With South Africa's May 29 general elections approaching, 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Federico Fuentes spoke to South African socialist Mazibuko Jara about the African National Congress鈥檚 (ANC) prospects of holding onto power after 30 years in office and how the radical left is likely to fare.
Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who took office in February from Jacob Zuma, is facing a rebellion within the union movement over proposed changes to the labour laws.
South Africa is at crossroads, facing its biggest upheavals since independence in 1994. Globally, since the 2008 Great Recession there are growing explosive class and social conflicts due to the deepening crisis of capitalism.
The is a new organisation in South Africa initiated by the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA) that held its first People's Assembly in December under the slogan 鈥淜wanele Kwanele!鈥 (Enough is Enough!)