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Tales of Turning12 October 2026

The afterlives of Biko: Remembering Mbongeni Baninzi

Ashwin Desai1 October 2026

But they/They would have Me/They would haveYou/Believe/That Steve Biko is Dead/You and I…We know better. – Millard Arnold On September 25, 1977, Steve Biko was buried. Beaten to death by the apartheid state. Spawning a new language of struggle and cajoling new subjectivities into being, Biko’s Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) influenced a generation. What happened […]

popED: Dinga Sikwebu

My Vote Counts ZA1 October 2026

When the left confronts a political crisis, the answer is often the same: form another political party. Veteran trade unionist and political educator Dinga Sikwebu has a name for this obsession: party mania. Drawing on his experience in NUMSA and the United Front, Dinga asks whether the constant search for a new electoral vehicle has […]

Defend Xolani Khoza!

Committee to Defend Xolani Khoza30 September 2026

Spartacist/South Africa photo Xolani Khoza (centre) with supporters outside Mbombela courthouse, 29 August 2025. 22 SEPTEMBER 2026—Following a 2-year delay by the prosecution, the trial of Xolani Khoza, an EFF member and community activist from Pienaar township in Enhlanzeni, will begin on 14 October. While Xolani will be the one sitting in the dock, this trial […]

PREJUDICE-BASED VIOLENCE AND THE WEDELA TAVERN MASSACRE

Socialist Party of Azania (SOPA)29 September 2026

PRESS STATEMENTSOCIALIST PARTY OF AZANIA [SOPA] The Socialist Party of Azania condemns in the strongest terms the mass shooting in Wedela last night, where gunmen opened fire on tavern patrons and 17 people were killed. We send our deepest condolences to the families, friends, and community of Wedela. To those injured and traumatized, we stand […]

SABC Apologised. The Platforms Never Have To

Michael Markovitz28 September 2026

A ruling in South Africa last week shows what voluntary media accountability looks like. No such thing exists for large digital platforms. A South African national radio station has been ordered to apologise on air for broadcasting a string of false claims about foreign nationals that it never bothered to challenge. That happened because one […]

On the Mood of the Masses and the Anatomy of Truth

Mbuyiseni Quintin Ndlovi28 September 2026

A Letter to Tony Sithembiso Yengeni Mr Yengeni, Respectful salutations to you and your generation for the sacrifice you paid in the liberation of our people. I do this to underscore that the sharp disagreement that follows in these pages, is grounded in that respect and not its suspension. You would probably appreciate that I […]

Years of underfunding have undermined SA’s fight against gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF)

Jaco Oelefsen and Aliya Chiktey21 September 2026

As the country mourns the victims of a possible serial murderer in Ekurhuleni, AIDC shows how inadequate funding and years of austerity are failing women in South Africa. Last year, the government found R339 million for VIP services to protect 3 666 politicians, but this year only R43 million was put towards the national body meant to coordinate […]

Be Vigilant

Vashna Jagarnath17 September 2026

What the Murder of Women Reveals About the World We Have Made Eight women’s bodies have now been found in Ekurhuleni, and the police have told women to ‘be vigilant’. Women keep returning to those words because they are an assault on the value of our personhood. We hardly need to be taught vigilance. Most […]

The Collapse of COSATU’s 15th National Congress in Midrand

ZASO17 September 2026

Zabalaza for Socialism (ZASO) notes with deep concern the collapse of COSATU’s 15th National Congress in Midrand, an outcome that could not have come at a worse moment for South Africa’s working classes and the poor. This Congress mattered because it convened at a moment when multiple crises are tearing the country apart. Mass unemployment […]

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