Irina Filatova: SA’s future? Moscow fantasy. Centralised. Not Nationalised.

Irina Filatova is a Russian professor who moved to South Africa in 1992 when she joined the University of KwaZulu-Natal. In this fascinating interview with Alec Hogg, the two explore the communist movement in South Africa and how it ties in with the Soviet Union. Filatova says the ideological influence of the Communist Party on the ANC leadership cannot be disputed and is evident if one goes through the ANC documents. And it’s no coincidence Filatova is married to Rhodes scholar, Oxford don, author, journalist and political scientist RW Johnson. On Biznews we have spoken extensively about his book, How long will South Africa survive? which has topped the country’s best-selling non-fiction list for well over a year. The dinner discussions must be extremely insightful.