South Africa
South Africa: ANC retains power despite left challenge
Jeremy Dewar, Red Flag 28, June 2019 Mon, 03/06/2019 - 10:50In the end it was a comfortable victory for Cyril Ramaphosa’s ANC and its allies, the trade union federation COSATU and the South African Communist Party (SACP). Read more...
The Crisis in South Africa
Jeremy Dewar, Red Flag No 23, October, 2018 Sun, 14/10/2018 - 10:16Many schools, Labour councils and community groups will be celebrating Black History Month by re-telling the inspiring story of the anti-Apartheid struggle. And so they should. Read more...
ANC: Business as usual, but fresh forces assemble to its left
Jeremy Dewar, Red Flag 17, February 2018 Tue, 20/02/2018 - 18:49The seizure of the infamously wealthy and corrupt Gupta brothers’ assets is another nail in President Jacob Zuma’s coffin. Read more...
#FeesMustFall – South African students fight for free education
Jeremy Dewar, Red Flag No 8 Tue, 01/11/2016 - 09:13South Africa’s student movement has closed down many of the country’s universities for nearly a month now in their campaign to abolish fees. Read more...
Miners' struggles could end decades of ANC hegemony in South Africa
Jeremy Dewar, Red Flag No 2, January 2016 Tue, 19/01/2016 - 21:26South Africa, one of the world’s major emerging markets, is about to tip into recession. Its currency has slipped to a historic low against the dollar. Read more...
South Africa: unions debate forming new party
Jeremy Dewar Fri, 07/11/2014 - 12:07The giant metalworkers’ trade union Numsa has been campaigning for the labour movement to break with the ruling ANC and form a new working class party. Read more...
Condemn the Marikana massacre – unite to win demands
International Secretariat Tue, 21/08/2012 - 07:48The League for the Fifth International condemns the brutal massacre – reminiscent of the Apartheid era – of 34 striking miners at the Marikana platinum mine, Rustenburg, South Africa. Read more...
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