AIDC

AIDC Statement on the New Growth Path

Written by Administrator Monday, 29 November 2010 13:25

AIDC warns: Do not repeat the tragedy of GEAR as a farce! AIDC welcomes that the government’s New Growth Path (NGP) document doesn’t shy away from giving the hard facts about mass joblessness, poverty and inequality in South Africa. A new economic policy is indeed necessary and the NGP document correctly points to how the global crisis has opened up “new policy space” for a country like South Africa to “go beyond conventional policy prescriptions”.

This acknowledgment must be strongly commended. Not least, because that encourages the questioning of what follows in the document itself, which content suffers heavily from a balancing act within the government between neoliberals, Keynesians and some who even describe themselves as Marxists.

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AIDC Statement: AIDC Statement on the threats to Press Freedom

Written by Administrator Friday, 13 August 2010 00:00

Defend and Advance the Freedom of Expression for All!

Press Freedom is a right enjoyed by a privileged minority of South Africans. Our print media is controlled by a cartel of four corporations. Broadcast Media is dominated by the SABC. The profiteering of private media and commercialization of the SABC have seen the mass media catering to the expression and information needs of lucrative markets (LSM 8- 10) representing under 15% of South Africans.

Rather than striving to extend the freedoms of expression and access to information to all South Africans, the ANC government is perusing a series of reforms that will further curtail these freedoms:

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