Apartheid in South Africa
SACP flag South Africa’s Conference of the Left issues a bold call for working-class unity

The Conference of the Left in South Africa has brought together a wide range of left-wing political parties, socialist organizations, and progressive movements in an effort to forge greater unity, coordination, and collective action among working-class forces.

Cuban solidarity protest in South Africa Cuba solidarity protests target US consulates in South Africa

Recalling the sacrifices made by Cubans alongside the combatants of the liberation movements in Africa, protesters expressed unconditional solidarity with Cuba, and condemned the illegal US blockade choking the small island nation.

Julius Malema EFF Julius Malema is latest target of the Trump-backed white supremacist lobby in South Africa

While the ruling ANC condemned the campaign against Malema by the “grandchildren of Apartheid”, its ruling coalition partner has welcomed the sentence, in a case by a far-right lobby which concocted the narrative of “White Genocide” that Trump used against South Africa.

Fire in Good Hope settlement South Africa Five children die in devastating shack fire at Abahlali baseMjondolo settlement in South Africa

A devastating fire in an informal settlement claimed the lives of five children, leaving South Africa’s Abahlali baseMjondolo in mourning and renewing urgent calls for the state to address the crisis where poverty, lack of basic services, and eviction pressures continue to place poor communities at constant risk of death and disaster.

Auckland March for Humanity Palestine Assata and Aotearoa: Revealing the moral senselessness of our oppressors

New Zealand’s stance on the genocide in Gaza in the UNGA speech was heavily criticized by activists who saw it as a betrayal of the people.

Abahlali baseMjondolo marks 20 years of defiant struggle on Unfreedom Day

Several mass rallies have been planned to mark UnFreedom Day in South Africa to commemorate the unfulfilled promises of South Africa’s freedom from apartheid and reject the current Government of National Unity

Thousands of people will march for Abahlali baseMjondolo’s Unfreedom Day

The Pan Africanism Today Secretariat sat down with S’bu Zikode, the Abahlali baseMjondolo elected President to find out how Unfreedom Day will be commemorated this year.

Del robo colonial a la justicia agraria: el largo camino de Sudáfrica hacia la reforma agraria

La Ley de Expropiación de Sudáfrica ha provocado un debate en el país sobre el persistente modelo racista de tenencia de la tierra en el país, además de haber desatado una disputa diplomática con Estados Unidos.

From colonial theft to agrarian justice: South Africa’s long road to land reform

South Africa’s Expropriation Act has provoked debate within the country over the enduring racist land tenure model in the country, and has also sparked a diplomatic row with the United States.

Survivors of Apartheid-era forced removals from Cape Town win a crucial legal battle

The Constitutional Court’s order on December 20 is a landmark judgment, advancing jurisprudence by specifying “location” of the alternative housing provided to those evicted as an “essential component of adequate housing”.

Liberating the land: From Africa to Palestine

In Palestine and across the African continent, national liberation from colonialism is incomplete without sovereignty over the land

NUMSA calls for boycott of PUTCO bus company over “inhumane” treatment of workers

Around 120 members of NUMSA employed by South African transporter PUTCO, who were suspended following an unprotected strike in 2022 over a wage dispute, have been subject to undignified conditions including a lack of access to decent toilets at the company’s depots.