Reconstruction And Development Programme News Today

"They regularly sing a hymn that she liked and they are also growing a plant in the class for her."

Thanks to Asghar Adelzadeh, SA is in prime position in the Brics given his modelling that paved the way for the post-1994 system

The perpetual failure of Eskom and our education system to offer a brighter future to younger generations is scandalous

After nearly 30 years of ‘democratic’ rule by the ANC, the inability to deliver electricity to black working–class people has come to symbolise the shattered dreams of a nation. Power outages continue to plague the country.

Dire educational statistics are not a reflection of black performance. They are a reflection of our neoliberal, minimalist policies

There is a myth that voters make rational choices regarding policy options, choosing those that best serve their interests. However, voter choices are much more visceral than rational, writes David Christianson.

With the African National Congress (ANC) poised to hold its 55th National Electoral Congress, the threat of losing votes, and the disruption of bourgeois democratic processes, may be strong motivators for the party to respond positively to working-class community needs related to the energy crisis.

The achievement of political power without social and economic power unleashed a scramble for the crumbs that fell from the table of the apartheid regime and their capitalist allies.

The step-aside rule is very much in the tradition of other such documents as the National Development Plan (NDP), the Reconstruction and Development Programme and, indeed, the constitution: they are adopted with great fanfare but then largely ignored.

It is projected that by 2050 every second young person will be African. Will the continent be the same, better or worse for them?