The life story of Mandlenkosi Makhoba represents the losers in the new South Africa, showing how inequality is produced and reproduced generationally.
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A readable and important new book on the struggle for justice in South Africa’s Oukasie township does not go far enough to question the feasibility of grassroots resistance.
South Africa needs to wean itself off coal in a way that protects jobs and the environment.
Jacob Zuma was removed by the people’s effect, which connected the dots of corruption, a mismanaged state and rapacious capitalism.
The South African Communist Party’s decision to compete in an election against its alliance partner the ANC is a watershed moment for them, with important implications for the country.
The membership base of South Africa’s trade union movement has undergone significant changes which begs the question: has it moved away from its working class roots to become a middle class movement.
South Africa’s newest trade union federation, Saftu, comes at a time of declining political influence by unions, compared to during the struggle against apartheid. They are also seen as elitist.
In previous elections speculation in South Africa focused on the likely size of the ruling ANC’s majority. This time the question on people’s minds is: will the ANC win or lose Nelson Mandela Bay?
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Distinguished Reserach Professor, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Chief Research Specialist in Democracy and Citizenship at the Human Science Research Council and a Research Fellow Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State
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Senior Lecturer, University of Pretoria
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Professor in Political Science, University of South Africa
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Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Development Studies, University of Fort Hare
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Associate Professor in Sociology, University of Zululand
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Professor Emerita in Sociology and Honorary Research Professor in SWOP, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg