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Ebrahim Harvey is a political writer and author of The Great Pretenders: Race & Class under ANC Rule (Jacana)
The blame for our current crisis must be laid at the door of the ANC — but it can still redeem itself
In the introduction to his book, author Ebrahim Harvey says the social crisis we have today is the result of the false understanding the ruling party has of our society and history
Many ANC leaders and officials have been implicated in allegations of corruption and other wrongdoing; Zuma’s is merely the most prominent case
It is from the beneficiaries of the ANC’s ‘cadre deployment’ that you will mostly hear the fawning praises sung
Good election outcomes for the party will mean Julius Malema’s dangerous racism will again receive airtime
Students who want to throw Western science out of universities need to rethink their ideas
He spent two decades working to strengthen civil society, after leading two trade unions.
It’s hard to ignore the tragic demise of a movement that held and had so much meaning and potential.
Ebrahim Harvey challenges the former leader of the labour federation to examine his role in its unravelling.
We need to interrogate the intersecting race-class pendulum more to be able to see some very interesting omissions in our often very heated discourses
In trying to set up a new alliance and workers’ party, it seems the union has taken on too much.
With local government elections a few months away the relevance of this cardinal electoral question is striking.
The wildcat strikes by refuse workers in Jo’burg are a troubling sign of leaderless disorganisation.
The splintering of black people along political and class lines means they don’t speak with one voice, writes Ebrahim Harvey.
The former EFF MP is guilty of a crude reductionism that contributes nothing to a nonracial society
Debilitating internecine rivalry and squabbles give scant hope that a leftist realignment can succeed.
No paper, the writer argues, has kept the ruling party on its toes as the M&G has done.
As the political sands shift, Ebrahim Harvey questions whether Cosatu and the SACP will support Cyril Ramaphosa for the ANC presidency.
Over the years, bitter factionalism has torn at the labour federation and caused deep fissures.
The never-ending political scandals are ultimately killing the hopes of the poor majority.
