South Africa

South Africa xenophobia

South Africa’s shifting political terrain

The arrival of uMkhonto weSizwe, March and March and allied groups on the political stage is not just a matter of new forces emerging — it is part of an ongoing and rapid reconfiguration of the field, argues Richard Pithouse.
Unite against xenophobia

March separately, strike together: Xenophobia, working-class fragmentation and strategic crossroads

The fight against xenophobia cannot be separated from rebuilding working-class organisation, write Rehad Desai and Luke Sinwell.
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South Africa’s morass of unemployment: Causes, consequences and the need for communes

Shawn Hattingh — South Africa faces a staggering unemployment crisis. In the face of this, some community-based movements are experimenting with projects such as communes.
World break chains

Zabalaza for Socialism (South Africa): Another world is not only possible — it is necessary and urgent

Zabalaza for Socialism — We enter a new year in a time of deep crisis and danger.

(Video) Meeting the challenge of the far right & challenges for the left

A public forum featuring British socialist Zarah Sultana, UK-based author Joseph Choonara, Brazilian socialist Vivi Reis, and Dr Daniel Chavez.
BRICS Brazil summit

Why are the BRICS countries not condemning the ongoing genocide in Gaza?

Eric Toussaint analyses the practical policies of the BRICS countries and the institutions they have established towards Israel and its genocide in Gaza.
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South Africa: Can the SACP help rebuild a democratic, militant left?

Brian Ashley — The South African Communist Party’s decision to stand candidates represents a potential step in re-conquering working-class independence.
Newsapaper stand in Nottinghamshire, UK April 2025.

Trump tariffs and US imperialism

Gillian Hart — Beneath the turmoil of Trump’s tariff blitz lies a battle between technocrats, ultranationalists and anti-imperial populists, all vying to reshape, or destroy, US global power.
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The state of Africa in the new world (dis)order

Will Shoki — Africa today stands at a crossroads, caught between internal crises, shifting global power dynamics, and the slow unraveling of the post-liberation political order.
US President Donald Trump dances on stage after speaking at a campaign rally at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville. Source: AAP

This changes everything: The threat of Trumpism for South Africa

Amandla! Collective — The second coming of Trump has started to reconfigure the international political architecture that emerged after World War II. This has profound implications for countries both in the global North and South.
Protestors burn a Frelimo flag. Shorn of its former radicalism, Frelimo was embroiled in one corruption scandal after another. But its continued control of the Electoral Commission has ensured that the provinces and the capital, Maputo, would stay in its hands.

The Mozambican people enter the political realm

Rehad Desai — A potted history of Mozambique’s ruling party is required to help fully grasp why the country is unravelling, creating an uprising of discontent.
Police barricade during a demonstration on the corner of Eduardo Mondlane and Amílcar Cabral avenues in Maputo, two of the main leaders of former Portuguese African colonies´ independence. November 7th, 2024. Image © Marilio Wane.

The crisis of African liberators

Marílio Wane — As Mozambique nears 50 years of independence, its ruling party clings to power amid political turmoil, contested elections, and growing public discontent. Is this the beginning of a new struggle for liberation?