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Land Expropriation Without Compensation: Housing Movements Respond By Julia Thomas | Amandla! Magazine | 15 June 2018 A mix of activists sat in two circles – one for listeners, one for comrades raising questions – on the final day of…

The Stolen Future of the Youth Amandla Ulutsha Newsletter |Issue 13 Editorial | 14 June 2018 The sixth month of each year ever since the 1976 youth uprising is a constant reminder to the youth in South Africa of where…

The Marikana Massacre: wages as the blind spot in the tax evasion debate By Dick Forslund | Original Source: International Union Rights | 4 June 2018 No doubt, workers across the world were shocked as striking mine workers at the…

Dismantling Patriarchy and Misogyny Reflections about collective change Amandla Ulutsha Newsletter |Issue 12 Editorial | 31 May 2018 The recent allegations of sexual harassment and abuse on the left in South Africa have highlighted how social justice organizations are not…

Tunisians rise up against austerity By Fathi Chamkhi | Amandla! Magazine Issue 57 | 29 May 2018 Seven years after the revolution of 2011, which toppled the dictator, Tunisia is going from bad to worse! All key economic and social…

Carillion and the “dead end” of privatisation by Michael Roberts | Amandla! Magazine Issue 57 | 22 May 2018 A few weeks ago, Martin Wolf, Keynesian economics journalist for the UK’s Financial Times, wrote a piece arguing that the renationalisation…

Mental Illness and the Psychological Trap – A Political Problem Amandla Ulutsha Newsletter |Issue 11 Editorial | 17 May 2018 The problem with society and the framing of mental illness as a social ill. Mental illness is a serious problem,…

Where to from here for Eskom? By Amandla! Correspondent | Amandla! Magazine Issue 57 | 14 May 2018 Eskom started off 2018 in a difficult position. Its finances were a mess. There was little trust in the board, which was…

Building better public service to meet people’s needs By Lavinia Steinfort | Amandla! Magazine Issue 57 | 8 May 2018 Since the beginning of the 21st century, a growing number of citizens, workers and cities have been successfully collaborating to…

The General Strike and what it means Amandla! Ulutsha Newsletter Issue  No.10 | Editorial | 25 April 2018 The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) has just recently called a national general strike on the 25 April, with General…

Expropriation without compensation: implications of ANC policy By Lungisile Ntsebeza | Amandla! Magazine | April 2018 This is an edited version of a slightly longer article published in Daily Maverick on 11 March. ANC position today The recent motion for…

Worker rights under attack By Casual Workers Advice Office (CWAO) | Amandla! Magazine Issue 57 | April 2018 On 17 November 2017 the state said it wants to make big changes to the rights of workers by changing the Labour…

Cyril Ramaphosa and the Deepening Crisis of the ANC: Renewal or Perpetuation? By Gunnett Kaaf | Amandla! Magazine Issue 57 | April 2018 The ANC Nasrec Conference was greeted as a turning point since it brought the end of Jacob…

#UniteBehind demands change at Prasa By Matthew Hirsch and Zukiswa Vuka | Amandla! Magazine Issue 57 | April 2018 An edited version of the following article appears in Amandla 57. Due to editing constraints, #UniteBehind did not have time to…

When the internet swaps from utopia to dystopia Right to privacy, democracy and data sovereignty Amandla! Ulutsha Newsletter Issue  No.9 | Editorial | 12 April 2018        The recent data scandal involving 87 million people’s personal information collected and processed…

The War on Freedom Fighters Shrinking Space for Dissent Amandla! Ulutsha Newsletter Issue  No.8 | Editorial | 29 March 2018 The murder of Marielle Franco, an Afro-Brazilian queer socialist womxn on the 14th of March, has caused an international uproar…

The Black Panther moment A critique of the critiques Amandla! Ulutsha Newsletter Issue  No.7 | Editorial | 15 March 2018 It’s been a month since Black Panther hit cinemas and it has thus far grossed $1billion at the box office…

Land justice at last? A closer look at Ramaphosa’s promises Amandla! Ulutsha Newsletter Issue  No.6 | Editorial | 1 March 2018 The maiden SONA speech of President Cyril Ramaphosa on 16th of February has been met with a number of…

Tunisia: protesting austerity, demanding sovereignty by Hamza Hamouchene The recent protests show that Tunisia is still a cauldron of popular resistance against neoliberal and neo-colonial attacks on the country’s sovereignty. Around 800 people were arrested, dozens were injured and at least…

40+ Civil Society Organisations reject proposed increase in VAT: Tax the wealthy to invest in our future! We are alarmed to hear that the Minister of Finance is proposing a 1% increase in Value Added Tax (VAT) to 15%. In…

Understanding the National Budget – fact sheet In the light of a stagnant economy, growing debt and a further wave of job losses, we as civil society are taking up President Cyril Ramaphosa’s SONA call to engage his government in…

We want the Right to say NO! Alternatives to mining and extractivism Amandla! Ulutsha Newsletter Issue  No.5 | Editorial | 15 February 2018 “A rising tide will lift all boats.” That’s a common and understandable metaphor in economic contexts. But…

Decolonising African Economies: Towards a people’s Pan-Africanism By Michael Nassen Smith | Amandla!Magazine Issue No. 55/56 | December 2017 In 2011, the Economist issued a special edition titled “Africa Rising” and argued that the continent had a bright and prosperous…

Rethinking economic policy and strategy By Zunaid Moolla | Amandla! magazine Issue 55-56 | December 2017 Let us start with a few words of sympathy for Malusi Gigaba. He was thrust into the position of Minister of Finance as a…