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southern africa / miscellaneous / feature Tuesday April 07, 2009 17:10 por Michael Schmidt
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Much printers’ ink has been shed by pundits and politicians in attempting to explain, excuse, laud or condemn the rise of Jacob Zuma to the ANC Presidency from where it is just a short hop, skip and jump to the South African Presidency following the 2009 General Election. The rest of us, the people, are reduced to either disgruntled witnesses or ecstatic cheerleaders of “JZ” shifting the weight of his gut from foot to foot in his monotonous mshini-wam song. He knows it doesn’t have to be a particularly energetic dance, for it is pretty much guaranteed that the ill-gotten gains he allegedly sought so assiduously for so long will soon be his when he holds the keys to the Treasury.
Just how did arguably the world’s most famous liberation movement implode so rapidly into a venal kleptocracy, a cabal of back-slapping thugs? Did it in fact implode? Did it descend from great ethical heights or was the rot there all along? read full story / add a comment 
southern africa / culture / opinion / analysis Tuesday April 07, 2009 14:28 por Steffi
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Mutual Aid is an important and relevant anarchist concept. It shows how aspects of a better world already exist everywhere, including in Southern Africa, and how we can achieve this world, building on and extending existing cultural practices.
First published in issue number 10 of Zabalaza: A Journal of Southern African Revolutionary Anarchism, April 2009. read full story / add a comment [Ελληνικά] [Nederlands]
africa meridionale / movimento anarchico / comunicato stampa Monday April 06, 2009 18:09 por Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front
Lo Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (ZACF) annuncia l'uscita del decimo numero del nostro organo, "Zabalaza - giornale dell'Anarchismo rivoluzionario sudafricano" e la sua disponibilità online. Il giornale può essere scaricato come file PDF. I singoli articoli verranno pubblicato un po' alla volta su Anarkismo. [English] read full story / add a comment 
southern africa / miscellaneous / opinion / analysis Monday April 06, 2009 15:26 por Jonathan
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The tragedy which has beset the people of Zimbabwe, itself an indictment against the praxis of armed struggle controlled by a central political elite, is well-known. Zimbabweans waged a courageous guerilla war against colonialism only for the leader of that liberation movement, who has jealously guarded his presidency since Zimbabwe’s 1980 independence, to have turned out to be a despot equal to or rivaling the hated colonial ruler Ian Smith, who the people of Zimbabwe (then southern Rhodesia) fought so hard to rid themselves of. The Matabeleland massacres of the 1980s to root-out predominantly Ndebele opposition to Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zimbabwe African National Union (now Zanu-Patriotic Front) - the feared reprisals of which induce him, and high-ranking military officials close to him to this day to clench so strongly to power, for fear of being charged with crimes against humanity; the systematic abduction, torture and murder of political dissidents; the rigged elections and consequent campaigns of harassment and intimidation of opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters in the wake of Mugabe’s first electoral defeat in 28 years; the shattered economy, with the world’s highest inflation-rate and the recent outbreak of cholera - which Mugabe blames on biological warfare being waged against Zimbabwe by the Western imperialist powers - are no secret, and need not be discussed in any detail here. read full story / add a comment 
southern africa / anarchist movement / link to pdf Friday April 03, 2009 23:09 por Jon
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The Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (ZACF) is pleased to announce that issue number 10 of our organ Zabalaza: A Journal of Southern African Revolutionary Anarchism is now available online. You can download the PDF to print out and distribute at the link given below. Individual articles will also be published on Anarkismo.net as time goes by. [Italiano] read full story / add a comment 
África austral / represión / presos / llamado / petición Friday March 27, 2009 18:37 por Organizaciones anarquistas brasileñas
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Petición de solidaridad con compañeros sudafricanos juzgados por su militancia comunitaria. [English] [Português] read full story / add a comment 
southern africa / repression / prisoners / appeal / petition Thursday March 26, 2009 19:54 por Federação Anarquista do Rio de Janeiro
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On Sunday 1st March two militants from the Landless People's Movement (LPM) - a movement similar to the Brazilian MST - were arrested, together with 6 other community members from the informal settlement/ squatter camp of Protea South in Soweto, on charges of public violence, illegal gathering, assault and more. This was after they protested and delivered a memorandum to the local councillor stating their grievances and concerns around the prospect of their eviciton and forced removal to another location far from where they currently live.
