History Matters

Simeon BlackOctober 18, 2010 at 11:24am Subject: IS ANC DIVIDED ON MEDIA CLAMPDOWN? Democracy in South Africa is currently at a crossroads with locaql and international resistance still building up against the ANC’s efforts to impose a clampdown on press freedom in the country. While numerous groups and actions are dedicated to protect our constitutional [...]

“Every time we debate organizational renewal and review, we must always bear in mind that ANC must at all times be fit to the tasks of the day. As we said in 1997 that, “the character of the ANC must be determined by the nature of the care tasks that confront the National Democratic Revolutions [...]

 Chris Thurman 2010/09/08  A FEW weeks ago, I attended a colloquium at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research from which I gained new insight into the history of “the left” in South Africa. As it happened, it was held on the first day of what would become the most disruptive strike this country [...]

Financial Mail editor Barney Mthombothi’s latest column Jacob Zuma has, it seems, changed in a matter of a few months from a tsunami that sweeps everything before it to a hyena that’s turned the state into a feeding trough (or is it a carcass?) for its immediate family while the poor struggle to survive. People [...]

NEVA MAKGETLA business day 07/07/2010 MEDIA reports of xenophobic threats have become commonplace. After the horrors of the last wave of attacks in 2008 that left more than 60 people dead, one would expect a more vigorous response from across society. Local mobilisation has been the key to preventing this kind of attack. But there [...]

JACOB DLAMINI – Business Day 11th June 2010 IT IS one of the many ironies of South African politics that the bitterest battles of our age have been waged within the ranks of the anti-apartheid movement itself — not between the movement and its foes. It is within the ranks of the African National Congress [...]

Attacks on sexuality rights are undermining constitutionalism, writes Raymond Suttner May 30, 2010 11:05 PM | By Raymond Suttner While noting government indecisiveness, especially at the top, we must recognise that much is still happening below and above the surface that might have far-reaching effects and require attention beyond this period. One way of addressing [...]

We lack a unifying national identity, but there is a way forward, writes Ivor Chipkin May 10, 2010 11:49 PM | By Ivor Chipkin. Time live The Big Read:There is renewed interest in the question of whether “South Africans” exist. Both the Helen Suzman Foundation and the Gordon Institute for Business Science have recently made [...]

by Omar Badsha and Jon Soske During the latter half of 2010, a series of events commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the first Indian indentured laborers in Natal will take place across South Africa. The preparations have already inspired wide-spread debate; individuals from a variety of communities and political perspectives have raised similar questions: to [...]