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New Agenda 101 | Book Review
Rising for Palestine: Africans in Solidarity for Decolonisation & Liberation
Edited by Raouf Farrah Suraya Dadoo. Reviewed by Bruce Kadalie

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New Agenda 101 | Solidarity in an age of complicity
All the contradictions, confusion, and inconsistencies in Africa’s complex relationship with Palestine surfaced at a gathering in Cape Town in May 2026 to launch Rising for Palestine: Africans in Solidarity for Decolonisation & Liberation. But this was not your typical book launch. It was part a call to action, part a challenge to conventional academic scholarship, and part a celebration of the global solidarity that an event of this kind is a part of.

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New Agenda 101 | From genocide to green hydrogen
Unresolved historical disputes over land, reparations for genocide and the right to self-determination are resurfacing today in energy transition projects that perpetuate old narratives of occupation.

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New Agenda 101 | Anti‐foreigner violence in South Africa is easily sparked. ALAN HIRSCH asks what hasn’t been done to deal with it
In a recent televised address, President Cyril Ramaphosa outlined a five-point plan, which been endorsed by a Cabinet special committee, to address the xenophobia crisis. In this article the author asks if this was ‘a coherent response, or a missed opportunity to make real progress?’ Subsequent events suggest that the President’s ‘plan’ needs more work.

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New Agenda 101 | Africa Diary
A selection of events from the continent that are significant or interesting, or both. Compiled by the New Agenda Editorial Collective at the Institute for African Alternatives

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New Agenda 101 | Understanding social ownership in context
Understanding social ownership in context
The concept of social ownership has re-emerged in recent years in South Africa, mostly as part of the discourse on the just transition. It's become part of the mainstream narrative and its definition has been loosely defined to apply to various types of ownership. In this article, KATRINA LEHMANN-GRUBE, JULIA TAYLOR and KHWEZI MABASA redefine the concept to fit the historical and political economy context.

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New Agenda 101 | Editorial: New Agenda: Where scholarship and public life meet
“Academic work has greater impact when it remains connected to the social world around it,” said Professor Robert Balfour, Rector of the University of the Western Cape. He was addressing an event making 25 years of publishing New Agenda: South African Journal of Social and Economic Policy, at which issue no 100 of the journal was released.

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