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- Monday, Apr 09, 2012
ZNet Article What the system aims to achieve is to prevent understanding, while, simultaneously, reinforcing white supremacist points of view -
- Monday, Feb 13, 2012
ZNet Article Although the second Congo War officially ended in 2003, peace remains elusive in that country -
- Saturday, Sep 17, 2011
ZNet Article Reports point out that whites dominate management positions in South Africa and that white people continue to be appointed and promoted in empowering positions -
- Sunday, Jan 17, 2010
Blog Post I found taking the ‘Reimagining Society Vision and Strategy Poll’ both exciting and educational. -
- Monday, Dec 14, 2009
Commentary In 2002, Mamdani wrote an essay entitled 'Making sense of political violence in Africa', in which he argued that to distinguish between cultural and political identities is to differentiate between self-identification and state-identification. He ... -
- Wednesday, Nov 04, 2009
Commentary In writing 'Black Flame: The revolutionary politics of anarchism and syndicalism', Michael Schmidt and Lucien van der Walt set themselves an ambitious task of writing a history of anarchism. I use the word ambitious mainly because, as Guerin (1970... Blog Post Mandisi Majavu's Resoc Interview -
- Saturday, Sep 12, 2009
Blog Post Student activism in post-apartheid South Africa is characterised by resistance to the neo-liberal ideology that manifests itself in diverse ways at universities across South Africa. In fighting neoliberalism students have, at times, joined forces ... -
- Tuesday, Sep 01, 2009
ZMag Article New Zealand anti-apartheidist John Minto on movement history -
- Friday, Jul 24, 2009
ZNet Article Trevor Ngwane is right, for most people life under the capitalist system is frustrating, bleak, short, brutal and nasty. I agree with Ngwane that the point is not merely to be philosophical about the social ills facing us in the 21st century, but ... -
- Monday, Jun 01, 2009
ZNet Article Contribution to the Reimagining Society Project hosted by ZCommunications... -
- Wednesday, Dec 03, 2008
ZNet Article An exchange between Andy Lucker and Mandisi Majavu in response to Mandisi’s essay “Africa: Life After Colonialism.” -
- Tuesday, Dec 02, 2008
ZNet Article The one issue that remains the main problem in post-colonial Africa is the failure of African revolutionary movements to articulate a truly liberatory political and economic vision. -
- Saturday, Nov 08, 2008
Commentary Perhaps it is because of the civil war, reported to have caused the deaths of more than 3 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between 1998 and 2003, that something has changed in global politics. Maybe this is why the French g... -
- Monday, Aug 18, 2008
Commentary In his book 'Decolonising the Mind', Ngugi wa Thiong'o (2006) gives the false impression that decolonising one's mind is simply a matter of proudly speaking and writing in indigenous African languages. Given Africa's history of colonisation, it is... -
- Wednesday, Jul 09, 2008
Commentary Vilwar (2003) argues that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is possibly the most mineral rich place on earth. The DRC holds millions of tons of diamonds, copper, cobalt, zinc, manganese, and uranium. It is reported that the uranium used to m... -
- Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008
Commentary In 1997, Mobutu Sese Seko, who had been the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for 32 years, was toppled by Laurent Kabila, the leader of the Allied Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL). The AFDL was supported by ... -
- Friday, Jun 27, 2008
Commentary On May, 25, 2008, the New York Times reported that Jean-Pierre Bemba, the rebel leader of the Movement for Liberation of Congo (MLC) and the former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was arrested near Brussels at the request... -
- Monday, Jun 16, 2008
Commentary Times have changed. The colonial project in Africa is no longer carried out with a gun and a boot and a baton. Structural adjustment programmes inform the neo-colonial agenda; and that agenda requires that a new coordinator class among the native... -
- Monday, Jun 09, 2008
Blog Post Often, NGOs in Africa are seen as agents of democratic change, ‘significant actors in the democratisation process through helping to create plural sources of power within civil society.’ -
- Monday, May 26, 2008
Blog Post The xenophobic violence which erupted in Johannesburg two weeks ago has so far claimed the lives of 42 people and has resulted in more than 30 000 foreigners becoming displaced. -
