African Communist

st4th Quarter 2013

African Communist

Issue Number 186

MADIBA

A TRIBUTE TO

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4th Quarter 2013 Issue Number 186

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Editorial Notes: Tribute to Madiba Build elements of, capacity for, and momentum towards socialism

Political report to the CC, December 2013

20. What are we to make of the NDP?

SACP discussion document

40. Beyond the developmental state

Ben Fine

55. The evolution of ANC economic policy

Ben Turok

74. Structured to be looted: the systemic underpinnings of corruption

Jeremy Cronin

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EDITORIAL NOTES

Tribute to Madiba

The SACP salutes South Africa’s greatest son

“…the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love” – Che Guevara

n going to press we learnt of Cde Nelson Mandela’s death. Below are extracts from the eulogy to Madiba by SACP General Secretary, Cde Blade Nzimande. The South African Communist Party joins the millions of the people of South Africa, the majority of whom are the working class and poor, and the billions of the rest of the people the world over, in expressing our sincere condolences to Ms Graca Machel, the entire Mandela family, the ANC and our Alliance on the passing away and loss of what President Jacob Zuma correctly described as South Africa’s greatest son, our hero, a true revolutionary, President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, Tata Madiba. We also wish to use this opportunity to express our solidarity with the African National Congress, an organisation that produced him and that he also served with distinction for most of his life, as well as all his Cdes in our broader liberation movement. As Tata Madiba said: “It is not the kings and generals that make history but the masses of the...