Africa

'To truthfully honour Mandela, we must renew the freedom struggle of the working class and rural poor'

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Nelson Mandela’s years in power: Was he pushed or did he jump?

South Africa: Zwelinzima Vavi explains the real cause of the crisis in COSATU

Zwelinzima Vavi.

South Africa: 'Beacon of hope' still flickers faintly

By Terry Bell

South Africa: 'Political power without economic power is like an empty tin' -- NUMSA leader Irvin Jim

Irvin Jim.

Nelson Mandela: Between fact and fiction

Nelson Mandela at the Riv

Swaziland’s rotten elections: pro-democracy forces vindicated

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Raymond Suttner: 'The ANC-SACP-COSATU alliance has sold its soul'

Raymond Suttner.

By Raymond Suttner

Swaziland: Communist Party leader arrested during 'election' boycott campaign

Statement by the Communist Party of Swaziland

South Africa: World’s longest running current industrial dispute sets example for us all

By Mike Marqusee

Motsotso wa NUMSA (The NUMSA moment): South Africa's most radical trade union (video)

September 4, 2013 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal

Marikana massacre: A wake up call ignored

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