Category: South Africa

Sanctions against apartheid South Africa are, in the opinion of the writer, the only instance when sanctions have achieved their objective. They were also driven by civil society rather than by governments. By contrast, US sanctions since the 1950s against Cuba, Iraq, Iran, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, North Korea and numerous other countries have proved dismal failures. Read more…

Workers, women and communities prepare to fight, not mourn
Thinking About Neocolonialism in the United States

In South Africa’s fight between hostile brothers – the “Zuptas” and “White Monopoly Capital” – a new consensus appears

BRICS Xiamen summit doomed by centrifugal economics

Most of the BRICS countries have witnessed sustained protests, many against corruption, environmental destruction and labor abuse
There are lessons that have been learned by the South Africa student movement, including a greater realization of their own power
The situation of the Palestinian prisoners reminds the older generation in South Africa of their past

On South Africa’s political left, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party dominated recent news by leading a mass march on President Jacob Zuma’s office in Pretoria

ANC’s leadership called into question as Zuma’s corruption ridden Presidency is headed to an end, who will lead the country next?