Through an examination of the lengthy and highly contested debate over the issue of open membership of the African National Congress (ANe), the present article tests two propositions around the organisation's commitment to non-racialism. The one…
Comrades, once more we are afforded the opportunity to realise our mission, that is, to “unite all the people of South Africa, Africans in particular, for the complete liberation of the country from all forms of discrimination and national…
The initial impression given by President Thabo Mbeki's new Cabinet is that of sweeping change — but this is altogether deceptive. In the minor portfolios and among the deputy ministers, there is indeed a galaxy of new faces. But in the…
One would have ignored recent newspaper comments by fellow South Africans of Indian descent stating that Indians will not vote for the ANC, were it not the fact that rather than deal with the objective challenges faced by all of us in building a…
I WOULD like to assure my former comrade Shehana Gabie that the ANC she joined on the basis of its policy of non-sexism and non-racialism has not altered.
Two weeks ago S'bu Ndebele was re-elected KwaZulu-Natal chairman of the ANC. But while Ndebele has publicly committed himself to winning the province for his party, he faces an uphill battle in doing so, writes Xolisa Vapi