Photo - WEAVERS LEADING THE STRIKES OPENING THE FRONT LINE AGAINST APARTHEID! A celebration of the mass strikes of 1973. May 2023 - YouTube A celebration of the mass strikes of 1973 A WIN Discussion, May 2023. Fifty years ago, at the height of apartheid, came the greatest strike movement in South African history. Early in 1973, in Durban – South Africa’s major port, and Africa’s biggest … [Read more...]
A SPECIAL APPEAL – SUPPORT THE SOUTH AFRICAN DOCKERS’ STRIKE WITH RESOLUTIONS, MESSAGES OF SUPPORT AND A DONATION!
Comrades, in a historic development all docker unions in South Africa are now on strike against a miserable wage offer and in disgust with the corruption and mismanagement of state owned entities such as Transnet which has been bankrupted: now the workers are forced to make up these losses with no real wage increases. Urgent: please send personal and union resolutions and financial support to … [Read more...]
GET UP, STAND UP! UNITING THE WORKING CLASS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
A WIN Youtube Discussion, October 2022 (3) GET UP, STAND UP! UNITING THE WORKING CLASS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. WIN Discussion October 2022 - YouTube Following the heroic struggles of workers in Namibia, South Africa, eSwatini, Zimbabwe and elsewhere for independence, the results have been disastrous. Rather than workers’ democracy and social progress, neo-liberal policies and repression have … [Read more...]
CLOVER STRIKE STRADDLES SOUTH AFRICA AND ISRAEL
SUPPORT THIS INTERNATIONALIST STRIKE! by David Hemson “This strike is bigger than a strike; a victory would set a precedent with great geopolitical implications and encourage other workers internationally to take similar action.” - Mametlwe Sebei, President of the General Industrial Workers Union of South Africa. As lightning, a strike illuminates all that is shady and sets out the hard … [Read more...]
SUPPORT THE CLOVER WORKERS – DEFEND WORKERS’ RIGHTS! SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE! Recorded Sunday 30th January 2022
SUPPORT THE CLOVER WORKERS - Sunday 30th January - A Workers’ International Network meeting - YouTube Post-apartheid South Africa has moved from the promise of reform to outright capitalist policies, leading to a precipitous fall in employment and mass misery for the workers. Corporate bodies have ruthlessly exploited the open economy. One graphic example is the Israeli company MILCO, which has … [Read more...]
SOUTH AFRICA:
Debating a Workers' Programme for Reconstruction Less than three decades since the ANC came to power, South Africa has been convulsed by possibly the greatest upheaval in its history. Desperate poverty has driven tens of thousands in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng to looting, extensively and repeatedly. Trucks, factories and malls have been set alight, and ports and railways in KwaZulu-Natal … [Read more...]
DYING WE LIVE: FIGHTING FOR HOUSING IN SOUTH AFRICA
Thuli Ndlovu, Abahlali baseMjondolo and the ANC An article by Rob Dyer In September 2006 the municipal publicity magazine in Durban/eThekwini municipality carried the profile of an up- and-coming new African National Congress (ANC) councilor, Mduduzi Ngcobo. According to the magazine, he had big dreams for the ward he represented: a library, new high schools, a youth programme, … [Read more...]
The Pandemic, Capitalism and Africa,
A Presentation by Michael Roberts, to South African activists This well researched and focused presentation analysed the catastrophe facing South Africa and Africa. The virus will cost sub-Saharan Africa $37 billion to $79 billion in output losses this year. Despite an ANC government in power for 26 years, South Africa the wealthiest 10% still own more than 90% of the wealth while 80% own … [Read more...]
Covid-19 and South Africa: A test of six statements
By David Hemson President Ramaphosa is weak and incapable of leadershipPeople cannot be ordered to stay away from work if they have no moneyThe SA labour movement will press its own demandsThe high prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the population will lead to runaway Covid-19 infectionSouth Africa has a developed health system which will be resilient to the face of Covid-19South Africa will have the … [Read more...]