Terry Bell
The ticking time bomb of Swaziland
South Africa's ANC President Jacob Zuma gives Swaziland tyrant
South Africa: Slow-motion disintegration of COSATU likely to continue
COSATU's highly re
South Africa: 'Beacon of hope' still flickers faintly
By Terry Bell
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela: the myths and the man
By Terry Bell, Cape Town
South Africa: ANC sees 'Swedes and Irish' behind miners' anger; Solidarity forces ANC back-down
Liv Shange returns to South Africa, July 14, 2013.
South Africa: 'Sorting fact from fiction at Marikana' -- Terry Bell on the massacre of mineworkers
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August 27, 2012 -- Terry Bell is a widely respected labour reporter and activist based in Cape Town, South Africa. His "Inside labour" columns in Amandla! magazine and on his blog, Terry Bell Writes, are essential reading for those interested in developments in South Africa's labour movement. Below, with Terry Bell's permission, Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal posts some of his recent columns dealing with Marikana massacre and the background to it.
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By Terry Bell
August 23, 2012 -- Terry Bell Writes -- The deaths at Lonmin amount to the bloodiest tragedy of the post-apartheid era. As a result, the blame game is in full swing and is likely to continue in the weeks ahead.