South Africa
South Africa: Workers and poor the biggest losers in Zuma’s state capture
March 2, 2018It’s been a surreal time in South Africa, where during February events went into overdrive after a period of political torpor.
Read moreHugh Masekela and the struggle against apartheid in South Africa
January 25, 2018"My biggest obsession is to show Africans and the world who the people of Africa really are." - Hugh Masekela
Read moreThis week in history: Centennial of South African freedom fighter Oliver Tambo
October 27, 2017Oliver Reginald Tambo, leader of the African National Congress (ANC) in exile for thirty years, was born 100 years ago on October 27, 1917.
Read moreSouth Africa inquiry: Police killed Ahmed Timol, anti-apartheid activist
October 13, 2017In October 1971, he was arrested for being in possession of Communist Party leaflets. A few days later, he was dead.
Read moreGeneral strike in South Africa: Workers denounce corruption
September 28, 2017“We cannot fight corruption and state capture if we do not acknowledge that the capitalist system itself is a deeply corrupted system."
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