Jean de Jager
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Jean de Jager
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Writer for the World Socialist Web Site (wsws.org), focused on South Africa.
Over thirty years since taking power, the record of the ANC has vindicated the Trotskyist perspective of Permanent Revolution.

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Two-thirds of South Africa’s population in absolute poverty, with one third unemployed
The African National Congress’s role is the culmination of the class function it performed during the transition from apartheid.
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December 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The youth and workers protesting across Africa, must turn towards a study of the Trotskyist movement.

Only revolution can guarantee the needs of all. Without it, the continent will remain mired in poverty, disease, ignorance and war.

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The Gen Z protests and the struggle for the United Socialist States of Africa
The experiences unfolding across Africa brings to the fore the central problem of every revolutionary movement: leadership. The courage of the youth must find conscious political direction in the buil...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A 1-year-old baby died after being blocked from a clinic by far-right vigilantes in South Africa.

In this report we detail how the ruling ANC's anti-immigrant scapegoating is fueling this-deadly xenophobic climate.
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#SouthAfrica #Africa #xenophobia #EFF #Dudula
Child dies amid far-right anti-immigrant campaign cultivated by South Africa’s ANC
The African National Congress’s scapegoating of foreigners has paved the way for a wave of far-right vigilantism in South Africa.
www.wsws.org
October 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM