South African Communist Party – The Mail & Guardian

/ 18 October 2024

ANC infighting threatens GNU more than tensions with DA

Strains are evident, but a cabinet ‘clearing house’ will offer the unity government a way of dealing with disputes

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By Emsie Ferreira, Paddy Harper, Lunga Mzangwe and Mandisa Nyathi

Friday

/ 16 October 2024

Alex La Guma and Third Worldism: A legacy of global activism

The writer grew and evolved in exile — but he never truly left South Africa

By Christopher J Lee

Politics

/ 15 October 2024

Ramaphosa asks South Africans to rekindle their ‘love’ for ANC

The president said he believed citizens were still enamoured with the party but that it had work to do regarding renewal and rebuilding

By Lunga Mzangwe

Politics

/ 13 September 2024

OBITUARY – Pravin Gordhan’s last warning: Democracy will not survive on its own

Gordhan’s last political act was to call for a ‘reset’ and a return to progressive politics

By Paddy Harper and Emsie Ferreira

Columns

/ 9 August 2024

Blue light blues in the Birchwood parking lot as the ANC wraps up its lekgotla lite

John and Gayton are driving the comrades’ cars, eating their
lunch and hogging their headlines

By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 4 August 2024

Ramaphosa: Failures in metros contributed to ANC’s electoral decline

The president said the party had entered uncharted territory following its failure to secure an outright majority in the 29 May general elections

By Lunga Mzangwe

Thought Leader

/ 17 July 2024

Realigning the left: Navigating corruption scandals like VBS and building a mass-based movement

The shack dwellers movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo, in a mass meeting recalled and expelled senior members who made a deal with a funeral association linked to Jacob Zuma and VBS Bank

By Imraan Buccus

Thought Leader

/ 19 June 2024

Reevaluating the EFF and MK: Authoritarian nationalism versus leftism

The uMkhonto weSizwe party’s policies are on the extreme right while the confused Economic Freedom Fighters are best described as authoritarian populism

By Imraan Buccus

Columns

/ 18 June 2024

As the ANC loses its grip on power, its alliance members may be tempted to fill the gap they helped create

Building a leftist party to contest future elections will require exorcising existing organisations of their Stalinism — or creating something from a much smaller base

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By Sarah Smit

Business

/ 14 June 2024

Government of national unity: Political shift tests Cosatu’s influence

The labour movement helped end apartheid and usher in Mandela’s coalition government. Its currently diminished position is cause for anxiety as the ANC forges new political alliances

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By Sarah Smit

Analysis

/ 29 March 2024

‘Team privatisation’ continues to score despite SAA own-goal

Despite what some say about the Takatso deal’s collapse, the private sector has made strong inroads at public enterprises

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By Sarah Smit

Analysis

/ 5 March 2024

Treasury puts the brakes on a left turn

Some consider the decision to tap the forex reserve as a sign that the state can be swayed by the left. But the ANC-led government knows exactly how to neutralise progressive forces

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By Sarah Smit

Cabinet Report Cards 2023

/ 22 December 2023

Department of Public Enterprises

State capture is often cited as the the reason for the department’s ongoing failures, but its problems run far deeper

By Sarah Smit

Politics

/ 2 October 2023

SA Communist Party slams Godongwana’s austerity plans

The SACP says the finance minister’s proposed spending cuts are an inappropriate response the country’s economic problems

By Mandisa Nyathi

Thought Leader

/ 24 July 2023

A different, better South Africa needs more than just blaming the ANC

We need to begin any analysis with the realisation that capitalism has few winners

By Jeff Rudin

Opinion

/ 2 May 2023

Has the tripartite alliance become an anachronism?

Can the South African Communist Party exist effectively and independently of the ANC?

By Benzi Ka-Soko

Opinion

/ 26 April 2023

Has the tripartite become an anachronism?

Can the South African Communist Party exist effectively and independently?

By Benzi Ka-Soko

Opinion

/ 8 March 2023

The seeds of the 1973 Durban strikes still grow

Several unions were formed in the wake of the seminal strikes 50 years ago, including the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa

By Irvin Jim

Politics

/ 27 February 2023

Ramaphosa calls urgent cabinet meeting as more Eskom corruption is exposed

The meeting will take place on Monday night on the energy state of disaster as as anticipation builds over a cabinet reshuffle

By Lizeka Tandwa

Business

/ 27 January 2023

It’s clear that state-owned entities can’t be turned around by politics

With Eskom and most other entities in states of disrepair, the relevance of the department of public enterprises is questioned

By Sarah Smit

National

/ 20 January 2023

Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, Cyril Ramaphosa: The people who killed Eskom over 25 years

In 1997, the warning bells were ringing that South Africa faced a dark future because Eskom would run out of capacity to supply a growing populace and an expanding economy

By Emsie Ferreira, Paddy Harper and Athandiwe Saba

Opinion

/ 6 January 2023

The Lost Prince of the ANC and ‘the people’s war’

This extract from The Lost Prince of the ANC: The Life and Times of Jabulani Nobleman ‘Mzala’ Nxumalo 1955 – 1991 by Mandla J Radebe is based on the publication in July 1987 of Nxumalo’s article ‘Towards people’s war and insurrection’ in the ANC’s publication Sechaba, in which he argued that, under prevailing conditions, the ‘armed insurrection’ was possible. For him, anything less was a conservative approach that failed to read the situation correctly

By Mandla J Radebe

Opinion

/ 3 January 2023

The left must break away from the ANC now

Excluded from power in the ruling party, Cosatu and the SACP need to rethink their strategy

By Imraan Buccus

National

/ 7 December 2022

Janusz Walus released on parole

Chris Hani’s killer was released after recovering from being stabbed by a fellow prisoner

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 29 November 2022

Janusz Walus stabbed by fellow inmate

The man who murdered Chris Hani is receiving medical care after an attack three days before his court-ordered release on parole

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 28 November 2022

Walus to serve out parole in SA, not Poland

Home affairs said an exemption had been granted to the man who killed Chris Hani to remain as parole conditions would not be imposed in his native country

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 21 November 2022

Concourt orders release of Janusz Walus on parole

The court held that the latest decision of the justice ministry in 2020 to deny Chris Hani’s murderer parole was irrational

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By Emsie Ferreira

Opinion

/ 25 October 2022

South Africa has produced a stunted democracy

The country has failed to sustained the momentum of the national democratic revolution

By Phillip Dexter

Opinion

/ 16 October 2022

South African Communist Party, Cosatu are stuck with the ANC

Despite being disillusioned with their ally in government, the SACP and the labour federation are unlikely to leave the tripartite alliance

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By Mcebisi Ndletyana

Opinion

/ 12 August 2022

Smiso Nkwanyana: Remembering a student leader and activist

He died 19 years ago but his influence on shaping the political landscape of KwaZulu-Natal lives on

By Mfanafuthi Sithebe

Article

/ 17 July 2022

Blade Nzimande and the dilemma of the SACP

Assuming the leadership of the SACP in 1998, Nzimande had to resolve what would become of the party when the Native Republic was attained.

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