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INEQUALITY

Divorce jobs from access to basic services

Job creation should not be the peak of our ambition. We could decommodify life’s necessities instead

  • Andile Zulu
8 min read
South Africa’s macroeconomic policies have not worked, yet President Cyril Ramaphosa was mute on viable alternatives at the State of the Nation address. (Jairus Mmutle/GCIS)
ANC

The ANC fails to define its own economic policy

Its position has shifted from social democracy to neoliberalism over two decades. But what is it now?

  • Zama Ndlovu
8 min read
Although he hasn’t accepted labelling for his ideologies, Herman Mashaba’s new Action SA Party is at least calling for the right things. (Thulani Mbele/Sowetan/Gallo Images)
CONSERVATISM

Calling South African conservatives…

We’ve tried leftism for long enough and what we have to show for it is corruption and mismanagement, when what we need is jobs and education. Is it time to try out a…

  • Angelo Ryan
4 min read
CONVERGENCE PARTY FOR SOCIAL DEMOCRACY

Equatorial Guinea votes amid opposition complaints

The West African state of Equatorial Guinea voted on Sunday in elections expected to be won yet again by the veteran hardline president amid opposition charges of voting…

  • Rodrigo Angue Nguema
3 min read