Vol 52 No 19 | SOUTH AFRICA The fight of the century 23rd September 2011 Zuma and Malema are marshalling their forces for a showdown. Even a probe into ‘the arms deal’ is involved President Jacob Zuma’s mid-September decision to form a commission of inquiry into the controversial arms deal of the late 1990s is being widely seen as an attempt to...
Vol 52 No 18 | SOUTH AFRICA Disrespect for the President 9th September 2011 Disciplining Julius Malema is only part of Zuma’s effort to reassert his control of the ANC and win re-election as President True to form, President Jacob Zuma acted decisively only when his personal position as leader of the African National Congress came under threat. He wants Julius Malema, President...
Vol 52 No 17 | SOUTH AFRICA Suddenly, the nationalisation talk gets serious 26th August 2011 The President and his business friends will have to make concessions to the growing calls for more state ownership Nationalisation of the country’s mines, banks and land is under serious consideration by the governing African National Congress and not only because of the populist calls for it...
Vol 52 No 17 | SOUTH AFRICA The nationalisation investigators 26th August 2011 The team investigating nationalisation was appointed in September 2010 by the African National Congress National General Council to investigate the ‘desirability and modalities’ of nationalising mines and asked...
Vol 52 No 16 | SOUTH AFRICA Foreign policy flip-flops 5th August 2011 President Zuma’s foreign policies await definition and are under fierce attack from his former allies President Jacob Zuma’s foreign policy, his critics at home say, is just like his domestic policy: he sits on the fence hoping to please everyone and in the...
Vol 52 No 16 | SOUTH AFRICA Zuma's front-line diplomats 5th August 2011 The President's foreign policy team Kgalema Motlanthe, Deputy President: focuses on the United States, Canada, Britain and the European Union. Privately critical of South Africa’s embrace of China, Motlanthe wants to work more...
Vol 52 No 14 | SOUTH AFRICA Zuma and the securocrats 8th July 2011 Loyalists in crucial security positions are key to Zuma’s bid for a second term in office President Jacob Zuma’s intention to stand for a second presidential term next year has divided the ramshackle coalition which controls the governing African National Congress. Since the coalition...
Vol 52 No 14 | SOUTH AFRICA Police powers set to expand 8th July 2011 The security forces have gained extra powers under President Jacob Zuma and some fear that these could be used to curb political opposition. The police are certainly tough...
Vol 52 No 14 | SOUTH AFRICA Veterans with influence 8th July 2011 Veterans of the African National Congress’s former military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), helped Jacob Zuma to get elected ANC leader in 2007 and he wants their support...
Vol 52 No 12 | SOUTH AFRICA Malema and Zuma for breakfast 10th June 2011 The African National Congress Youth League’s 24th annual conference convenes on 16 June with a new feature, the ‘Business Networking Lounge’. Under the rubric of ‘Youth Action For...