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ANC must reject racial theories
28Feb By News SANo Comments
Opinion

ANC must reject racial theories

By George Tsibani: ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula and National Chair, Gwede Mantashe. (Image: MyANC /Fikile Mbalula Facebook page) 1. Purpose The purpose of this analysis is to critically examine the African National Congress's (ANC) trajectory and its implications for South Africa's future, with a focus on the persistence of colonial narratives and racial capitalism. 2. Introduction and Background The ANC, once a champion of non-racialism and non-sexism, appears to have deviated from its foundational ethos, values, and principles. The party's shift towards regionalism, cronyism, factionalism, greed, corruption, and male chauvinism is reminiscent of Nkrumah's National Liberation Political Party in Ghana. This trend risks vindicating colonial narrat...
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Eastern Cape SOPA2026: Mabuyane’s leadership on trial after year 7
27Feb By News SANo Comments
Politics

Eastern Cape SOPA2026: Mabuyane’s leadership on trial after year 7

By Bulelani Bobotyane: Eastern Cape Premier, Oscar Mabuyane (Image: EC Government Website) The United Democratic Movement (UDM) in the Eastern Cape notes that on 27 February 2026, Premier Oscar Mabuyane will address the province in his seventh year at the helm. Across towns and villages, one hears a recurring sentiment: there was a period in this region’s history when executive authority translated into visible administrative discipline, when decisions were implemented with consistency and consequence management was not optional. That period existed within a different constitutional dispensation and must be understood in its proper historical context. It was not beyond criticism. In this province, what endures in public memory is not nostalgia for past structures, but the...
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Renewal or Decline: Confronting Corruption and Incompetence in the Movement
22Feb By News SANo Comments
Opinion

Renewal or Decline: Confronting Corruption and Incompetence in the Movement

By Fundile D. Gade: ANC members commemorating the 114th ANC anniversary and listening to the January 8 Statement in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on 11 January. (Image: Fikile Mbalula/MyANC Facebook page) For many years, corruption has rightly been identified as a major threat to our democratic project. But today, we must confront an equally dangerous force: incompetence. These two — corruption and incompetence — are the terrible twins undermining the credibility of a democratically elected government. One steals public resources. The other squanders them. Together, they weaken institutions, erode public trust, and distance the movement from the people it was formed to serve. If we are serious about consolidating the people’s camp, we must fight both with equal determination...
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Dead are SA politics – so is the media that has become the walkie-talkie of such zombified politics
22Feb By News SANo Comments
Opinion

Dead are SA politics – so is the media that has become the walkie-talkie of such zombified politics

By Oupa Ngwenya: This is because blacks in SA politics do not matter. What residually matters still in SA politics is political parties that too have been guilt-tripped to neglect black people, as a measure of misguided and ill-informed ‘progressivism’ disbelieving that black people do not qualify to serve as the primary source, starting point and centre of concern of politics. Black people’s peripherisation is not by accident but by design. As this black neglect grows, the illusion of splintered uselessed black power scavenges on the carcass of surviving but warring loyalties hoping to outwit each other for centredness in a ‘GNU’ setting that does not hide that all this black neglect is by expressed wish of ‘the markets’ that decreed their preferred coalition formula as...
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Tragic electrocution of nine-year-old child in Nala exposes governance failure
12Feb By News SANo Comments
News

Tragic electrocution of nine-year-old child in Nala exposes governance failure

By Rorisang Rampheteng: The Democratic Alliance (DA) says a nine-year-old boy died after being electrocuted by an exposed municipal electricity cable in Nala Local Municipality over the weekend. The party described the incident as "tragic and preventable", blaming poor maintenance of municipal infrastructure and the failure in basic service delivery. DA blames neglect by municipality DA councillor in Nala, Thinus Barnard, said the child’s death should never have happened and pointed to what he described as "long-standing neglect" by the ANC-led municipality. "This devastating and entirely preventable loss of life is the direct result of maladministration, neglect and a complete lack of political will by the ANC-led Nala Local Municipality,” Barnard said...
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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s departure, when the time comes, could complicate succession in the ANC and the State
26Jan By News SANo Comments
Opinion

