Vol 54 No 5 | SOUTH AFRICA Guns, jobs and strikes 1st March 2013 With the police and judiciary under international scrutiny, President Zuma has told officials to crack down hard on protests that turn violent President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address to Parliament in Cape Town on 14 February was drowned out by news of the arrest of Olympic champion Oscar...
Vol 54 No 5 | SOUTH AFRICA The left-right clash on economics 1st March 2013 The National Development Plan is ‘a road map to a South Africa where all will have water, electricity, sanitation, jobs, housing, public transport, adequate nutrition, education, social protection,...
Vol 54 No 5 | SOUTH AFRICA Gordhan's budget balm 1st March 2013 Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan managed to calm business and assuage the public with an assured budget speech. The programme is slick and Gordhan is winning praise for...
Vol 54 No 5 | SOUTH AFRICA BRICS tug-of-war 1st March 2013 At its Mangaung conference in December, the African National Congress resolved to put economic diplomacy at the heart of the South Africa’s foreign policy. Now a bitter battle...
Vol 54 No 4 | SOUTH AFRICA Swearing deputies 15th February 2013 Cyril Ramaphosa, the African National Congress’s new Deputy President, is finding that the smooth path to power that was promised him may be strewn with boulders. He agreed...
Vol 54 No 2 | SOUTH AFRICA Ramaphosa’s price 18th January 2013 For years to come, Jacob Zuma will be paying for the deals he made with both allies and enemies to secure the ANC presidency President Jacob Zuma is to be the face of the African National Congress in the 2014 elections and after winning them will gradually transfer power to Cyril Ramaphosa....
Vol 54 No 2 | SOUTH AFRICA Purges and placements 18th January 2013 The pro-Kgalema Motlanthe African National Congress leaders have been purged from the National Executive Committee. That includes Tokyo Sexwale, Mathews Phosa, Fikile Mbalula and leaders from provinces or...
Vol 54 No 1 | SOUTH AFRICA The party isn’t over yet 10th January 2013 The real test of Zuma’s crushing victory over the ANC dissidents will be whether the party retains its political dominance in the 2014 elections A host of policy, factional and personal battles lie ahead for Jacob Zuma in 2013, despite his resounding re-election as President of the African National Congress at the...
Vol 54 No 1 | SOUTH AFRICA The economic fightback 10th January 2013 Downgraded by the rating agencies and facing spiralling trade and budget deficits, South Africa needs its policy makers to make some tough decisions this year. Many will...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 12 | SOUTH AFRICA Jan Steenkamp 2nd October 2013 Chief Executive, ARM Exploration and Technical Services As African policymakers call for greater industrialisation on the continent, South Africa-based African Rainbow Minerals is defending its decision this year to set up a processing plant in...