Many earnest people in the West look to the BDS campaign as a “practical” way to show solidarity with Palestine. Its activists often point to the example of the Apartheid regime in South Africa.
On Saturday, July 29 the Economic Freedom Fighters celebrated their 10th anniversary with a mass rally of 100,000 supporters at Johannesburg’s FNB stadium.
South Africa is experiencing one of the worst energy crises in its history. Rolling blackouts have become part of daily life as Eskom, the country’s energy supplier, is battling to keep the lights on.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa is embroiled in a scandal involving the theft of huge sums of undisclosed foreign currency from his game farm in the Limpopo province.
Thousands of workers took to the streets across South Africa to protest against the massive cost of living crisis, which has hit the working class and poor people especially hard.
Widespread riots in South Africa have been fueled by anger, desperation and frustration over deepening poverty and the economic impact of COVID-19 restrictions.
Dockworkers in South Africa have refused to handle cargo from an Israeli ship, in protest against Israel’s bombardment of the besieged Gaza strip.
South African capitalism is in crisis and the ruling class is divided. With worsening conditions of life, sooner or later the working class will place renewed class struggle on the agenda.
On Tuesday, September 20, mass student protests erupted across South Africa after Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande announced that universities can raise tuition fees by up to 8% next year.
On Friday, October 23, South Africa’s president, Jacob Zuma, announced that there will be no increases to student university fees for next year. This was a clear attempt by the government to contain a movement […]
In the early hours of Saturday morning, November 8, the Central Executive Committee of South Africa’s largest labor federation, COSATU, voted by a margin of 33 to 24 to expel its biggest affiliate, NUMSA, from […]
