ABSTRACT

The revolutionary Black working class organizing in South Africa embodies the precept of collective solidarity in its consciousness and praxis, albeit punctuated by the penetration of capitalist culture, which compels some leaders of the unions to surrender revolutionary principles for material gain in white corporate South Africa. Azanian and African revolution will never fructify without the centrality and primacy of indigenous women, a point that all radical scholars and activists need to inculcate. Black working-class women represent the most dynamic and powerful force of African society. Revolutionary liberation of Black society from colonialism, racism, and capitalism must include emancipation of all sectors of the society from sexist practices and conditioning, a point that South African liberation activist Dabi Nkululeko underscores when she asserts: As women represent the most oppressed segment of the society and constitute the majority, they are an essential part of the struggle of the oppressed in each society.