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South Africa: Student protests follow months of lockdown frustration

March 22, 2021 Marxist Workers Party (CWI in South Africa) Reporters

Student protests have dominated headlines over the past two weeks in South Africa. The brutal and senseless killing of Mthokozisi Ntumba by police as he exited a clinic, unwittingly stepping into a confrontation between protesting […]

South Africa

ANC factional struggle exposes state and ‘dirty tricks’ campaign against workers’ movement

February 11, 2021 Shaun Arendse, Marxist Workers Party (CWI South Africa)

The ANC presidency of Jacob Zuma (2009-2018) saw already widespread corruption reach unprecedented new heights in South Africa. The media coined the term “state capture” to describe Zuma’s growing brazenness in appointing ministers and other […]

South Africa

ANC government’s vaccine fiasco

January 18, 2021 Marxist Workers Party (CWI in South Africa) Reporters

On top of last year’s PPE-corruption scandal, the African National Congress (ANC) government has made a complete fiasco of vaccine procurement and roll-out. In general, South African capitalism is proving itself incapable of dealing with […]

South Africa

South Africa’s October 7th general strike – A Marxist balance sheet

October 17, 2020 Marxist Workers Party (CWI South Africa)

The 7 October general strike called by Cosatu (Congress of South African Trade Unions) came against the background of an all-out assault on the working class by the ANC (African National Congress) government and the […]

South Africa

South Africa: Struggle for permanent jobs continues

October 13, 2020 Marxist Workers Party reporters

On the 12th of October, workers on the ANC government’s slave-labour Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) continued their struggle for permanent jobs and a living wage. Hundreds of EPWP workers took part in a day […]

South Africa

South Africa: Open Letter from Marxist Workers Party to South African Federation of Trade Unions

August 28, 2020 Marxist Workers Party (CWI South Africa)

The Marxist Workers Party (CWI South Africa) published an Open Letter to the South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) in three parts on 18 August, 22 August and 24 August, ahead of Saftu’s upcoming […]

South Africa

ANC’s mishandling of covid crisis shows need for co-ordinated working class fightback

August 3, 2020 Marxist Workers Party (CWI South Africa) Reporters

Symbolic protests by left activists took place on 1 August in South Africa because of a growing feeling that something must be done. The country has been in lockdown for over four months but we […]

South Africa

South Africa: Struggle of workers at ‘Expanded Public Works Programme’ continues

June 21, 2020 Marxist Workers Party (CWI South Africa) Reporters

On 17 June workers marched in Johannesburg, South Africa, demanding permanent jobs and a living wage of R12,500 ($700). Over 200 braved the severe winter cold snap gripping the country and the continuing lockdown restricting […]

Coronavirus

South Africa: Fight retrenchments, outsourcing and pay cuts in the aviation industry

May 7, 2020 Marxist Workers Party (CWI South Africa) Reporters

The cost of the Covid-19 industry-wide shutdown is being passed to workers in unpaid wages, compulsory leave, and retrenchments. Comair has followed SAA and SA Express into business rescue. Cabin crew and pilots are under […]

Coronavirus

South Africa: Organising working class communities under pandemic lockdown

May 6, 2020 Marxist Workers Party (CWI South Africa) statement

Two mile queues for food parcels. Corruption and patronage in their distribution. Shops being looted. Schools vandalised and burned. Collapsing household income. Confusion over accessing social grants. Tens-of-thousands of arrests and fines. Harassment, beatings, and […]

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