Class Struggle
latest news & developments
Race and politics distract us from the issue of inequality
South Africa’s inequality is a class issue masked by race and political infighting, distracting from pragmatic solutions and true liberation goals
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"
Repugnant outcomes of a caste system
Intergenerational legacies of socioeconomic exclusion have locked millions of South Africans into social castes, not classes.
The next step in the class action silicosis case and sick miners
Gold mining giants are beginning to negotiate with mineworkers and their families.
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.
We must build on psychology of peace
The privileged classes need to develop solidarity with those groups who have been marginalised.
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.
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.