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FILE: Late struggle icon Steve Biko. Picture: @BikoFoundation/Twitter.

Radical economic transformation

KENNETH MOKGATLHE: Steve Biko's name shouldn't be used by the corrupt in the ANC

By Kenneth Mokgatlhe

The oppressor is no longer white. The oppressor is the ruling elite, and it does not matter what colour they are, writes Kenneth Mokgatlhe.

  • Police make several arrests in Hillbrow during what was considered #FreeZuma protests. The protests spiralled off from KwaZulu-Natal into parts of Gauteng for the better part of 11 July 2021. Picture: Boikhutso Ntsoko/ Eyewitness News.

    WANDILE M NGCAWENI: Social unrest signals a steep decline in social cohesion

    The ruptures we keep seeing are against socio-economic difficulties underscored by the gravity of impoverishment by a majority black population, writes Wandile M Ngcaweni.

    390 days ago
  • FILE: Former President Jacob Zuma joined ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule on the campaign trail in KwaZulu-Natal in 2019. Picture: @MYANC/Twitter.

    YONELA DIKO: Jacob Zuma was a tragedy. Ace Magashule is a farce

    If we are to learn anything from our own history, it has to be that whatever limitations Cyril Ramaphosa has, Ace Magashule is not the answer, writes Yonela Diko.

    478 days ago
  • FILE: ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa and party secretary general Ace Magashule. Picture: Eyewitness News.

    ANALYSIS: Precarious power tilts towards Ramaphosa in battle inside the ANC

    Cyril Ramaphosa's rise to power in 2018 offered South Africans hope that he would end corruption. Indeed, he made promises to do so. But he has met with resistance, especially within the ANC.

    481 days ago
  • Free State ANC members protest at the party's Luthuli House headquarters in Johannesburg on 19 October 2020. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN

    NKENKE KEKANA: A response to distortions of ANC policy by so-called RET forces

    The RET grouping is a dangerous reformist tendency, sugar-coated in revolutionary jargon seeking to destroy the ANC from within, writes Nkenke Kekana.

    484 days ago
  • FILE: Carl Niehaus. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/Eyewitness News.

    Niehaus denies claims that RET forces are trying to divide the ANC

    The MKMVA spokesperson, who also works in secretary general Ace Magashule’s office and has been linked to the so-called RET forces insists they are merely seeking to support the ANC's own policy on economic transformation in the country.

    489 days ago
  • Ace Magashule. Picture: Boikhutso Ntsoko/Eyewitness News.

    Magashule defends radical economic transformation, says it is an ANC policy

    Debate over the ANC’s radical economic transformation policy appeared to have deepened tensions within the party further.

    489 days ago
  • Members of the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party object as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attempts to deliver his State of the Nation address at Parliament in Cape Town on 13 February 2020. Picture: AFP

    OMRY MAKGOALE: It's time for SA to vote for their presidential candidates

    Voting parties into power instead of directly for a preferred president is the problem in SA's broken politics, writes Omry Makgoale.

    894 days ago
  • FILE: A warrant of arrest has been issued for former President Jacob Zuma. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    Zuma expected back home today after receiving medical treatment in Cuba

    The former president is returning to the country amid mounting anticipation over the outcome various proceedings against him – including his corruption case.

    900 days ago
  • Zandile Gumede. Picture: @eThekwiniM/Twitter

    Gumede: Just like Zuma, I'm being victimised

    eThekwini Mayor Zandile Gumede insisted that she's innocent of fraud, corruption and racketeering and the state had no case against her.

    1098 days ago
  • ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule speaks at a media briefing about the outcomes of an ANC NWC meeting on 26 February 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    ANC: We have confidence in black professionals, black managers

    The African National Congress (ANC) says that it has reassured black professionals that radical economic transformation is still the party's policy and will happen.

    1260 days ago
  • EFF leader Julius Malema. Picture: @EFFSouthAfrica/Twitter

    Malema: SA financial sector must be disrupted to empower black people

    The EFF has been meeting with various sectors of society as it formulates its manifesto ahead of the 2019 elections.

    1362 days ago
  • The ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) met on Monday 18 June 2018 at the Saint George’s Hotel. Picture: Clement Manyathela/EWN.

    [LISTEN] There's no ANC new dawn - analyst

    Talk Radio 702 host Bongani Bingwa spoke to political analyst Prince Mashele on the state of the ANC and what it means for South Africa.

    1513 days ago
  • Young people attend the Youth Day commemoration at Orlando Stadium in Soweto. Picture: GCIS.

    Youth urged to bring radical transformation to economy

    Parliamentary says the answer radical economic transformation lies with South Africa’s youth.

    1515 days ago
  • FILE: Former South African president Jacob Zuma in the dock at the Durban High Court on 6 April 2018 for a preliminary hearing related to charges of fraud, corruption and racketeering. Picture: AFP

    Political party will ensure Zuma legacy continues, says lobby group

    The lobby group says that Jacob Zuma was the only president who put the needs of the African native first, through implementing free education and radical economic transformation.

    1532 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses 20th African Renaissance Conference at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Picture: GCIS.

    'Land reform fundamental to easing poverty stemming from past racial injustice'

    President Cyril Ramaphosa says the economy remains largely characterised by the structural flaws of a racist and patriarchal past.

    1539 days ago
  • FILE: Former president Jacob Zuma. Picture: GCIS

    Zuma: Land expropriation doesn't mean chasing away white people

    Jacob Zuma was speaking at the National Funeral Parlour Association's opening gala dinner in Durban, where he was recognised for his bravery and commitment to radical economic transformation.

    1615 days ago
  • FILE: Former president Jacob Zuma. Picture: GCIS

    Zuma: Black unity only way to achieve radical economic transformation

    Former president Jacob Zuma says that black people are the only race that gets divided by other nations and then fight amongst themselves.

    1615 days ago
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