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The calls for a Universal Basic Income Guarantee (UBIG) by academics, trade unions, and popular movements, such as the Universal Basic Income Coalition (UBIC) are mounting. There is growing local and international evidence that cash transfers can address some of the...
Parliament’s National Assembly has approved a new version of the notorious ‘Spy Bill’, aka the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill of 2023 (GILAB). A previous version of the Bill, approved by Cabinet last year, called for compulsory security vetting of...
Dear Comrade Babalwa, Ayanda’s children, Mandisa and Ayanda’s other sisters and family members, comrades of the Unemployed People’s Movement (UPM), the Makhanda Citizens Front (MCF), and Zabalaza for Socialism, we mourn the loss of our comrade and friend, Ayanda Kota....
How will South Africa overcome load-shedding and achieve a just transition to a low-carbon economy? The Integrated Resource Plan, produced by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, is a blueprint which outlines the South African government’s plans for the...
Thanks to Comrade Dinga for allowing us to publish his eulogy delivered at the memorial for Eddie Webster. Since his passing, tributes to Eddie Webster have been pouring in from across the globe. Different people have been giving testimonies of what Eddie meant to...
With the exception of a brief period, India has been more fortunate than many other nations in being able to maintain parliamentary rule over the last 77 years. With 900 million voters—more than the populations of Europe and Australia put together—the Indian elections...
Amandla! interviews Moeletsi Mbeki Amandla!: You said recently that “Democracy during the years 94 to 2024 can be characterised as the period when the African Middle Class consolidated its hold on power.” Could you expand on that a bit? Moeletsi Mbeki: Many people in...
The two most prominent openly pro-corporate politicians active in South Africa since the early 2010s - Trevor Manuel and Cyril Ramaphosa - teamed up in 2009-12, during Jacob Zuma’s presidency, to produce a National Development Plan (NDP). They were supported by a...
Coalition governments have long existed throughout the world. Some countries, particularly those in the Global North, have managed to overcome many of the initial challenges presented by the various political formations that needed to work together on often...