Abahlali baseMjondolo in South Africa: Occupy, Resist, Develop
The year 2015, the tenth year of the existence of our movement, has almost come and gone. On the 3rd of October we gathered at the Curries Fountain Stadium to celebrate ten years…
South African student protests and re-emergence of people’s power
The #nationalshutdown of all major universities in South Africa continues, even after a historic victory yesterday, when, after several days of mass mobilisation by students and workers President Jacob Zuma was forced to…
Suren Pillay: Decolonizing the University
This text is a transcription of a talk given at Azania House, Bremner Building, University of Cape Town, April 2015. Africa is a Country Suren Pillay* 7 Jun 2015 I want to thank…
Africans unite against xenophobia in South Africa
The African Charter on Human and People’s Rights says that: “Human beings are inviolable. Every human being shall be entitled to respect for his life and the integrity of his person. No one…
Land, Dignity & Democracy: South Africa’s Constitution Does Allow for Expropriation
At a public discussion on the land question in Johannesburg on Friday, February 27, Dikgang Moseneke, the Deputy Chief Judge of the Constitutional Court, began his remarks with a well-known quote from Frantz…
South Africa: Voices of widows of the Marikana Massacre
Women Speak Out: A launch of Justice, Redress and Restitution: Voices of widows of the Marikana Massacre at the University of Johannesburg Library Auditorium, 14 August 2014 Agnes Thelejane – Marikana Massacre widow…
Colóquio Internacional Epistemologias do Sul – Constitucionalismo Transformador
A derradeira sessão plenária do Colóquio Internacional Epistemologias do Sul – Aprendizagens Globais: Sul-Sul, Sul-Norte e Norte-Sul, evento do Projeto ALICE, pôs em evidência a área temática do Constitucionalismo Transformador, Interculturalidade e Reforma…
The Nomzamo Eviction: A Potential Turning Point?
The destruction of the Nomzamo settlement in Lwandle, Cape Town, has received an extraordinary degree of political and media attention, much of it noting the illegality and brutality of the eviction, and much…
Photos: Prof. Boaventura de Sousa Santos´ South Africa Visit
See some pictures of the visit of Professor Boaventura de Sousa Santos, ALICE Project´s coordinator, in South Africa during last February and March. 15 Apr 2014 On 5 March 2014, Professor Boaventura de…
South Africa is at an economic impasse – an interview with Mark Heywood
Mark Heywood has been one of the leaders of the Treatment Action Campaign since it started on 10 December 1998. He has also directed the AIDS Law Project since 1997 and its successor,…
