South Africa – Zabalaza for Socialism

2026 MTBPS Statement: Balanced books, but empty plates

Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC)22 October 2026

Two realities exist in South Africa. In one, a wealthy minority enjoys a standard of living comparable to Denmark. In the other, the majority live the “struggle after the Struggle”: mass unemployment, hunger, poverty and war-like levels of violent crime. In the first reality, and in the financial markets that speak for it, this 2026 […]

RICHARD PITHOUSE: What happens in Durban doesn’t stay in Durban

Richard Pithouse15 October 2026

Political project being built in the city is a direct challenge to constitutional democracy In 1983, two signal events set the stage for the drama that unfolded over the next decade. On August 20, the United Democratic Front (UDF) was formed in Cape Town, inaugurating a period of mass struggle that, along with the trade […]

Anti-Immigrant Social Network Account Analysis

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 […]

Black Dog Spirits

Botsotso23 September 2026

ABOUT THE COLLECTION Consisting of poems and flash fiction, this collection cuts deep as it exposes the swollen propaganda personas of a techno-feudal society exhibiting extreme inequality in terms of wealth and power. The seamless transition from genre to genre, and back again, is striking in that the taut, stripped style of the writer offers […]

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