Political – Page 2 – Zabalaza for Socialism

No Borders, No Bosses, No Xenophobia: Build Proletarian Power from Below.

Socialism From Below6 July 2026

Keep Left/Socialism from Below statement There is no migration crisis. There is a crisis of capitalism. The violent events of 30 June remind us that xenophobia is a weapon used to divide the working class and excuse our rulers’ failings. South Africa’s crisis is rooted in an economic system that concentrates wealth in the hands […]

MAYOR’S REFUGEE DECEIT FLAMES ETHEKWINI TENSIONS

Siyafana Sonke Campaign6 July 2026

Siyafana Sonke Action Campaign condemns the utterances by Ethekwini Mayor, Cyril Xaba, feeding into the disinformation campaign targeting vulnerable migrant and refugee communities. According to Mayor Xaba’s comments in a recent podcast, he informed the interviewer that displaced refugees were demanding ‘free housing’, to the detriment of South Africans. The Siyafana Sonke campaign will not […]

THEMBELIHLE WAS BUILT THROUGH STRUGGLE: IT WILL BE DEFENDED THROUGH UNITY

Siyafana Sonke Campaign6 July 2026

The Siyafana Sonke Campaign salutes the residents of Thembelihle informal settlement in the South of Johannesburg, Lenasia, who continue to defend the values on which their community was built: solidarity, dignity and the right of all people to live without fear. Thembelihle was born out of struggle. It emerged because poor and working-class people, denied access to […]

Response to Jacintha Zuma

Bslefi Chirwa12 June 2026

It is important to be led by people who have at least picked up a pamphlet before a microphone. You’re choosing the easy way out Jacinta, because you’re simplistic in thought but radical in action. How do you blame me and EFF for crimes committed by foreigners when we aren’t government? What do you blame […]

Stuck Between Promise and Reality

Suliman Rajah22 May 2026

Soup kitchens, long cold, dry and dark winters Why your local council can’t just make water and electricity free — and what communities can do instead South Africa’s Constitution says everyone has the right to enough water. It says local government must provide basic services fairly. Those are not empty words. They are binding promises. […]

TOWARDS A CONFERENCE OF THE LEFT: THOSE MAKING THE CALL NEED TO ANSWER CRITICAL QUESTIONS

Brian Ashley14 May 2026

South Africa is living through a deepening social crisis. Unemployment, inequality, hunger, state decay, ecological destruction, and violence continue to define everyday life for millions. The political formations that once claimed to represent the aspirations of the working class have lost legitimacy, while the Right – both neoliberal and authoritarian – has grown stronger. In […]

RESPONSE TO THE CONTRADICTIONS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY

Lebohang Phanyeko13 May 2026

The inclusion of right-wing populist formations in the South African Communist Party (SACP) ‘Conference of the Left’ to be held at the end of the month alongside formations such as the African National Congress (ANC) and the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP), can only escalate rather than resolves the deep contradictions facing the South African left […]

The Architecture of Continuity: How One Magistrate’s Gavel Speaks for a Whole System

Suliman Rajah21 April 2026

A single sentencing in April 2026 reveals the apartheid logic still running through South Africa’s courts, its water pipes, its power grid, its housing policies, and its hospitals. I. The Core Argument The April 2026 sentencing of Julius Malema is not an aberration. It is not the act of a single biased magistrate. It is […]

Returning to Biko: Black Consciousness in a Time of Tribalism and Xenophobia

Tshezi Azania Soxujwa7 April 2026

We are living in a dangerous time in our occupied Azania. Across townships and communities, we are seeing the rise of tribalism and xenophobia. People are turning against each other South African against “foreigner,” one tribe against another while claiming that others are stealing jobs or bringing drugs.But if we return to Steve Biko, we […]

Back to the Stone Ages

Charlie Kimber7 April 2026

In his book, Vietnam: The (Last) War the U.S. Lost, Joe Allen analyses why President Lyndon Johnson decided on all-out war in Vietnam rather than make a deal that was on offer with nationalist forces. He writes, “The Johnson administration chose war because anything less than a total victory of U.S. imperialism would be seen […]

News

Category: Political