Economic Recovery Plan

Special Reports

Disrupt the corrupt

special reports - 22 Oct 2020

Whistle-blowers should be seen as real heroes in the fight against corruption and we need a change in culture for this to happen

Special Reports

Corporates: A force for good for a sustainable future

special reports - 20 Oct 2020

In order to see people and nature thrive what is required is a strong focus on partnerships – we cannot act alone anymore

Special Reports

Combatting wildlife crime in Southern Africa activity annual programme statement (APS) No. 04

special reports - 20 Oct 2020

Concept papers are sought for implementating activities, for a multi-faceted programme that aims to reduce poaching and illegal trade in wildlife

Special Reports

The financial decisions made during your life journey, and their impact on your retirement outcome

special reports - 19 Oct 2020

The longer you save towards retirement the larger your retirement savings are expected to be due to the effect of compounding interest

Special Reports

In conversation with SA Reserve Bank Governer, Lesetja Kganyago

special reports - 16 Oct 2020

'Make interest rates zero and inflation goes up and then people save less – we need savings to fund investment in this country'

Special Reports

Secure your business from cyber threats

special reports - 16 Oct 2020

Many business-grade security systems now have built-in learning systems and AI to help businesses stay up to date with protection