History Matters

FINALISED SCHEDULE OF LECTURES: September 10 Housing: Grootboom Case Speakers: Judge Dennis Davis, Peter Roman, student from the SSLJ September 17 Accountability: Metrorail – Public Transport Speakers: Judith February, Mr Van Minnen September 24 Health: TAC Case Speakers: Nonkosi Khumalo, Louis Reynolds October 01 Education: 14 years and still no case Speakers: Mamphela Ramphele Representative [...]

In the imagination of the African National Congress (ANC), the party is a mass-based liberation movement, embedded in the communities of South Africa; systematically channeling popular energies into material and social change. In this world of make-believe the grievances, aspirations and concerns of our people find representation through the structures of the ANC, who elect [...]

There is a pervasive and growing sense that South Africa has lost its way, that we have lost our sense of direction. I find myself trying to pinpoint where it started going wrong and I struggle with the answers. But i’ve come up with this: I think we lost our path when the struggle against [...]