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África austral / repressão / prisioneiros / chamada / petição Wednesday March 25, 2009 21:02 por Federação Anarquista do Rio de Janeiro
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No domingo, dia 1 de março de 2009, dois militantes do Landless People’s Movement (Movimento do Povo Sem-Terra) – um movimento semelhante ao MST brasileiro – foram presos na África do Sul. Juntamente com 6 outros membros da comunidade de Protea Sul, em Soweto, os militantes foram presos sob acusação de violência pública, associação ilegal, agressão entre outras. Isso aconteceu depois da participação deles em uma manifestação em que entregaram aos políticos locais um documento com uma lista de reivindicações protestando contra sua perspectiva de despejo e sua transferência forçada para outra localidade, diferente de onde vivem hoje. [English] [Castellano] read full story / add a comment
southern africa / repression / prisoners / appeal / petition Friday March 20, 2009 21:05 por Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front
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On Sunday 1st March 2009 two Landless People’s Movement (LPM) organisers with whom the ZACF is associated were arrested in Protea South, Soweto after the LPM delivered a petition from the Protea South community to their ward councillor regarding various issues and stating their concern around the prospect of their being forcefully removed to another location far from where they currently live and work. After the petition was delivered there were minor disturbances and altercations with the police, and six youth from the informal settlement were arrested. The two LPM comrades were arrested a short while later, despite the fact that they were no longer in the vicinity when the disturbances took place. We believe that the LPM comrades arrested are being targeted and victimised for their role as LPM activists and community organisers. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / history of anarchism / anarchist communist event Thursday March 12, 2009 18:45 por Jon
Soweto screening of the documentary "Living Utopia" (Vivir la Utopia). read full story / add a comment
southern africa / education / anarchist communist event Thursday March 12, 2009 18:38 por Jon
The ZACF will be facilitating a Red & Black Forum (anarchist communist educational workshop) with the theme "Does the Vote Bring Democracy?" this Saturday in Protea South, Soweto. The RBF will be hosted by the Protea South Landless Peoples' Movement. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / community struggles / press release Wednesday March 11, 2009 17:42 por Jon
The Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (ZACF) is angered by the killing of a second working class activist youth by the Community Policing Forum (CPF) in Sebokeng in less than a year. In July of last year Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF) activist Mathafeni Majobe was killed by members of the CPF after partaking in a service delivery protest in Sebokeng. This time the victim was Teboho “Diventsha” Tsotetsi, who was stabbed to death in front of his parents on Wednesday 4 March by members of the CPF for refusing to withdraw charges he had laid against those same CPF patrollers, who had severely beaten him and stolen his cell phone and wallet the previous Friday. read full story / add a comment
Νότια Αφρική (Περιφέρεια) / Λαϊκοί Αγώνες / Ανακοίνωση Τύπου Wednesday February 25, 2009 18:24 por ZACF
Ανακοίνωση του Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (ZACF – Αναρχικό Κομμουνιστικό Μέτωπο Zabalaza ) για το ζήτημα της έλλειψης, αλλά και της ιδιωτικοποίησης του νερού στη Νότια Αφρική. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / gender / opinion / analysis Saturday February 21, 2009 17:25 por Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front
On Thursday 12 February 2009 members of the Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front participated in a protest-march held in Johannesburg as part of the Coalition Against Water Privatisation's Women and Water Campaign. The protest went from Library Gardens in central Johannesburg, a historic meeting point for protests in the city, to Mayor Amos Masondo's office in Braamfontein, near Constitution Hill. The march was to demand that Masondo withdraw his appeal of the pro-poor Johannesburg High Court ruling of Judge Tsoka, which ruled that the forced installation of pre-paid water meters and the prepayment water system is unlawful and unconstitutional, and that City of Johannesburg and Johannesburg Water provide residents of poor townships with 50 litres of free water per person per day. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / repression / prisoners / press release Monday February 09, 2009 17:34 por Wits University Student Coalition on Palestine
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"I'll remember your face, you fucker" were the parting words of inspector Pretorius as he sped away from a group of more than thirty university students who had been harassed and assaulted by Pretorius and his SAPS uniformed colleagues for at least two hours. Students of Wits University and the University of Johannesburg, carrying paper placards and painted banners, were traveling by bus to a COSATU rally at the South African Zionist Federation where speeches were to be delivered. The COSATU rally formed part of a campaign of nationwide actions in support of the people of Gaza under the banner "Free Palestine, Isolate Apartheid Israel". read full story / add a comment
southern africa / imperialism / war / press release Friday February 06, 2009 21:02 por Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front
Statement distributed by ZACF members and progressive students at the Wits University Orientation Week in response to the presence of the South African National Defence Force and attempts by it to recruit students to the military by offering to pay for their education. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / education / anarchist communist event Wednesday February 04, 2009 18:08 por Jon
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The ZACF will be facilitating a Red & Black Forum (anarchist communist educational workshop) with the theme "Does the Vote Bring Democracy?" this Saturday in Orange Farm, south of Johannesburg. The RBF will be hosted by the Anti-Privatisation Forum affiliated Orange Farm Electricity and Water Crisis Committee. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / the left / opinion / analysis Monday December 01, 2008 14:52 por Jonathan P & James Pendlebury
This article argues that active abstention is the only strategic and tactical approach to the 2009 South African elections which is consistent with revolutionary anti-capitalist politics. It was written for a forthcoming issue of Khanya: A Journal for Activists, which will present a range of different approaches that social movements may take in response to the 2009 elections. read full story / add a comment
Νότια Αφρική (Περιφέρεια) / Αναρχικό κίνημα / Ανακοίνωση Τύπου Friday October 31, 2008 11:12 por ZACF
Ανακοίνωση της ZACF για τη χρησιμοποίηση του όρου «αναρχικός» από τον Mosiuoa Lekota. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday October 28, 2008 15:18 por Jon
Once again we, the Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (ZACF), have to defend our political tradition from bourgeois politicians, this time on both sides of the ANC split, and explain to them what exactly is meant by a term that they throw about without actually knowing its meaning. read full story / add a comment |
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