Eye on Civil Society Columns Eye on Civil Society Columns Our shared struggle for survival - Thando Manzi 1 December 2014 Climate justice resurfaces amidst New York’s corporate sharks - Patrick Bond, 24 September 2014 Leaders are paralysed, but the movement is growing - Patrick Bond, 24 September 2014 Water and sanitation become a living nightmare in eThekwini - Gcina, Makoba, 2 September 2014 ‘Politicians are failing in push for Middle East peace - Patrick Bond, 26 August 2014 Seedy, seething and full of excitement’ - Faith ka Manzi , 1 August 2014 We want Nigeria’s wealth, not its troubles - Patrick Bond, 21 April 2014 No time for the masses when it comes to bucks - Patrick Bond, 28 January 2014 We must clean up our own crimes before others - Vanessa Burger, 4 December 2013 BRICS lessons in unsustainable urbanisation - Patrick Bond, 27 November 2013 Drowning in tidal wave of climate-change - Patrick Bond, 6 September 2013 Social justice, human rights sacrificed at the altar of debt - Vanessa Burger, 7 August 2013 Murder in Cato Manor (isiZulu Translation) Faith ka-Manzi, 1 August 2013 Back of Port plan needs urgent rethink - Bond Patrick, 31 July 2013 Urgent need to detox pollution-hit South Durban- Bond Patrick, 10 July 2013 Should Brazilians foot the bill for Blatter to foot the ball? - Patrick Bond, 30 June 2013 Ships and pipelines versus people and planet. - Sarah Bracking, 26 May 2013 South Africa’s Rhodesian temptations in Africa- Patrick, 17 May 2013 HIV clinics battle with overcrowding and shortages- Faith Ka-Manzi, 10 April 2013 Bangui to BRICS: if you carve Africa, Africa may carve you too Patrick Bond and Khadija Sharife, 27 March 2013 Licking their lips over Africa's Resources - Patrick Bond, 13 March 2013 Zuma’s big speech: another reckoning day for SA economy and society Patrick Bond, 12 February 2013 McCords closure could kill- Faith ka-Manzi, 29 January 2013 Yet another ‘Conference of Polluters’ - Patrick Bond, 14 January 2013 Politics, profits and policing after the Marikana Massacre - Patrick Bond, 30 December 2012 In 2012, did Africa ‘rise’ or crash? - Bond, Patrick, 17 December 2012 Durban’s dirty water and sanitation cesspools- Patrick Bond, 3 December 2012 BRICS summit a looming ‘sub-imperial’ disaster for Durban- Patrick Bond, 20 November 2012 'Hard Lessons from Hurricane Sandy - Patrick Bond, 6 November 2012 Marikana’s ideologies of revolution, revulsion and rearguard defense - Bond, Patrick, 24 October 2012 Which Africans will Obama ‘whack’ next? - Patrick Bond, 3 October 2012 Questions for mall-builders - Bond Patrick, 18 September 2012 Jim Kim goes to Joburg – but will he miss Marikana and Medupi?- Patrick Bond, 5 September 2012 Can ANC’s mining bias be reversed? Sampie Terreblanche’s new book begs for change - Patrick Bond, 28 August 2012 With corporate collaboration, Mugabe continues the political looting: Will SADC turn a blind eye this week? - Bond Patrick, 14 August 2012 Sutcliffe’s South Durban revenge: Pollution-intensive planning a source of endless conflict - Patrick Bond, 2 August 2012 In climate of repression, who can surf Durban’s microprotest wave? - Bond Patrick, 18 July 2012 A township movement prepares to ’Occupy’ - Patrick Bond, 3 July 2012 Prices versus values at the Rio+20 Earth Summit - Patrick Bond, 19 June 2012 Populists confront US-European ‘1%’ Bilderbergers at Washington hotel Patrick Bond - 5 June 2012 Can ‘closing the doors of learning’ open the doors of freedom?