History Matters

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 [...]

On the South African Human Rights Commission website you can find contact details for the various clusters of The Chapter 9 and Civil Society Xenophobia crisis forum. Afrigator has a dedicated Xenophobia Crisis page with many useful and informative links. The Treatment Action Campaign has been at the forefront of relief efforts in Cape Town [...]

Frantz Fanon: “If the national bourgeoisie goes into competition with the Europeans, the artisans and craftsmen start a fight against non-national Africans… These foreigners are called on to leave; their shops are burned, their street stalls are wrecked…” Michael Neocosmos argues that poverty and deprivation do not fully explain recent xenophobia. Read his article here.