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100 Years of the ANC: From Liberation Movement to State Power in South Africa

Tue, 11/13/2012 - 15:51 — Adèle Kirsten a...

 

by Adèle Kirsten and Tshepo Madlingozi

There is no doubt that South Africa is in deep crisis – an unfinished revolution. “The land question is unresolved, economic redistribution is not addressed, racial equality is not attained.” Yet the ruling African National Congress remains deeply embedded in the nation’s political culture. “The ANC remains the central organizational pivot in South Africa’s peoples’ lives.”

A “Triple” Betrayal in South Africa

Wed, 11/07/2012 - 01:14 — Glen Ford

 

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford

The arrangement whereby whites surrendered political control of South Africa, while continuing to dominate the economy, has become indefensible. “Workers seeking to organize outside the government-sanctioned unions are hunted down and prosecuted under spurious charges, physically tortured and vilified as enemies of the state.”

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Economic and Social Crisis in Post Apartheid South Africa

Tue, 08/28/2012 - 14:42 — William Bowles

 

by William Bowles

“Has the ANC and its partners in the Tripartite Alliance, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the SACP betrayed their roots and sold out Black South Africa?” The massacre of miners at Marikana, and the Alliance’s callous response to the carnage, seems to answer in the affirmative. “It's as if the clock stopped in April 1994,” when state power was transferred to Black hands.

South Africa’s Unfinished Revolution and the Massacre at Marikana

Wed, 08/22/2012 - 01:12 — Glen Ford

 

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford

The massacre of 34 miners at Marikana lays bare the central contradiction of the South African “arrangement.” Back in 1994, “the ‘revolution’ was put on indefinite hold, so that a new Black capitalist class could be created, largely from the ranks of well-connected members of the ruling party and even union leaders.” The regime now represses Black workers on behalf of capital.

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