Molewa: Come clean on emissions

Molewa: Come clean on emissions

MINISTER Edna Molewa’s public rebuttal of a civil society complaint to the public protector regarding the elaboration of desired reductions in greenhouse gas emissions denies any shortcoming. This simply affirms the need for intervention by a Chapter 9 institution....
Eskom: No Power to the People

Eskom: No Power to the People

This article was written by the Amandla Collective for Amandla! Issue 13 in March 2010; after it was announced that the electricity tariffs would increase.  The 25–26% increase in electricity prices over the next three years is a bitter blow for South Africa’s poor...
A Burning Bus: Are we headed for Marikana Mk II?

A Burning Bus: Are we headed for Marikana Mk II?

By: Mark Heywood From: Daily Maverick I abhor violence but I’m not a pacifist. Violence has its time. Monday’s violence was predictable. It was like a weather front moving gradually from Wits to Braamfontein. When it came it was like watching a game of rugby between...
Free Higher Education – the Brazilian case

Free Higher Education – the Brazilian case

Extract from the Mail and Gaurdian Some of the Nordic countries are commonly singled out as examples of nations that provide free tertiary education. In Finland and Sweden it is enshrined in their Constitutions. But these are developed nations, economically...
Racism: liberal confusion or material explanation?

Racism: liberal confusion or material explanation?

In issue 45 of Amandla!, we opened the pages to the important debate on race and class. In this Article Motala clarifies the meaning of “race” as a social construct. He warns against the continued reference to apartheid racial categories, particularly by the ANC and...