- Patrick Bond, 22 May 2012 Death throes of Crony Capitalism 2.0: Brett Kebble continues teaching from the grave - Patrick Bond, 8 May 2012 SA’s financial pandemic. - Patrick Bond, 24 April 2012 Can a Nigerian squeeze the poor for the World Bank? - Patrick Bond, 10 April 2012 Renewing contradictions with Ronnie Kasrils - Patrick Bond, 27 March 2012 Will world prices collapse as Mugabe’s generals loot Marange? - Khadija Sharife, 13 March 2012 State failure, market failure and civil society failure - Patrick Bond, 28 February 2012 Hot air from Pretoria: President Zuma’s ‘sustainability’ talk rebutted by his pro-pollution walk - Patrick Bond, 14 February 2012 Economic advice that can hurt the poor - Patrick Bond and Khadija Sharife, 31 January 2012 Popular protests still far from posing a genuine threat - Patrick Bond, Ashwin Desai and Trevor Ngwane 17 January 2012 Voetsek Sutcliffe: A new city manager offers a chance for a new ruling ideology - Bond, Patrick , 3 January 2012 Durban’s climate Zombie tripped by dying carbon markets - Patrick Bond, 20 December 2011 A dirty deal coming down in Durban - Patrick Bond, 6 December 2011 Time to “Occupy Durban”? - Patrick Bond, 22 November 2011 Libya: Top‑down oil imperialism or bottom‑up peoples' revolution? - Khadija Sharife , 8 November 2011 Change a bulb, plant a tree… not enough: For deconscientised Durban, a month until climate wake‑up call - Patrick Bond, 25 October 2011 Beware ‘social justice’ promises by international bankers - Patrick Bond, 11 October 2011 Greenwashing doesn’t disguise the dirt - Patrick Bond, 27 September 2011 The coming fight over capital flight - Patrick Bond, 13 September 2011 Climate-dumb Durban’s greenwash manual - Patrick Bond, 30 August 2011 World economic crisis gives us a chance to see things differently. - Patrick Bond, 16 August Leave the oil in the soil – or rather spill it on North Coast beaches, foul South Durban’s air and wreck the Amazon? - Patrick Bond, 2 August 2011 At the heart of our wealth and our woes, the ‘Minerals-Energy Complex - Patrick Bond & Khadija Sharife, 19 July 2011 The insider-outsider climate quandary - Patrick Bond, 15 July 2011 Will Durban be a Conference of Polluters? - Patrick Bond, 21 June 2011 ‘It’s dangerous out there: Immigrant survival tactics in dog-eat-dog South Africa - Khadija Sharife, 6 June 2011 Obama misses the point of Middle East uprising - Patrick Bond, 23 May 2011 Africa fibbed to by world financiers - Patrick Bond, 10 May 2011 SA climate leadership risks global bankruptcy - Patrick Bond, 26 April 2011 As Yunus falls, women’s microcredit hopes sink - Khadija Sharife, 12 April 2011 A run on Grameen Bank’s integrity - Patrick Bond, 29 March 2011 When civil societyism fronts for barbarism - Patrick Bond, 15 March 2011 Mubaraking’ Muammar, Maliki, Mugabe… and Michael? - Patrick Bond, 27 February 2011 From Cairo to Dakar to Durban, another world actually is possible! - Patrick Bond 15 February 2011 Government’s ‘talk left, walk right’ climate policy - Patrick Bond, 1 February 2011 The latest Minerals-Energy Complex attack on nature and society? - Patrick Bond, 18 January 2010 Another economically miserable year ahead - Patrick Bond, 4 January 2011 ‘Climate capitalism’ won at Cancun - everyone else loses - Patrick Bond, 14 December 2010 Evict Washington from Cancun and Durban to save the climate WikiLeaks proves the US is an untrustworthy partner - Patrick Bond, 7 December 2010 From rotting whale blubber to petrol fumes The residents of south Durban and other communities in similar areas are asking companies to 'leave the oil in the soil' - Patrick Bond, 24 November 2010 Can Zimbabwe finally progress? - Patrick Bond, 8 November 2010 Indian indentured workers and their political legacy - Ela Gandhi, 26 October 2010 Palestine liberation recalls anti-apartheid tactics, responsibilities and controversies - Patrick Bond, 13 October 2010 Development goals that won’t be met - Patrick Bond, 29 September 2010 Parliamentarians stick their heads in the sand when digging into service - Patrick Bond, 14 September 2010 Re-rooting poverty in post-apartheid South Africa - Ashwin Desai, Brij Maharaj and Patrick Bond, 31 August 2010 Africa Looting & WTO - Patrick Bond, 16 August 2010 South Africa loses its ‘War on Poverty - Patrick Bond, 7 August 2010 Seeking solutions in times of insecurity- Shepherd Zvavanhu, 5 August 2010 Xenophobic society and xeno‑denialist police - Faith ka‑Manzi, 19 July 2010 Fifa police state takes precedence - Patrick Bond, 