South Africa

Mandela mourned by millions in South Africa, worldwide

South Africa’s masses poured into the streets and assigned venues to mourn the death and celebrate the life and struggles…

December 21, 2013

President Raúl Castro: ‘ Mandela is an unsurpassable example for Latin America and the Caribbean’

Taken from a speech given by Army Gen. Raúl Castro Ruz, president of the Councils of State and Ministers, at…

December 21, 2013

‘Mandela, sanitized’

Taken from a Dec. 8 audio column recorded by political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal on prisonradio.org. He was born Rolihlahla in…

December 21, 2013

South Africa: Which Road to Liberation?

Eyewitness account written in 1993 by Monica Moorehead PDF pamphlet

December 11, 2013

Mandela’s legacy extends from South Africa, the Continent to the world

Nelson Mandela's death has drawn responses from throughout the U.S. and the world. To oppressed and working people, Mandela was…

December 11, 2013

Tribute from the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) to Nelson Mandela

Dec. 5 — The Congress of South African Trade Unions joins all South Africans, and millions more all over the…

December 6, 2013

Tributes to South African hero, Nelson Mandela

Dec. 6 — We in Workers World join the billions who are grieving for Nelson Mandela, who died on Dec.…

December 6, 2013

African economy produces billionaires while poverty persists

Press reports from Africa indicate that there are unprecedented levels of economic growth taking place throughout the continent, which includes…

November 12, 2013

South African miners demand higher wages

Conditions are driving more workers in the platinum sector of the mining industry in South Africa to engage in strikes…

November 10, 2013

South African miners continue job actions

Labor militancy is continuing in the Republic of South Africa, which has the largest industrial working class on the continent.…

October 6, 2013