- Wednesday, Apr 16, 2008
Commentary The Coordinator Class in the Colony -
- Friday, Mar 14, 2008
Commentary Chomsky (2004) points out that Harvard trains the people that rule the world, while MIT trains those who make it work. I cannot think of a more succinct way of describing the goals of an educational process that creates and maintains the coordinat... -
- Monday, Mar 10, 2008
Blog Post According to the Human Sciences and Research Council study, opportunities for whites are abundant, and it is easier for whites to get credit, start a business, find a job and make more money in their lifetime than it is for the average black perso... -
- Monday, Dec 17, 2007
Commentary Various research studies conclude that South Africans, black and white, are xenophobic. In 1997, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) identified xenophobia "as a major source of concern to human rights and democracy in the country." T... -
- Wednesday, Sep 19, 2007
Commentary A shortened version of this paper was presented at the 30th Anniversary Commemorative International Biko Conference, which was held in Cape Town from 10 - 12 September 2007. -
- Friday, Aug 24, 2007
ZNet Article Remembering The Future Of Radical Activism -
- Monday, Jun 12, 2006
ZNet Article This is the edited version of the paper presented at the “Native Club: Where are the Natives? The Black Intelligentsia Today.â€
There is a tendency by those who write books and essays for leading journals to downplay the seriousne... -
- Sunday, Jan 15, 2006
ZNet Article No Cold Kitchen' is a biography of Nadine Gordimer, published by STE Publishers, and is written byRonald S. Roberts. Historically, Gordimer played a vital role in the struggle against the apartheid. In 1985, Gordimer declared that: "I am a partisa... -
- Tuesday, Dec 06, 2005
Commentary In an article entitled "The Third Force", S'bu Zikode - the elected chairman of the abahlali base mjondolo (shack dwellers) movement, wrote that the shack dwellers movement has "given hope to thousand of people in Durban". In Durban, it is estimat... - All Most Recent Content
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- Monday, Apr 09, 2012
ZNet Article What the system aims to achieve is to prevent understanding, while, simultaneously, reinforcing white supremacist points of view -
- Monday, Feb 13, 2012
ZNet Article Although the second Congo War officially ended in 2003, peace remains elusive in that country -
- Saturday, Sep 17, 2011
ZNet Article Reports point out that whites dominate management positions in South Africa and that white people continue to be appointed and promoted in empowering positions -
- Monday, Dec 14, 2009
Commentary In 2002, Mamdani wrote an essay entitled 'Making sense of political violence in Africa', in which he argued that to distinguish between cultural and political identities is to differentiate between self-identification and state-identification. He ... -
- Wednesday, Nov 04, 2009
Commentary In writing 'Black Flame: The revolutionary politics of anarchism and syndicalism', Michael Schmidt and Lucien van der Walt set themselves an ambitious task of writing a history of anarchism. I use the word ambitious mainly because, as Guerin (1970... -
- Monday, Jun 01, 2009
ZNet Article Contribution to the Reimagining Society Project hosted by ZCommunications... -
- Tuesday, Dec 02, 2008
ZNet Article The one issue that remains the main problem in post-colonial Africa is the failure of African revolutionary movements to articulate a truly liberatory political and economic vision. -
- Saturday, Nov 08, 2008
Commentary Perhaps it is because of the civil war, reported to have caused the deaths of more than 3 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between 1998 and 2003, that something has changed in global politics. Maybe this is why the French g... -
- Monday, Aug 18, 2008
Commentary In his book 'Decolonising the Mind', Ngugi wa Thiong'o (2006) gives the false impression that decolonising one's mind is simply a matter of proudly speaking and writing in indigenous African languages. Given Africa's history of colonisation, it is... -
- Friday, Jun 27, 2008
Commentary On May, 25, 2008, the New York Times reported that Jean-Pierre Bemba, the rebel leader of the Movement for Liberation of Congo (MLC) and the former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was arrested near Brussels at the request... - All Featured Majavu's Articles
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