Vol 52 No 5 | SOUTH AFRICA Making history 4th March 2011 As next year’s centenary of the African National Congress approaches, a row is raging over how to portray Presidents Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma in the ANC’s...
Vol 52 No 4 | SOUTH AFRICA Zumanomics sound better 18th February 2011 There is little new in Zuma’s new economic strategy but his growing confidence is pulling in more support President Jacob Zuma’s third State of the Nation address to Parliament, on 10 February, was more like a bid for a second term at the elections in 2012....
Vol 4 (AAC) No 12 | SOUTH AFRICACHINA Dalai Lama dumped again 5th October 2011 Beijing appears to call the shots in relations with South Africa. While the Dalai Lama awaited a visa to attend Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s 80th birthday party on 7th October, South...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 11 | SOUTH AFRICA Patrice Motsepe 15th September 2011 Chairman, ARMgold, South Africa In September, South African mining entrepreneur Patrice Motsepe began talks with his co-chair on the South Africa-India Chief Executive Officers Forum, Ratan Naval Tata, the Chairman of the...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 10 | SOUTH AFRICACHINATELECOMS Raids and rivalries 31st August 2011 A raid on telecoms company ZTE has called attention to illegal immigration and the rough competition between Chinese companies in South Africa. The Department of Home Affairs, the South African Police Service and...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 9 | SOUTH AFRICAZIMBABWETAIWAN Trucking trials 13th July 2011 The trial of Jack Hsieh (Hsieh Ping-sung) and his four truckers, accused of defrauding powerful Zimbabwean interests, rumbles on. Hsieh, who is from Taiwan and has South African...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 8 | SOUTH AFRICACHINABRIEFING Aurora’s gold mine collapses 9th June 2011 On 2 June, Congress of South African Trade Unions General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi called on the government to launch an investigation into Aurora Empowerment Systems and the Pamodzi...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 7 | SOUTH AFRICA Maite Nkoana-Mashabane 13th May 2011 Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa South Africa is now a junior member of BRICS, the group of emerging economies that in some heady assessments will tilt the balance of global power. President Jacob...
Vol 51 No 24 | SOUTH AFRICA Why Nyanda had to go 3rd December 2010 When President Jacob Zuma reshuffled his cabinet last month, he fired the powerful Communications Minister, General Siphiwe Nyanda. We can reveal that Nyanda fell out of favour for refusing to support...