6 July 2010 Six red cards for Fifa - Patrick Bond, 8 June 2010 Fifa hydra hoovers up World Cup benefits Officials and government have sold South Africa down the river, but now the 'suckers' are responding angrily to being ripped off - Patrick Bond, 25 May 2010 The party may not be worth the hangover - Patrick Bond, 11 May 2010 Super stadiums vs safe shelter and sewerage - Patrick Bond, 28 April 2010 The bank loan that could break SA's back - Patrick Bond, 13 April 2010 Taking on World Bank over Eskom Patrick Bond & Desmond D'sa, 30 March 2010 Why we need to stand up and shout louder still - Patrick Bond, & Orlean Naidoo, 16 March 2010 How our universities became sweatshops - Trevor Ngwane & Zamani Hlatshwayo , 2 March 2010 Experts in the art of generating poverty - Patrick Bond, 16 February 2010 True cost of Durban's waste strategy - Patrick Bond, 2 February 2010 Eskom paid more for destroying environment.- Patrick Bond & Alice Thomson, 19 January 2010 No World Cup fun and games for some - Oliver Meth, 5 January 2010 Curing the post-Copenhagen hangover - Patrick Bond, 22 December 2009 Set for carbon emissions sell-out in Copenhagen - Patrick Bond, 8 December 2009 What political-ecological ideology can defeat climate crisis? - Trevor Ngwane, 1 December 2009 Where to after the capitalist crisis? - Immanuel Wallerstein, 12 November 2009 Give up on 'slum eradication', for now - Richard Ballard, 29 October 2009 SA's socio-economic war will spill into 2010 - Patrick Bond, 15 October 2009 ‘National Health Insurance is affordable when we factor in savings, social benefits - Patrick Bond & Sidney Kgara, 1 October 2009 'Poors of Chatsworth' take charge - Rebecca Hinely, 16 September 2009 Africans finally getting tough on climate damage - Patrick Bond, 9 September 2009 A climate-poverty challenge in South Durban - Vanessa Black, Patrick Bond, Rehana Dada and Desmond D’Sa, 19 August 2009 When social protest is the logical reaction to economic violence - Patrick Bond, 5 August 2009 ANC administration sows seeds of racial discord - Trevor Ngwane, 21 July 2009 Small hopes for a shift leftwards in economy - Patrick Bond, 8 July 2009 Refugees call for unity and an end to xenophobia - Amisi Baruti & Pierre Matate, 24 June 2009 SA political power balance shifts left – but not enough to stem protests - Patrick Bond, 9 June 2009 Warwick Mall crisis for traders and for Durban’s vision. - Caroline Skinner, 27 May 2009 An Oil Change is Needed More than Ever - Khadija Sharife, & Patrick Bond, 13 May 2009 South Durban initiative to commemorate our fallen heroes of social justice - Patrick Bond & Oliver Meth, 1 April 2009 Righting the wrongs of the past - Patrick Bond, 19 March 2009 Reversing the gains of liberation - Faith kaManzi, 4 March 2009 Safety of Africa at stake with US intervention - Khadija Sharife, 18 February 2009 Time now to boycott Israel - Patrick Bond, 3 February 2009 Restriction of expression - Patrick Bond, 22 January 2009 Toss out those old shoes: Economically a dangerous period lies ahead, and civil society needs to take action - Patrick Bond, 5 January 2009 The COPE break is not enough. - Ashwin Desai, 24 December 2008 A service to society. - Patrick Bond, 10 December 2008 A hangover from the past. - Patrick Bond, 26 November 2008 Human rights have been drowned. - Patrick Bond, Rebecca Hinely and Oliver Meth, 12 November 2008 Great White Shark mauls Albert Park refugees - Bond, Patrick & Hinely, Rebecca & Meth Oliver November 2008 World's financial crisis is moving south - Faith kaManzi, 29 October 2008 Movin' on up on the Southside :Continued success for civil society in Chatsworth. - Rebecca Hinely, 15 October 2008 Power-sharing or power-snaring?: It's not clear who benefits economically from Thabo Mbeki's Zimbabwe deal - Patrick Bond, 2 October 2008 Civil society must confront abuse of power. - Patrick Bond, 17 September 2008 Wentworth becomes a war zone again: Pollution, gangsterism and violence are on the increase. - Oliver Meth, 3 