Author: ZASO

Zabalaza for Socialism: New Year Message for 2026

Another world is not only possible — it is necessary and urgent We enter a new year in a time of deep crisis and danger. In South Africa, the state under the Government Of National Unity dominated by the ANC continues to fail and collapse. Basic services are crumbling, corruption and patronage flourish, unemployment and […]

Neoliberalism Deepened under the Guise of “Structural Reform”

Zabalaza for Socialism (ZASO) condemns the 2025 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) as a ruthless extension of neoliberal austerity and pro-business restructuring. What the government and Treasury call “structural reform” is in reality a full-scale offensive against workers and the poor. The MTBPS entrenches the conservative Growth and Inclusion (GAIN) framework — a policy designed […]

A New Attack on Labour Rights

The Ministry of Employment and Labour has released for public comment the new Draft Code on Good Practice on Dismissal (the new Draft Code). The new Draft Code is intending to replace the existing Code on Good Practice. Whilst a Code on Good Practice does not override existing legislation and case law, it nevertheless provides a guideline to and an elaboration of existing labour law jurisprudence. There are some positive changes for workers, but on the whole the Draft Code is pro-employer and codifies many of the conservative court judgments relating to dismissals.

Zabalaza for Socialism (ZASO) Statement on Police Corruption and the Commission of Inquiry Appointed by President Ramaphosa

Zabalaza for Socialism (ZASO) notes the serious allegations of corruption, manipulation and criminal syndicate involvement within the South African Police Service (SAPS), as raised by KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. These revelations confirm what working-class communities across the country already know from lived experience: key institutions of the state, including the police, have been captured by networks of criminal syndicates and the  predatory elites. The consequences have been devastating for poor communities, who suffer the most from the state’s failure to deliver basic services.

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