Social Movements
latest news & developments
Testing the will of the people: The state-citizen confrontation in South Africa
The rise of anti-illegal immigration movements like Operation Dudula and March and March signals a critical moment for South African democracy, highlighting deep-seated…
Kenyans protest detested finance bill amid calls for economic justice
Citizens unite globally against tax hikes, urging economic integrity and political accountability
Mother City: A powerful documentary exposing Cape Town’s racial and economic inequality
Six years in the making, the pair’s film explores racial and economic inequality in Cape Town
Repugnant outcomes of a caste system
Intergenerational legacies of socioeconomic exclusion have locked millions of South Africans into social castes, not classes.
When comrades rape comrades
‘Solidarity’ too often masks a culture of sexual coercion and assault by male activists.
Public education sector challenged to reform
The Centre for Development and Enterprise has challenged the public education sector to form a social movement to improve education in South Africa.
Grassroots groups look to their own to make a difference
Several grassroots social movements are fielding their own candidates in next week’s municipal elections to woo voters fed up with mainstream parties.
A movement to applaud
Social movements need to capitalise on grassroots discontent with the ruling party, argues <b>Ebrahim Harvey</b>.