Category: Comment & Analysis

In this Part 4 of our 5-part series on Xenophobia wecontinue to argue that xenophobia is being used as a tool by the political elite to distract from systemic failures…

Ugandan’s Yoweri Museveni had his 40-year rule extended in January 2026 through an election marred with irregularities, apathy and heavy repression of opposition, especially members of the National Unity Platform…

The kidnapping of Venezuelan President and his wife Cilia Flores marks the most brazen exhibition of state terrorism, and the lengths US imperialism is prepared to go to arrest its…

In the introduction to our five-part series on the rise of xenophobia in South Africa, we highlighted how anti-immigrant sentiment has evolved from rhetoric to organised action and state complicity….

As we approach the end of 2025 and matric exams conclude, South Africa faces a deepening crisis in access to higher education. Youth unemployment remains alarmingly high—recent figures from Statistics…

The suspension of Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Head of Traffic and Licencing, Warren Prins on trumped-up charges, is a clear indication that the municipality’s disciplinary process is abused to eliminate…

South Africa is drowning in unemployment, poverty and inequality. Millions are desperate for work and services are collapsing while a narrow elite captures the spoils of public budgets and municipal…

Trade unionist and soldier of the working class with a lifelong commitment to socialism We express our deepest condolences to his wife, Suzanne, his former wife Trish, his children, his…

The fragmentation of struggles—whether in education, labour, gender justice, or community resistance—has allowed the capitalist state to isolate and suppress dissent. The working class must respond with unity, clarity, and…

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMB) this year dismissed Senior Work Study Practitioner, Gayle Grootboom, and Municipal Media Liaison Officer, (municipal spokesperson), Kupido Baron on trumped up charges of gross…