''Molotov Cocktail'' is a quarterly magazine published in South Africa. ''Molotov Cocktail'' is edited by James Sanders (initially with the help of
Ronald Suresh Roberts, and later alone).
Content and themes
''Molotov Cocktail'' defines itself as "a platform where South African intellectuals will debate issues and engage in serious discussions about the direction that our country should take." It has featured archival documents including long-lost
SACP biographies and back issues of the SADF's Paratus; new writing on cultural schizophrenia, oil, opposition, Zimbabwe, 'apartheid' in Israel, meeting a Nazi in SA, polo in Plett, Post-Polokwane: the new
African National Congress
The African National Congress (ANC) is a social-democratic political party in South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when the first post-apartheid election install ...
(ANC), banking, crime, and succession.
It also includes news, controversial profiles, satire, political gossip, book and film reviews, detailed media analysis, and some literary critique. Graphics often take the form of illustrations, posters, political cartoons, power organograms and "how to" guides, including "How to make a Molotov Cocktail".
The magazine silenced critics who saw it as Pro-
Thabo Mbeki
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki KStJ (; born 18 June 1942) is a South African politician who was the second president of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008, when he resigned at the request of his party, the African National Congress (ANC ...
mouthpiece by maintaining its editorial stance despite Mbeki's electoral defeat at the ANC conference in 2007.
References
*'' Molotov Cocktail''
* Paul Kirk, Roberts primes a bomb, ''The Citizen'', January, 2007
* The footnotes for ''Fit to Govern: The Native Intelligence of Thabo Mbeki'' By Ronald Suresh Roberts
External links
Official website
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Cultural magazines
Magazines established in 2007
Political magazines published in South Africa
English-language magazines published in South Africa
Quarterly magazines