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s departure, when the time comes, could complicate succession in the ANC and the State

By Thobile Jiwulane: President Cyril Ramaphosa's succession election may be complex (Image: MyANC Facebook page) As South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) confronts an existential crisis, doubts loom over whether the once-dominant ruling party can retain relevance in the upcoming local government elections.  Once celebrated as a liberation movement under the leadership of Nelson Mandela, the ANC now faces predictions of eventual national defeat after its dismal performance in the May 2024 general election. The year-end municipal polls are widely seen as a decisive test—a barometer that will signal either the party’s recovery or its impending demise. At the weekend, the ANC’s top leadership convened a Lekgotla—a high-level caucus to chart strategy for th...
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From Liberation to Neoliberalism: Why Workers Must Develop a Class Analysis (1995–2025)
30Dec By News SANo Comments
Opinion

From Liberation to Neoliberalism: Why Workers Must Develop a Class Analysis (1995–2025)

By Zwelinzima Vavi: Saftu banner (Image: https://saftu.org.za) Introduction: Why Class Consciousness Matters Workers are constantly told that South Africa’s crisis is about personalities, factions, or “bad implementation.” This narrative is designed to confuse, divide, and depoliticise the working class. In reality, what we face is the outcome of a 30-year class project — a deliberate shift away from the Freedom Charter and towards neoliberal capitalism. To build real power, workers must understand when, how, and why this shift happened — and whose interests it served. 1. The First Turning Point: 1995 and Privatisation In November 1995, the African National Congress, under Nelson Mandela, adopted privatisation as “a fundamental policy of the ANC.” Th...
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WHO IS SOBUKWE: Reigniting The Legacy of a Liberation Giant
9Dec By News SANo Comments
Politics

WHO IS SOBUKWE: Reigniting The Legacy of a Liberation Giant

By Hlumela Xaba: PAC flag (Image: From the PAC website) A name often forgotten in the lexicon of South Africa’s liberation stalwarts, yet it carries so much gravitas and reverence. I regard the attempted erasure of Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe’s legacy as paradoxical to his contributions in South Africa and the greater continent’s emancipation struggle. Perhaps Sobukwe’s life story as an anti-apartheid political activist was a precursor to his afterlife, where not a single audio of his speeches has ever been made public. I posit the latter with reference to Sobukwe’s banishment to Galashewe in Kimberley upon his release from Robben Island, where he was kept in solitary confinement under the Sobukwe Clause for six years. His banishment was accompanied by an administrative d...
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OPEN BATTLE: Rubio takes gloves off as he lambastes South Africa, accusing it of replacing Mandela’s reconciliation
5Dec By News SANo Comments
International

OPEN BATTLE: Rubio takes gloves off as he lambastes South Africa, accusing it of replacing Mandela’s reconciliation

By Thobile Jiwulane: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Image: (US State Department) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has lambasted the South African government, as earlier led by the ANC, for having ditched Mandela's legacy of reconciliation, which he claims the ANC government replaced with "redistributionist" policies that discouraged investors and caused the talented to flee. Rubio is more pointed and scathing than Trump Rubio joins President Donald Trump in criticising South Africa for its internal policies aimed at addressing apartheid inspired racial inequality. Rubio was announcing America's plan for the G20, of which the US is the new president for 2026. The US took over from South Africa, which hosted the G20 Leaders Summit last month.  Trump bo...
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We need to reject recolonisation
22Oct By News SANo Comments
Opinion

We need to reject recolonisation

By Fumene George Tsibani: In my considered opinion, the trajectory of South Africa's political landscape appears to be undergoing a profound transformation, warranting scrutiny through the lens of historical materialism and critical discourse analysis. The contention that we are witnessing the unfolding of Apartheid Phase II, characterised by the Democratic Alliance's (DA) consolidation of power through modernisation theory rooted in neoliberalism, merits examination. Hegemony,  Guptarisaton and Re-Bantusation Drawing upon the Gramscian concept of hegemony, it can be argued that the DA is attempting to exercise cultural and ideological leadership through its control of media and propaganda machinery. This is manifest in the creation of f...
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