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There has always been a special bond between the liberation struggles in South Africa and Palestine, rooted in their shared experience of brutal settler colonial oppression.

The blood of South Africa’s past demands we condemn genocide in Gaza

As Archbishop Desmond Tutu said, ‘If you are neutral in the face of suffering, you are on the side of the oppressor’

Solly Mapaila at the African National Congress (ANC) 112th anniversary at Mbombela Stadium on January 13,  2024. (Photo by Dirk Kotze/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

SACP set to confirm independent 2026 election bid at tripartite alliance meeting

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for its alliance partners, the SACP and labour federation Cosatu, to unite to return the ANC to power

EEF leader Julius Malema.

Malema calls Ramaphosa thin-skinned

Unchastened after a rebuke from the president, the EFF leader reiterated his claim that Ramaphosa sold mineworkers down the river

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo: by PresidencyZA)

Ramaphosa rebukes Malema’s allegations of betrayal during liberation struggle

The president cautioned the Economic Freedom Fighters leader to play the ball, not the man

ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe. (Ntswe Mokoena)

Gwede Mantashe: Suspension of NUM general secretary is ‘madness’

The ANC chairperson said the issue of weakened labour unions needed to be addressed, or unions would disappear

In the 1980s he was robust and resolute whereas he is now seen as cautious and risk-averse. But there may be value in his ‘waiting a bit’. (Photo by William F. Campbell/Getty Images)

Ramaphosa: From robust and resolute to risk averse

In the 1980s NUM leader and 2020s president seem to be two different people But there may be value in his ‘waiting a bit’

Transition: Workers carry out repairs at the Tutuka coal-fired power station in Mpumalanga. South Africa has said a retreat from fossil fuel must take account of the effect on the economy and the people who depend on it for a living. Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg

Don’t privatise electricity in South Africa

South Africa must reject green capitalism and develop a public pathway to energy security

Eskom told Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts that it was targeting suppliers mentioned in the Zondo report

Eskom and unions reach wage agreement, workers back at work

The power utility warned that the system would take some time to recover because maintenance work had been postponed because of the unprotected strike

The late minister Pravin Gordhan. Photo: Essa Alexander/Sunday Times

God, the Gunners and Gordhan

Number 1 should take some tips from Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta and finally clear the cabinet of some deadwood

Underground mining operations are particularly vulnerable to the dangers of flooding and water ingress, which can result from heavy rains, groundwater inflow, or even burst dams. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Workers clearly do not support strike action, insists Sibanye-Stillwater

The mine’s two largest unions have accused it of being the ‘worst employer among workers’ and are threatening a secondary strike.

Former Eskom chief executive Andre de Ruyter. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg)

Despite Eskom woes, De Ruyter will not resign of “own accord”

Power utility plans to move to stage three rolling blackouts from Wednesday

Zwelinzima Vavi, the secretary-general of the South African Federation of Trade Unions. (Photo credit should read JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty Images)

Vavi, NUM add to calls for De Ruyter and company to leave Eskom

Saftu and NUM leaders warn that load-shedding will cause devastating job losses and scupper economic recovery

A mine employee measures the temperature of a mineworker, enroute to his evening shift at the Sibanye-Stillwater platinum mine, before letting him board a company bus at the Wonderkop taxi rank in Marikana, near Rustenburg. (Photo by Michele Spatari/AFP)

Mining industry vaccinates over 200 000 workers, mandatory vaccination not on the cards for now

Minerals Council aims to get 80% of its workforce vaccinated by November

A Denel Rooivalk attack helicopter manifactured by South African Denel flies by during the Africa Aerospace and Defence 2016 fair at the South African air force Waterkloof base on September 15, 2016 IN Pretoria, South Africa.
 / AFP / GIANLUIGI GUERCIA        (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP via Getty Images)

Denel aims to be sustainable within five years, but needs a bigger cash injection

The parastatal has struggled with financial constraints for some time, partly blamed on wasteful expenditure and the inability to create revenue

Former Eskom chief executive Andre de Ruyter. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg)

No retrenchments as Eskom forges ahead with unbundling

The power utility will keep the peace with organised labour, André de Ruyter has assured

Brian Molefe guns for Cyril Ramaphosa, alleging that the president’s relationship with Glencore was only a ploy to siphon money out of Eskom.(Gallo)

Molefe blames Ramaphosa for Eskom’s woes in statement to Zondo commission

Brian Molefe guns for Cyril Ramaphosa, alleging that the president’s relationship with Glencore was only a ploy to siphon money out of Eskom

Power trip: Women from Masakhane in Emalahleni wait for the weekly load of free coal from a nearby mine.Masakhane is not linked to
the electricity grid, despite being only two kilometres from Eskom’s Duvha power station in Mphumalanga.
(Marco Longari/AFP)

Eskom must lead the energy shift

Any plans to change from coal-fired power to renewable and affordable electricity must include turning the power utility into a true public entity

The department of public enterprises is concerned that the proposed sale of assets threatens its plans to engineer SAA 2.0
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Unions vow to push ‘battle for survival’ at SAA

The Labour Court dismisses an application by Numsa and Sacca to have planned job cuts at SAA scrapped

(John McCann/M&G)

Cyril’s style is to inspire the nation

His visionary pragmatism and his aim – together with SA’s citizens — is to build a capable state

Constant: Cyril Ramaphosa became president in February 2018, but it has been a hard journey from trade unionist to the very tricky period of being deputy to Jacob Zuma. (David Harrison)

Cyril plays a careful game

The president may have kept his cards close to his chest but now he has to make bold moves