Previously published in Zabalaza: a journal of southern African revolutionary anarchism, #1, April 2001 PDF is online here Underlying the government's drive to privatise is the neo-liberal GEAR programme. This is a macro-economic policy adopted by the government in mid-1996. GEAR argues that the capitalist class is the engine of reconstruction and development in South … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “The Neo-Liberal Agenda: GEAR versus the working class”
Category: South Africa
Pieces that have South Africa as a central focus – but are often relevant to labour and the left more generally
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Neo-liberalism has come to the University of the Witwatersrand through retrenchments, commercialisation, and privatisation”
Previously published in Umsebsenzi, May 2000Neo-liberalism has come to the University of the Witwatersrand through retrenchments, commercialisation, and privatisation.Hundreds of workers at the University will lose their jobs after management decided on 25 February 2000 to retrench more than 623 employees in building care, catering, cleaning, grounds, maintenance, and transport.Sub-contracting companies will take their jobs … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Neo-liberalism has come to the University of the Witwatersrand through retrenchments, commercialisation, and privatisation”
[ANALYSIS]: Sam Kariuki& Lucien van der Walt, “Land Reform in South Africa: still waiting”
Previously published in Southern Africa Report, volume 15, number 3, May 2000, pp. 19-22 Original PDF online here The land reform process in South Africa underlines how patterns of class, gender, and racial inequality have been reproduced in the `new South Africa.' The achievement of a non-racial parliament was an enormous advance for ordinary people. … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Sam Kariuki& Lucien van der Walt, “Land Reform in South Africa: still waiting”
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