Articles by Editor

Sakhela Buhlungu argues that while white activists played an important role in the development of black trade unions, there were unequal power relations between them and black workers.

In this interview with Mondli Hlatshwayo, Mxolisi Mafilika looks at working class organising over the last 30 years, and argues that its important for the new layer of activists to appreciate the importance of understanding the history of struggle.

Programme Objectives In 2001, Khanya College decided to set up a working-class history programme. The programme attempts to systematically capture the history of the South […]

GENDER, NEOLIBERALISM AND THE SOCIAL MOVEMENTS Mobilise and Organis e for Social Change The Khanya College Annual Winter School was launched in July 1999. The […]

Date Province/Town Comments 9 January 1973 Natal, Durban 2000 African workers at the Coronation Brick and Tile Company, in northern Durban, go on strike demanding […]

This is the seventh edition of Khanya: A Journal for Activists. The focus of this edition is the discussions and debates that took place at […]

I’m Dr Capitalism I am dr capitalism, the godfather of isms and schisms I stand for individualism, monetarism and westernism Yesterday when I was in […]

This is a special edition of the Khanya journal on education struggles in post-apartheid South Africa. Over the last few years students in schools and […]

The state of Education Our education appears to be declining and not making a turn around. Poor schools are not even producing the quality of […]

Date Province / City Comments 13 June 1976 Transvaal, Soweto About 400 students attend a meeting in Orlando. At the meeting, Tsietsi Mashinini (a 19-year-old-leader) of […]