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post-apartheid

Trade unions, return to your socialist values and origins
Opinion
/ 19 May 2025

Trade unions, return to your socialist values and origins

In the days of apartheid, unions fought for more than just wages, they wanted a new society. Now it seems they have abandoned their roots

By Donovan E Williams
Trade union Solidarity’s myth of Afrikaner suppression exposed
Thought Leader
/ 3 April 2025

Trade union Solidarity’s myth of Afrikaner suppression exposed

The apartheid state used job reservation, quotas, selective procurement, import controls and industrial policy to advance working class Afrikaners

By Khwezi Mabasa
uNomkhubulwane and songs of the water spirits
Friday
/ 12 July 2024

uNomkhubulwane and songs of the water spirits

Nduduzo Makhathini unpacks the philosophy and traditions behind his new album

By Nduduzo Makhathini
Torture is not limited to CIA black sites – it’s alive in South Africa’s prisons
Opinion
/ 3 November 2021

Torture is not limited to CIA black sites – it’s alive in South Africa’s prisons

Unlike the US, it is not foreigners that are subjected to torture and cruel treatment, but South Africans

By Casper Lӧtter
Political elites, not foreigners, are to blame for South Africa’s problems
Thought Leader
/ 3 December 2020

Political elites, not foreigners, are to blame for South Africa’s problems

What if we told foreigners to voetsek? We have fallen victim to the illusion of scarcity. And we are led to wrongly believe immigrants are a threat

By Andile Zulu
Why a blanket approach to redressing spatial inequity is flawed
Opinion
/ 19 August 2020

Why a blanket approach to redressing spatial inequity is flawed

Equal distribution of resources will not close the access gap. Instead, resources must be deployed where they are needed most – and low-cost housing must move from the urban periphery too

By Qhamani Neza Tshazi

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