joe slovo

July 11, 2011

21 YEARS AFTER “FREEDOM:” SOUTH AFRICA’S CANCER OF CORRUPTION AND ‘CULTURE OF CONCEALMENT’ By Danny Schechter

Twenty one years after Nelson Mandela walked free, corruption has become the issue du jour in South Africa. Continue reading

South Africa

Africa, ANC, corruption, COSATU, culture, Danny Schechter, Danny Schecter, election, joe slovo, Nelson Mandela
August 24, 2010

South Africa: COSATU's Zwelinzima Vavi's Ruth First Memorial Lecture

Zwelinzima Vavi presents the 2010 Ruth First Memorial Lecture, Wits University, Johannesburg, August 17, 2010. Vavi is secretary general of the Congress of South African Trade Unions. Ruth First (May 4, 1925–August 17, 1982) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and communist born in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was killed by the apartheid regime with… Continue reading

Africa, Socialism

ANC, COSATU, joe slovo, ruth first, sacp, Zwelinzima Vavi
August 23, 2010

South African Public Sector Strike Highlights Society’s Contradictions By Patrick Bond

The two major civil service unions on strike against the South African (SA) government vow to intensify pressure in coming days, in a struggle pitting a million members of the middle and lower ranks of society against a confident government leadership fresh from hosting the FIFA World Cup. Continue reading

Africa

ANC, COSATU, joe slovo, Patrick Bond, ruth first, South Africa, Zwelinzima Vavi

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The richest 1% owns more than TWICE as much wealth as 6.9 billion people and the super-rich one percent of the world’s population has accumulated twice as much wealth as the remaining 90 percent, global charity Oxfam said in a newly-released report. The world’s richest 1% emit double the carbon of the poorest 50%, the 2020 Oxfam study found.

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