September 2008 Africa will clean up after a party it didn't go to. - Dennis Brutus and Patrick Bond, 20 August 2008 UKZN may snuff out its left brain : What's next for Durban's best-known institute of social and environmental justice? - Patrick Bond & Dennis Brutus, 6 August 2008 Hollow pledges in dealing with refugees: Durban has no permanent solution for displaced people - Carlos Bruen, 23 July 2008 Claiming a moral debt may not require borders Patrick Bond asks if reparations for apartheid profits can be won in United States courts - Patrick Bond, 8 July 2008 AIDS, youth, women and civil society - Oliver Meth, 23 June 2008 How long will refugee municipal relief take? - Samantha Schwarer, 13 June 2008 Frustrations directed at the wrong people - Baruti Amisi, 28 May 2008 Partial victories for civil society - Patrick Bond and Orlean Naidoo, 13 May 2008 Life for women is an ongoing state of war: Violence against women permeates society and households, and the levels of abuse are dangerously high - Annsilla Nyar, 11 April 2008 Zulu Translation Ukuhlukunyezwa kwabesifazane kungenele kakhulu emphakathini kanye nasemakhaya, futhi amazinga esihluku aphezulu ngokwethusayo Impilo yabesifazane impi engapheli By Faith ka-Manzi Fathoming the sayings of chairman Mike - Patrick Bond, 9 April 2008 So when do we get serious about HIV/Aids? - Oliver Meth, 9 March 2008 Zulu Translation Sizidonselani izinyawo ngesimo segciwane lengculazi By Faith ka-Manzi Racial Identity Still Goes Deep in Education - Oliver Meth, 4 March 2008 Zulu Translation Ukwahlukaniswa ngobuzwe kusaqhubeka kakhulu kwezemfundo. By Faith ka-Manzi South Africa needs a pro-poor budget- Annsilla Nyar, 25 February 2008 Zulu Translation Ayikashintshi impilo yabanhlwempu By Faith ka-Manzi South Africa in the dark about global warming - Patrick Bond, 12 February 2008 We are asking for our power to be given back - Nyar, Annsilla 30 January 2008 South Africans are losing faith - Annsilla Nyar, 28 January 2008 What lies ahead for our young learners? - Annsilla Nyar, 15 January 2008 Education Department fails teachers - Annsilla Nyar, 13 November 2007 Big bucks work small wonders - Patrick Bond, 30 October 2007 Zimbabwean women face new struggle - Grace Kwinjeh, 16 October 2007 Time to fight global apartheid-Patrick Bond and Dennis Brutus, 23 August 2007 Living up to a prophets message-Annsilla Nyar, 11 September 2007 Water policies hit the poor of Durban-Orlean Naidoo, Dudu Khumalo and Patrick Bond, 3 July 2007 Anarchy loosed upon the world - Annsilla Nyar, 13 June 2007 ANC presidential race should be fought in public-Annsilla Nyar, 23 May 2007 New names, old wounds-Annsilla Nyar, 8 May 2007 End of the era of inexpensive oil-Annsilla Nyar, 16 May 2007 Taking up cudgels to deepen democracy-Fatima Meer, 27 February 2007 What space for concerns of the poor-Patrick Bond, 13 February 2007 Culture of graft has taken hold-Annsilla Nyar, 31 January 2007 Outrages in the name of democracy - Annsilla Nyar, 16 January 2007 Fighting global terror-Shannon Walsh, 4 January 2007 Ghost on the coast-Patrick Bond, 5 December 2006 Fighting side by side-Sufian Bukurura, 21 November 2006 Public should have been consulted for 2010-Sufian Bukurura, 9 November 2006 Unmasking the micro-creditsuccess lie-Patrick Bond, 24 October 2006 Making of a South African psycho-Annsilla Nyar, 11 October 2006 Time to boycott agents of global apartheid-Patrick Bond, 26 September 2006 War on Terror - Lubna Nadvi, 12 September 2006 First World Third World Dilemma - Jeff Purcell, 15 August 2006 The Poor Man’s View of Truth - Jeff Purcell, 2 August 2006 The poor must lead their own struggles- Ntokozo Mthembu, 18 July 2006 Give all youngsters an equal chance at success-Ntokozo Mthembu, 20 June 2006 Acknowledging the rights of all workers-Annsilla Nyar, 23 May 2006 Security Guards the bigger picture-Annsilla Nyar, 9 May 2006 SA’s Foreign Policy under Scrutiny-Sanya Osha, 18 April 2006 Another SAPS Tragedy-Annsilla Nyar, 11 April 2006?