Monthly Archives: January 2014

Steven Friedman, Ramphele’s nomination will create problems not votes

http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2014/01/30/rampheles-nomination-will-create-problems-not-votes

Pallo Jordan, DA, Agang creates a coalition of a new type

http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2014/01/30/da-agang-creates-a-coalition-of-a-new-type

Rebecca Davis, DA/Agang, dial M for merger

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-01-28-da-agang-dial-m-for-merger/#.UulAaf3H1SV

Greg Nicolson on EFF mastery of dramatic entries and presence

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-01-27-coming-to-a-protest-near-you-the-eff-revolutionroadshow-continues/#.UukwTP3H1SV

Richard Poplak satirises the DA presentation of candidates

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-01-28-hannibal-elector-the-anc-pulls-an-electoral-listnon-event-trick/#.UuktMP3H1SV

Carol Paton, Ramphele changes the face of SA’s elections

http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/politics/2014/01/29/ramphele-changes-the-face-of-sas-elections

Leonard Gentle, Forging a New Movement: NUMSA and the Shift in SA Politics

I am not in complete agreement with the conclusions of this article, but believe it is an important contribution. I will comment further at a later stage

http://sacsis.org.za/site/article/1897

Gareth van Onselen, Ramphele’s ego lands on the DA

http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2014/01/29/rampheles-ego-lands-on-the-da

Steven Friedman, NUMSA’s choices could change the future

http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2014/01/29/numsas-choices-could-change-the-future

Raymond Suttner, Realignments in South African politics

http://www.polity.org.za/article/realignments-in-south-african-politics-2014-01-29

Raymond Suttner interview on current situation with Creamer Media’s Polity

Guardian report of Pete Seeger’s death and his singing This Land is Your Land (Woody Guthrie)

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/28/pete-seeger-dies-aged-94

General council of the bar slams government for silence over homophobic steps on the continent

Govt criticised for silence on anti-gay legislation

Amandla Marikana! by All Clear band (lyrics by Allan Kolski Horwitz)

Lyrics Continue reading →

Greg Nicolson, on Durban Deep police killing

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-01-24-durban-deep-in-photos-another-day-another-police-victim/#.UuIQbv2asy5

State action used to threaten those who may not give Zuma warm reception in Eastern Cape

Note how police are present and those who are not inlined to give Number one a warm reception are threatened not only with organisational discipline but the arm of the state

http://www.citypress.co.za/politics/boo-face-arrest-eastern-cape-anc-warns-members/

Kwanele Sosibo, On dynamics within the EFF

http://www.theconmag.co.za/2014/01/16/will-the-centre-hold-julius-malema-and-the-eff-take-a-shot-left/