South Africa

Nelson Mandela: Between fact and fiction

Nelson Mandela at the Riv

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

Raymond Suttner.

By Raymond Suttner

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

Extreme weather, more extreme greenhouse gas emissions beckon urgent activism

By Patrick Bond, Durban

Marikana massacre: A wake up call ignored

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South Africa: Behind the suspension of COSATU leader Zwelinzima Vavi

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South Africa: 'The conflict in COSATU is about its political direction'

Zwelinzima Vavi.

BRICS lessons from Mozambique

Floods in Mozambique have worsened.

By Bobby Peek

Exclusive excerpt: 'Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the war against apartheid' (Monthly Review Press)

The following is an excerpt from Alan Wieder's new book, R

Obama in South Africa: Washington tells Pretoria how to ‘play the game’ in Africa

Protesters greet Obama, June 28, 2013.

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela: the myths and the man

By Terry Bell, Cape Town