An Introduction to Amilcar Cabral in English and isiZulu

An Introduction to Amilcar Cabral in English and isiZulu by TigersEye99

Umlando ka John Holloway

uRichard Pithouse

U John Holloway uyinculabuchopho eyikomanisi (communist philosopher), umsebenzi wakhe uchazwa njengogxile emizabalazweni yokuzimela kanye nenkululeko yabantu.

U Holloway wazalelwa eIreland wabamba iqhaza emizabalazweni yaseNgilandi. Wayebhala ngemizabalazo yabasebenzi bemboni yezimoto yakwa Nissan eSunderland ngo 1980. Njengamanje usehlala eMexico lapho eyingxenye yomzabalazo wombutho odumile okuthiwa ama Zapatista. Ngonyaka ka 2002 wabhala incwadi ethi Change the World without Taking Power (ukushintsha izwe ngaphandle kokuphatha umbuso). Lencwadi yaba nomthelela omkhulu ekulweni nogombela kwesabo abayizikhondlakhondla zomnotho basemazweni aseMelika nase Europe kumbandakanya nokubhikishela inhlangano yezokuhweba yomhlaba (World Trade Organisation) eSeattle ngo November ka 1999.

UFrantz Fanon waziwa kakhulu njengomunye wezinculabuchopho zomzabalazo wenkululeko eAfrika

Mark Butler, David Ntseng & Richard Pithouse

Wazalelwa esiqhingini sase Martinique ngo1925. IMartinique yayibuswa ngaphansi kwengcindezelo yombuso waseFrance. Abantu abahlala khona kwakungabokudabuka eMartinique, kanye nabase Afrika ababelethwe ngaphansi kohlelo lokuthumba abantu base Afrika benziwe izigqila kanye nabokudabuka eNdiya ababelethelwe ukuzotshala umoba eMartinique ukuze uthunyelwe eFrance.

Politics at stake: a note on stakeholder analysis

Mark Butler and David Ntseng, July 2008, Church Land Programme (There is more writing by David Ntseng here.)

People in government, business, and political and civil society organisations routinely talk about 'stakeholders'. They do exercises in stakeholder analysis to inform their 'strategic planning'. Invariably they use the stakeholder language to advertise claims about the inclusivity of their thinking, their processes, and their practice. The organisation we work with was asked recently to prepare an input for a 'stakeholder analysis' for a collegial NGO and this forced us to reflect on why we were so uncomfortable with the very idea. We presented some of our thinking as the basis for discussions at the NGO meeting. It was good that there was a mix of people there including grassroots militants as well as civil society employees. The note below includes some thoughts we had prepared, as well as things we learned from people at the meeting. It outlines why we conclude that the stakeholder discourse, and the practices that go along with it, are in fact part of an order that functions to exclude and silence.

David Ntseng introduces: Peter Hallward, "Fanon and political will'

Engaging the life and work of Fanon is in itself a reverberation of the struggle for a more equal and just society. It is also a call to embark on a radical process to reflect on the shifting sands that make our society lose balance as it wiggles its way towards freedom. Helping us to frame the lenses, we are introduced to the first two articles by Peter Hallward and Michael Neocosmos.

David Ntseng introduces: Michael Neocosmos, "The Nation and its Politics: Fanon, emancipatory nationalism and political sequences"

Engaging the life and work of Fanon is in itself a reverberation of the struggle for a more equal and just society. It is also a call to embark on a radical process to reflect on the shifting sands that make our society lose balance as it wiggles its way towards freedom. Helping us to frame the lenses, we are introduced to the first two articles by Peter Hallward and Michael Neocosmos.