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Class Struggle

South Africa’s middle class is three salaries away from poverty
Analysis
/ 26 May 2017

South Africa’s middle class is three salaries away from poverty

"An assessment of middle classes should consider their vulnerability rather than hold a romanticised view"

By Jason Musyoka
Repugnant outcomes of a caste system
Analysis
/ 13 April 2017

Repugnant outcomes of a caste system

Intergenerational legacies of socioeconomic exclusion have locked millions of South
Africans into social castes, not classes.

By Staff Reporter
The next step in the class action silicosis case and sick miners
Article
/ 19 May 2016

The next step in the class action silicosis case and sick miners

Gold mining giants are beginning to negotiate with mineworkers and their families.

By Athandiwe Saba
Race reinvented for post-apartheid SA
Analysis
/ 6 April 2016

Race reinvented for post-apartheid SA

Two decades since 1994, we’re still stuck in the racial categories of the old regime – a colour-coding of class from which only the rich benefit.

By Jeff Rudin
We must build on psychology of peace
Article
/ 17 September 2015

We must build on psychology of peace

The privileged classes need to develop solidarity with those groups who have been marginalised.

By Staff Reporter
Class, race and the new native
Analysis
/ 25 September 2014

Class, race and the new native

South Africa today suffers a confusion between the rule of the people, the rule of law and the rule of property.

By Achille Mbembe
Class elephant ironically ignored
Analysis
/ 19 June 2014

Class elephant ironically ignored

The class of class struggle is much more than just an objective measure of poverty or wealth, of inequality or economic power.

By Jeff Rudin

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