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, by MABUSELA Zolani
The Black Consciousness Movement Unity (BCMU) welcomes the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) decision to reopen the inquest into the death of our beloved comrade, Steve Biko, on September 12, 2025. This move marks a significant step towards uncovering the truth and bringing closure to (…)
, by ASHLEY Brian
The decision of the South African Communist Party (SACP) to stand independently in the coming local government elections must be welcomed. For decades, independent socialists and other militants have argued that the SACP’s subordination within the Alliance weakened the political independence of (…)
, by TILLEY Alison
Amandla! is mourning the loss of a comrade we worked closely with over many years—Mark Weinberg. We publish a tribute by Alison Tilley at the memorial for him held at Community House, Cape Town.
Today, we gather in sorrow but also in deep gratitude to honour the life and legacy of Mark (…)
, by HUNTER Murray
Weinberg, a key figure in the Right2Know Campaign, died on 28 January 2025
There is no single person who could be described as the founder of the Right2Know Campaign, but Mark Weinberg, who died of a heart attack on 28 January, came the closest. It was far from his only work, but the (…)
, by MABUSELA Zolani
The Steve Biko Commemoration event will be held at Pretoria Central Prison today.
With profound respect and admiration, we remember the life and legacy of a true Azanian hero who dedicated his life to the fight against White domination and the empowerment of black people. Your untimely (…)
, par Amandla !
The need is greater than ever for a consolidated voice of the working class and the poor. On the one hand, daily community protests seem to indicate a population that is not by any means apathetic. But when it comes to elections, the majority don’t participate. No political party has been able (…)
, by ETKIND Roger
In the feature of this issue we:
• Look back on the election and what messages the results contain;
• Look forward to life with the GNU and what it will mean for the majority of poor and working-class South Africans; and
• Look at the opportunities and challenges for the Left right now. (…)
, by ZASO
The elections of May 29 and the inauguration of the Government of National Unity (GNU) mark a critical shift in the country’s political landscape. The results of the elections highlighted a number of important political processes that have been unfolding for some time: the unravelling of the (…)
, by Amandla!
After the review of the last 30 years of agrarian reform in Amandla! 89, the feature in this issue looks at ‘The housing mess’. Patrick Bond goes back to what he calls “the developer-driven, bank-centred model” of Joe Slovo’s housing policy, and notes how it has failed, as acknowledged by the (…)
, by ANDREWS Mercia
This article seeks to respond to the questions posed by Amandla! which relate to the South African Left in particular: where is the Left intellectually, programmatically and organisationally? What has happened to it, and why has it become so fragmented and marginal? Given the broadness of the (…)
, by Amandla!
WHERE IS THE ORGANISED solidarity with the workers’ movement in Ukraine, fighting the Russian occupation? Where is the movement to defend foreign nationals from xenophobia? Where is the movement against femicide? And where is the fight against extreme budget cuts that are laying waste to the (…)
, by SHOKI William
South Africa’s labor movement is in crisis. How can it rebuild? We try to answer that question with Karl Cloete this week on AIAC Talk.
Are South Africa’s unions relevant? Are they still too closely connected to the politics of the country’s ruling party, the African National Congress? [The (…)
, by ZULU Andile
Approaching local elections, beyond its spectacles of defiance and never-ending episodes of controversy, what do the politics of the Economic Freedom Fighters have to offer?
Reading the party’s 2019 election manifesto and watching their online lecture series, one sees a party that offers (…)
, by FOGEL Benjamin
As we enter a new decade, South Africans have little cause for cheer between load-shedding, ANC fratricidal strife, the annual slaughter on our roads and bleak economic prospects. The ANC continues to present its cosplay version of unity while tearing itself apart. As the party and its allies (…)
, by ASHLEY Brian
According to Leo Rosten, the author of The Joys of Yiddish, a “mensch” is "someone to admire and emulate, someone of noble character. Other definitions define mensch as a person of honour and integrity.
David was a mensch. He was a mensch in his personal relations and he was a mensch (…)
, by Amandla!, ASHLEY Brian
The election of a new government should be a time of celebration. 25 years since the end of Apartheid should be the time of immense celebration. Yet, 25 years since the “dawn of democracy” and South Africans are engulfed by extreme forms of anger, disillusionment and alienation. 22 million (…)
, by FOGEL Benjamin, JACOBS Sean
South African politics urgently needs an injection of electoral energy from the left, that speaks in a language that resonates with voters, rejects chauvinism and embraces democracy.
After 25 years in power, one would expect that the African National Congress—the party that brought South (…)
, by BRAUN Michael J
Are the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) of Julius Malema primed for the greatest gains in South Africa’s May 8th national and provincial elections?
The South African national and provincial elections taking place on 8 May 2019, are set to be the most contentious in the country’s 25 years of (…)
, by PC Zoe , STEDILE Rafael
Over a thousand gathered in Johannesburg to attend the Launch Congress of the Party which seeks to build socialism in South Africa.
“Equality, work and land” is the slogan of the new radical political party in South Africa that seeks to revolutionize South African politics and contest (…)
, by PC Zoe
To this day, NUMSA has not deviated from its perspective of Marxism, Leninism and its goal of building a socialist South Africa, says Karl Cloete
Karl Cloete, the Deputy General Secretary of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), spoke to Peoples Dispatch about his journey (…)
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