ABOUT US

Welcome to South Africa Journal, a platform dedicated to promoting revolutionary values and the pursuit of economic emancipation. We are a radical and militant movement that brings together activists, workers’ movements, organizations, and lobby groups under the common goal of achieving economic freedom.

Our movement, known as the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), stands against capitalism, imperialism, and all forms of oppression. With an internationalist outlook, we draw inspiration from Marxist-Leninist and Fanonian schools of thought to analyze state, imperialism, culture, and class contradictions. Through organic engagement and a constant relationship with the masses, we provide clear alternatives to the neo-colonial economic system that perpetuates colonial domination and imperialist exploitation.

At South Africa Journal, we believe that political power must be coupled with economic emancipation to create meaningful change. Our pillars for economic emancipation include land expropriation without compensation, nationalization of strategic sectors, building government capacity, providing free quality education and healthcare, promoting industrial development, and advocating for justice in the African economy.

We also honor the role played by South Africa’s liberation movement and interpret the Freedom Charter as a call for inclusive ownership and equal access to economic resources. We contest political power and engage in mass movements and community protests to improve people’s lives, demanding land and supporting workers’ rights.

South Africa Journal is committed to revolutionary internationalism and solidarity, aligning with global movements that seek to emancipate economically marginalized people. Our objectives include fostering a society that upholds revolutionary cultural values, defending national integrity, opposing discrimination and oppression, and advocating for gender equality.

1) The ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS is a radical and militant economic emancipation movement that brings together revolutionary, fearless, radical, and militant activists, workers’ movements, nongovernmental organisations, community-based organisations and lobby groups under the umbrella of pursuing the struggle for economic emancipation.

2) The EFF is a radical, leftist, anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist movement with an internationalist outlook anchored by popular grassroots formations and struggles. The EFF will be the vanguard of community and workers’ struggles and will always be on the side of the people. The EFF will, with determination and consistency, associate with the protest movement in South Africa and will also join in struggles that defy unjust laws.

3) The EFF takes lessons from the notation that “political power without economic emancipation is meaningless”. The movement is inspired by ideals that promote the practice of organic forms of political leadership, which appreciate that political leadership at whatever level is service, not an opportunity for self-enrichment and self-gratification.

4) The EFF draws inspiration from the broad Marxist-Leninist tradition and Fanonian schools of thought in their analyses of the state, imperialism, culture and class contradictions in every society. Through organic engagement and a constant relationship with the masses, Economic Freedom Fighters provide clear and cogent alternatives to the current neo-colonial economic system, which in many countries keep the oppressed under colonial domination and subject to imperialist exploitation.

5) The EFF is a South African movement with a progressive internationalist outlook, which seeks to engage with global progressive movements. We believe that the best contribution we can make in the international struggle against global imperialism is to rid our country of imperialist domination. For the South African struggle, the EFF pillars for economic emancipation are the following:

6) Expropriation of South Africa’s land without compensation for equal redistribution in use.

7) Nationalisation of mines, banks, and other strategic sectors of the economy, without compensation.

8) Building state and government capacity, which will lead to the abolishment of tenders.

9) Free quality education, healthcare, houses, and sanitation.

10) Massive protected industrial development to create millions of sustainable jobs, including the introduction of minimum wages in order to close the wage gap between the rich and the poor, close the apartheid wage gap and promote rapid career paths for Africans in the workplace.
11) Massive development of the African economy and advocating for a move from reconciliation to justice in the entire continent.
12) Open, accountable, corrupt-free government and society without fear of victimization by state agencies.

13) The EFF appreciates the role played by the fathers and mothers of South Africa’s liberation movement. The EFF draws inspiration from the radical, working class interpretation of the Freedom Charter, because, since its adoption in 1955, there have been various meanings given to the Freedom Charter. The EFF’s interpretation of the Freedom Charter is one which says South Africa indeed belongs to all who live in it, and ownership of South Africa’s economic resources and access to opportunities should reflect that indeed South Africa belongs to all who live in it. The EFF’s interpretation of the Freedom Charter is that which says the transfer of mineral wealth beneath the soil, monopoly industries and banks means nationalisation of mines, banks and monopoly industries.

14) The EFF’s interpretation of the Freedom Charter also accepts that while the state is in command and in control of the commanding heights of South Africa’s economy, “people shall have equal rights to trade where they choose, to manufacture and to enter all trades, crafts and professions”, meaning that there will never be wholesale nationalisation and state control of every sector of South Africa’s economy. Nationalisation of strategic sectors and assets will be blended with a strong industrial policy to support social and economic development.

15) Economic Freedom Fighters will contest political power, because we are guided by the firm belief that we need political power in order to capture the state and then transform the economy for the emancipation of black South Africans, especially Africans. The forms in which the EFF contests political power will, from time to time, be reviewed in the light of prevailing circumstances, but the primary role of mass organisation and activism, as a means to raise the political consciousness of the people, will remain the bedrock of our political practice.

16) Therefore, the EFF will be involved in mass movements and community protests that seek the betterment of people’s lives. The EFF will also associate with movements that demand land through land occupation, aimed at making the message clear that our people do need land. The EFF will support all trade unions and workers that stand up in demand of better working conditions and salaries wherever and whenever they do so. The EFF will not be bound by narrow alliance loyalties that compromise the interests of workers just because they are in a different trade union. Our pursuit of the basic demands of the Freedom Charter is above forms of organization that the working class, and indeed black people, may fashion in the course of struggles. In other words, alliances and other forms of organization are relevant to the extent that they maximize our march towards realizing the vision outlined in the Freedom Charter.

17) The EFF is guided by revolutionary internationalism and solidarity that defined the politics of the July 26 Movement, which led the Cuban Revolutionary struggles. We will partake in international struggles that seek to emancipate the economically unliberated people of Africa and the world. We will form part of the progressive movements in the world that stand against continued imperialist domination.

Aims and Objectives

To establish and sustain a society that cherishes revolutionary cultural values and to create conditions for total political and economic emancipation, prosperity and equitable distribution of wealth of the nation.

To attain and defend the National Integrity and Liberation of the oppressed black majority of South Africa.

To participate in the worldwide struggle for the complete eradication of imperialism, colonialism, racism and all other forms of discrimination.

To participate in, support and promote all struggles for the attainment of the complete independence and unity of African states and by extension, the African continent.

To oppose resolutely, tribalism, regionalism, religious and cultural intolerance.

To oppose oppression of women and the oppression of all other gendered persons.

To oppose patriarchy, sexism, and homophobia and any cultural or religious practices that promotes the oppression of anyone, women in particular

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