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The eThekwini metro’s climate action plan lacks urgency and the state remains wedded to fossil fuels, mining, high-energy refining and smelting
The president disclosed a development U-turn but the Special Economic Zones and China’s carbon intensive interests are likely to prevail
As South Africans, we must support the fight to save the Amazon, but also take a strong stand on environmental concerns that are closer to home
Recent pronouncements by Lethuli House, and Ace Magashule in particular, merely muddied the waters
The budget serves the interests of the rich and powerful and punts crumbs for the poor as meaningful advances
The reason for the International Monetary Fund’s Christine Lagarde’s visit to South Africa is unknown
An international forum draws strength from worldwide protests against extraction
Global finance, procurement fraud and mega projects flash warnings
Samir Amin was a fearless scholar whose ideas will long outlive him
One of South Africa’s highest-profile intellectual vehicles appears to be a victim of drunken driving by scholars
‘Terreblanche wrote with a deep idealism in a country frequently with the highest levels of inequality’
Let’s not fool ourselves: this is not a budget that’s friendly to the poor or the vulnerable
Top-down regulatory measures come to naught, so the battle must be fought from the bottom up
Hoarding cash under the mattress represents one form of stored value during crisis, since placing them in bank accounts risks Reserve Bank seizure.
Look beyond the fawning and you’ll see some horrifying flaws in Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s budget, writes Patrick Bond.
SA’s transition into democracy involved compromises that left white privilege intact and black poverty undiminished.
Now is the moment to put moral pressure on big business, as job cuts, pollution and capital flight reach record levels, writes Professor Patrick Bond.
Resistance is rising to the liberalising ideology of the South African state and corporate elites, says Patrick Bond, who is on an M&G Lit Fest panel.
SA’s appointees undermine the bank’s claims of being an alternative to Washington financiers.
The friction between different schools of socialist thinking has produced more light than heat for South Africa.
