Communications

IFAA has a range of publications outside of New Agenda. We publish and republish books and short pamphlets on topics ranging from social and economic policy to revolutionary history and philosophy. See some of our publications below.

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IFAA Books

IFAA has a range of publications besides New Agenda.

We publish and republish books and short pamphlets on topics ranging from social and economic policy to revolutionary history and philosophy.

Radical Tradition Series

IFAA regularly republishes seminal texts in the radical canon. See some of the titles we have on offer below:

Confronting Inequality: The South African Crisis

South Africa’s distorted distribution of wealth is one of the biggest challenges facing the country’s economy, with unemployment sitting at an unsustainable 27.7%. In terms of wealth, the top percentile households hold 70.9% while the bottom 60% holds a mere 7%. 76% of South Africans face an imminent threat of falling below the poverty line. With such statistics, the inequality crisis in this country is at a desperate level and strategies to remedy this challenge seem shallow and lack urgency.

In this context, the Institute for African Alternatives has brought together a series of papers written by eminent South African academics and policymakers to serve as a catalyst to finally confront and resolve inequality. With papers from former Public Prosecutor Thuli Madonsela, Ben Turok and former President Kgalema Motlanthe, this book provides a guide to how the nation can confront and resolve the inequality plaguing the country. The nation is headed to the polls later this year and books such as this are vital for providing a strong guide on how those in power can address South Africa’s biggest economic crisis. A great contribution to the current political discourse, the book both confronts the issue and provides strategies on how to remedy inequality.

Articles

In light of IFAA’s goal to contribute meaningfully to the public discourse, our staff regularly contribute to external publications.

To keep up to date with these contributions see the list below or follow us on our social media platforms on Twitter and Facebook.

“Opinion: Ben Turok’s plea as Treasury reaches the point of no return,” Business Report (8 July 2020). Available here.

Ben Turok, “A political insider, but not so embedded as to be defensive,” City Press (12 December 2019). Available here.

Marianne Thamm, “Ben Turok, rebel, revolutionary, thinker, truth-teller – one of the last of the Struggle Greats,” Daily Maverick (10 December 2019). Available here.

Carilee Osborne and Bruce Baigrie, “Towards a working-class environmentalism for South Africa,” Africa is a Country (28 October 2019). Available here.

Karabo Mafolo, “Ben Turok relives his days of fighting against apartheid,” Daily Maverick (26 September 2019). Available here.

Ben Turok, “Diverse voices hold the same tune on social transformation,” Business Day (10 September 2019). Available here.

Carilee Osborne and Dominic Brown (AIDC), “How to get public transport back on track”, Daily Maverick (31 July, 2019). Available here.

Ben Turok, “Ramaphosa wants to knock out corruption with one hand tied behind his back”, Business Day (26 July, 2019). Available here.

Ben Turok, “The battle for the soul of South Africa: Where power really lies,” Daily Maverick (25 July 2019). Available here.

Ben Turok, “The need for debate on macroeconomic policy,” Daily Maverick (16 July 2019). Available here.

Ben Turok [Interviewed by Carilee Osborne], “Democracy and the Left in post-apartheid South Africa,” (7 July, 2019). Available here.

Ben Turok, “Massive disparities in society must be fixed” , IOL (6 July 2019), Available here

Michael Nassen Smith, “Let’s end conservative tropes in economic policy talk,” Business Day (12 June, 2019). Available here

Michael Nassen Smith and Rekang Jankie (AIDC), “On identity and its discontents: What of the politics?” Mail and Guardian (15 June 2019). Available here.

Ben Turok, “How are parliament works and where to fix it”, Business Day (14 May, 2019), Available here.

Ben Turok, “Letter to the Editor: Questions linger over ratings agencies”, Business Day (3 April 2019). Available here.

Zunaid Moolla, “The ‘fiscal cliff’ is not SA’s biggest threat”, Daily Maverick (14 March 2019). Available here

Ben Turok, “Parliament remains remote from the daily concerns of ordinary people,” Business Day (4 March 2019). Available here.

Carilee Osborne and Michael Nassen Smith, “Era of unbridled faith in the virtues of the market is now over”, Business Day (19 February 2019). Available here.

Ben Turok, “Reflecting openly on what went wrong with the ANC,” Business Day (18 November 2018). Available here.

Michael Nassen Smith, “What to do about South Africa’s flailing economy?”, Africa’s a Country (8 November 2018). Available here.

Michael Nassen Smith and Carilee Osborne, “SA’s economic fundamentals are always up for debate,” Business Day (5 November 2019). Available here.

Ben Turok, “What Cyril Ramaphosa must do to make SA great and close inequality gap,” Business Day (14 September 2018). Available here.

Ben Turok, “Civil Society Must Participate in the Renewal of South Africa,” Daily Maverick (27 August 2018). Available here.

Ben Turok, “Despite democracy, South Africa remains a colonial country,” Daily Maverick (13 August 2018). Available here.

Rekang Jankie, “Graduate Unemployment Needs Intersectional Understanding”, DailyMaverick (31 July 2018). Available here.

Bongi Maseko, “Mining Charter is Caught Between Two Elite Classes”, Mail and Guardian (20 July 2018). Available here

Michael Nassen Smith, “Race Debate Needs to Enter More Productive Terrain”, Mail and Guardian (12 July 2018). Available here

Bongi Maseko, “Mining Companies Must End Destructive Practices”, Mail and Guardian (05 July 2018). Available here.

Bongi Maseko, “The Dangers of the Politics of Suspicion”, Mail and Guardian (20 June 2018). Available here

Carilee Osborne and Michael Nassen Smith, ‘Parastatals: Privatisation won’t solve the crisis,’ Mail and Guardian (28 February 2018). Available here

Rekang Jankie, Carilee Osborne, Michael Nassen Smith, ‘Op-Ed: Intellectually dishonest? Free Market Foundation dismisses Oxfam Inequality Report on flimsy grounds,’ Daily Maverick (30 January 2018), Available here

Michael Nassen Smith, ‘Op-Ed: Economics curricula need to enter 21st century too,’ Daily Maverick (22 January 2018) Available here.

Ben Turok, Ramaphosa returns to traditional values of non-racialism, Daily Maverick (17 January 2018) Available here

Ben Turok, ‘Waiting for December: The ANC remains powerful, but impatience eating away at loyalty’, Daily Maverick (3 December 2017). Available here

Ben Turok, ‘We feel betrayed by Zuma’s litany of scandals,’ Daily Maverick (1 November 2017). Available here

Michael Nassen Smith, ‘How inequality is wrecking SA’s economy, and what we can do about it,’ Business Day (16 October 2017) Available here

Ben Turok, ‘The rich build their fortune by shrewd financial manipulation,’ Daily Maverick (22 August 2017) Available here

Ben Turok, ‘We have work to do on inequality,’ Daily Maverick (26 July 2017). Available here