Wederzijdse hulp is een belangrijk en relevant anarchistisch concept. Het laat zien hoe aspecten van een betere wereld al overal bestaan, waaronder in Zuid Afrika, en hoe we deze wereld kunnen bereiken, waarbij we voortbouwen op bestaande culturele praktijken, en die uitbreiden. read full story / add a comment

Il testo che segue contiene un'analisi presentata da un esponente del Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (ZACF) al 'Seminario sui risultati elettorali del 2009' organizzato dal Khanya College a Johannesburg, domenica 10 maggio 2009. Il tema del seminario era "Qual'è il significato delle elezioni del 2009 per la classe lavoratrice in Sud Africa?". [English] read full story / add a comment

The following analysis was presented by a member of the Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (ZACF) at the Khanya College organised Seminar on the 2009 Election Results, held in Johannesburg on Sunday 10 May 2009. The topic of the seminar was “What do the 2009 Election results mean for the South African working class?”.
There were speakers from the following organisations present: Bolshevik Study Circles & Che Guevara Film Club, Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (ZACF), General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA), Soweto Concerned Residents (S.C.R–A.P.F), NKUZI – Fieldworker of Farmworkers' Programme and Kathorus Concerned Residents (KCR)
It should be noted that - owing to the constraints of time allocated for this presentation - this is by no means a complete analysis of the 2009 elections, and what the ANC victory and Zuma administration means for the poor and working class of the region. It serves only to raise some of what we believe to be important issues for consideration going forward. [Italiano] read full story / add a comment

The renewed Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) support for the ruling nationalist African National Congress (ANC) has seen the unions dedicate organisers over the last few weeks to ensuring an “overwhelming” ANC victory in the national elections on the 22 April 2009.

How valid is such an approach, and what are the tasks of the working class in the current period? read full story / add a comment

One of the great weaknesses of SA unions - or at least their leaders - is the notion that unions should actively aim at restructuring the economy through policy engagement. This idea is often labelled 'strategic unionism' or 'radical reform', and centres on a politics of cooperating with capital and the state to effectively restructure "South African" industry for global competition. This is summed up in the phrase that "business is too important to leave to management". read full story / add a comment

La crise malgache a fait au total une centaine de morts depuis décembre. Hélas ce n’est pas pour une révolution sociale… mais pour servir les intérêts de businessmen rivaux. read full story / add a comment

Emblème de la lutte anti-apartheid et détenteur du pouvoir sud-africain depuis 1994, l’ANC, parti de Nelson Mandela, a connu en octobre 2008 une scission éprouvante. read full story / add a comment

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

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

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

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

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

Petición de solidaridad con compañeros sudafricanos juzgados por su militancia comunitaria. [English] [Português] read full story / add a comment

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. [Português] read full story / add a comment

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.
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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

Soweto screening of the documentary "Living Utopia" (Vivir la Utopia). read full story / add a comment

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

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

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