South Africa
Trevor Ngwane: ‘Barbarism is no longer an abstraction. We can see it right in front of our eyes’
Trevor Ngwane — Rosa Luxemburg said the sharpening of the class struggle in the context of a rolling capitalist crisis would soon put a stark choice before humanity: socialism or barbarism? That moment has come.
Geopolitics of genocide: An interview with Rafeef Ziadah
Rafeef Ziadah — The genocide in Gaza lays bare the harsh realities of modern geopolitics, highlighting the mechanisms of power in a world shaped by imperial ambitions and the strategic exploitation of resources.
Zabalaza for Socialism — Without rebuilding solidarity and addressing the root causes of this collapse, South Africa risks descending further into chaos, where survival is marked by despair and violence.
From South Africa to Syria: The rising perils for Palestine solidarity
Patrick Bond — The sudden overthrow of the Assad regime in Syria comes at a time that poses profound challenges for solidarity with Palestine in South Africa.
South Africa: The populist threat and the response of the left
Amandla! — The ANC-DA Alliance is more deeply committed to neoliberalism than even its predecessors. The need for a consolidated voice of the working class and the poor is greater than ever.
Multi-polarity: A new alignment?
Jerry Harris — Some see multi-polarity as a new stage of non-alignment, and even the creation of an anti-imperialist bloc. But the economic and political elites of the Global South are too deeply tied to transnational capitalism to be truly independent.
Mazibuko Jara and Gunnett Kaaf look at the implications of South Africa’s new coalition government for the African National Congress-South African Communist Party-Confederation of South African Trade Union Alliance, and for the broader polity.
South Africa’s ‘Government of Neoliberal Unity’ is constructed on shaky ground
Patrick Bond — Given declining living standards, an elite transition will not stick nearly as well as Nelson Mandela’s 1994-99 reign. It may be a matter of just months before the centre can no longer hold.
ANC’s crushing electoral defeat: A nightmare of coalitions, splits and neoliberal crisis
Gunnett Kaaf — Voters have rejected the ANC, but other mainstream parties are not viable alternatives to exit the neoliberal crisis. That’s why South Africa is in the throes of a deepening political and social crisis.
Zabalaza for Socialism — The elections of May 29 and the inauguration of the Government of National Unity (GNU) mark a critical shift in the country’s political landscape.
Salim Vally discusses Israel’s war on Gaza and the global campaign against Israeli apartheid.
Mazibuko Jara looks at the African National Congress’s (ANC) prospects of holding onto power after 30 years in office, and how some of the new right and left forces are likely to fare.