Despite evidence of the dangers and failures of public-private partnerships, the ANC and newcomer Rise Mzansi ignore these concerns
To overcome negativity, and draw citizens back into politics, we need to recapture the viability of class struggle which can usher in real change
This cannot be rectified without redistributing wealth and property – and therefore power
To reimagine a better South Africa, capitalism and its unequal class structure have to be challenged
The class structure and capitalism have to be challenged to reimagine a viable and just country
Inequality is a moral crime. We can imagine better systems, so why does the ANC hold on to neoliberalism?
Commercial media reproduces the views of the dominant class and has been unable to unpack the underlying failures of capitalism
Its position has shifted from social democracy to neoliberalism over two decades. But what is it now?
The former president and the ‘RET’ faction will not bring the changes South Africa sorely needs
Mahmood Mamdani’s latest book, ‘Neither Settler nor Native’ asks a political question: Rights for whom?
The shake-up has seen young, feminist and anti-neoliberal voices emerge from the 15 May general election
The pandemic is hastening neoliberal universities’ moves towards platform pedagogy, where lecturers become participants in the “just-in-time” gig economy and students become…
Without an accurate understanding of the dilemmas which overwhelm us, our efforts to produce effective and far-reaching strategies or solutions for change will fail
LONG READ As the world was overtaken by upheaval last year, one photo emerging from the uprisings depicts a protestor bearing a promise: “Neoliberalism was born in Chile and will…
In this response to Judy Seidman, Njabulo Zwane defends a Black Radical Tradition of refusing the notion of work itself
There are a number of cases in the past decade where Africans have managed to push the conversation beyond liberal reforms as a political goal or did not spent all their energies…
The uprising sweeping across the country is challenging the government and neoliberalism
Achieving significant progress means we are going to have to ditch neoliberal capitalism
How does the world’s longest serving autocrat remain in power?
The new model brings together fake social care, exacerbated nationalism and a compensatory pro-business approach
