Essop Pahad: a diligent communist driven by an optimistic vision of a non-racial South Africa: Essop Patel was a confidante of former president Thabo Mbeki. Bongani Mnguni/Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images The death of South African freedom struggle stalwart Essop Pahad (84) on 6 July 2023 prompted tributes from his former comrades. There were also less respectful …
China: echoes of authoritarian past as Xi Jinping cements his place at the heart of a Communist Party now entirely built around him: It has been suggested that the removal of Hu Jintao, Xi Jinping’s predecessor, from the closing ceremony of the 20th Communist Party congress could overshadow all other news from Beijing during the …
Historian offers comprehensive and up-to-date take on South Africa’s Communist Party: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses a meeting of the SACP in 2015. GCIS: Flickr The Communist Party of South Africa was formed in July 1921. To mark its centenary last year, renowned South African historian Tom Lodge published Red Road to Freedom: A …
What Grimes can learn from The Communist Manifesto: Almay The Canadian singer Grimes, has recently been photographed reading The Communist Manifesto after her split from the world’s richest man, Elon Musk – CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. Grimes, otherwise known as, Claire Elise Boucher, was photographed in full fantasy costume on a street corner in …
China’s Communist Party at 100: revolution forever: This month the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is celebrating its 100th anniversary. It has come a long way from its secret beginnings in July 1921, when 12 delegates from a small number of study groups of ardent young Marxists gathered in Shanghai for their first national congress. These …
China’s new civil code has angered feminists – the Chinese Communist Party is now trying to appease them: China’s first ever civil code came into effect on January 1 2021. Replacing a raft of other laws covering issues from marriage, to inheritance, adoption and property, it has binding authority over all civil disputes. A unified …
South Africa in the news: A RACIST COMMUNIST FAMINE GROWS IN SOUTH AFRICA: “Strongman politics are ascendant,” Barack Obama warned in South Africa. He spoke passionately about “the politics of fear and resentment” at the Mandela Lecture. He worried that we were entering a wo…: “South Africa” – BingNews Record R145 Million South Africa Powerball …
South Africa’s communist party strips the ANC of its multi-class ruling party status: There is a fallout between alliance partners the South African Communist Party and the governing ANC. EPA/Kim Ludbrook The South African Communist Party (SACP) has broken with history and challenged the governing African National Congress (ANC) in an election. The SACP’s decision …
South Africa in the news: South Africa’s communist party bans Zuma from addressing party event: South Africa’s Communist Party (SACP), a key ally of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) has banned President Jacob Zuma from addressing its congress this week, the party spokeswoman told AFP news agency reports. Hlengiwe Nkonyane said the …: “South …