South Africa

March against xenophobia in Johannesburg
Anti-racism

Anti-racists in South Africa fight against xenophobia

Xenophobes are demanding migrants leave the country by Tuesday
28 June 2026
12 year old Hector Pieterson was killed by police (Photo: WikipediaCommons)
Anti-racism

Soweto: The uprising that was the beginning of the end of South African Apartheid

Plus an interview with anti-Apartheid veteran Oupa Ngwenya
12 June 2026
Hundreds are organising against racist mobs hunting migrants (Photo: KopanangAfrica/Facebook)
Anti-racism

South Africans organise against xenophobic attacks

Violent mobs are hunting down migrants
10 June 2026
Anti-racism

South Africa’s poorest face crackdown in new land grab law

ANC-led government wants to make it easier to evict the poorest people from their homes
03 May 2026
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Obituaries

Terry Bell, 1942-2026

South African revolutionary
17 April 2026
Large group of people gather for a strike at the Gdansk shipyard, an uprising discussed in the book Revolutions Thwarted
In Depth

Revolutions Thwarted—why do revolutions win or fail?

A vital read for activists today
22 August 2025
A copper mine in South Africa (Picture: Bjorn Christian Torrissen)
International

South African state has mine workers’ blood on its hands

Mine workers are stuck in an abandonded mine
15 January 2025
Ronnie Kasrils, member of the ANC's armed wing on an anti apartheid protest in Trafalgar Square in London
In Depth

Ronnie Kasrils on the London Recruits that fought Apartheid

Interview with key organiser of resistance to apartheid South Africa
15 December 2024
A mine in South Africa for miners
News

South Africa blocking rescue of miners is ‘tantamount to murder’

A community activist slammed the move
17 November 2024
LGBT+

Zanele Muholi— ‘Nobody tells our story better than ourselves’

New exhibition is a must-see
11 June 2024
International

Voters punish ruling ANC in South African election

Neoliberal policies mean poverty and racism continued after apartheid ended
31 May 2024
South African Eddie Webster
Alex Callinicos

Eddie Webster—A theorist for black workers struggle

Marxist Eddie Webster has died
12 March 2024
South Africa Palestine apartheid Apartheid
In Depth

What are the lessons from South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle for Palestine?

Class struggle toppled apartheid
11 February 2024
News

ICJ court ruling is a blow to Israel, keep mobilising for Palestine

It’s not the final ruling
26 January 2024
News

ICJ court could call for emergency measures against Israel’s genocide

Whatever the ruling, keep mobilising
25 January 2024
Barclays Israel Palestine
News

Why it’s right for demos to target Barclays bank

Barclays bank funds Israeli terror
23 January 2024
ICJ genocide Israel
Background Check

Genocide case exposes and humiliates Israeli state

Trial sends a message
16 January 2024
News

South Africa lays bare Israeli genocide at ICJ court

Only mass resistance will force Israel to stop
11 January 2024
Palestine protests one state
Comment

Two states is not a solution for Palestine

One democratic state is the only answer
09 January 2024
South Africa
News

South Africa charges Israel with genocide

Plus Tories want to ban boycotts against Israel
09 January 2024
Ronnie Kasrils, member of the ANC's armed wing on an anti apartheid protest in Trafalgar Square in London
In Depth

South African guerrilla fighter Ronnie Kasrils speaks out on Palestine

Interview with the founder of the ANC’s armed wing
10 December 2023
International

Blame government not the homeless for fatal fire in Johannesburg

At least 73 people are dead—including 7 children
31 August 2023
Long Reads

Dispatches from the Diaspora by Gary Younge review: anti-racist struggles from South Africa to Black Lives Matter

Reporting on the struggle
03 May 2023
International

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa’s rule hangs in the balance

A corruption scandal
02 December 2022