Vol 50 No 6 | SOUTH AFRICA BEE hits the credit crunch 20th March 2009 The transfer of wealth to black owners is slowing as the wealth fades, leaving a deep political hole behind it The collapse of the world economy, and of demand for raw materials, has brought down the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, rocked South Africa's carefully regulated financial sector and endangered...
Vol 50 No 6 | SOUTH AFRICA Prominent Empowerment Deals 20th March 2009 A ranking of the most important Black Economic Empowerment deals from 2004 to 2008
Vol 50 No 5 | SOUTH AFRICA A morality contest 6th March 2009 Jacob Zuma's legal problems are the new opposition's strongest card The presidential election will make or break the careers of many South African political leaders. A new one has unexpectedly appeared. The new Congress of the People (COPE),...
Vol 50 No 5 | SOUTH AFRICA Claims and counter-claims 6th March 2009 The fiercest contests will be in Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape, and to a lesser extent, Gauteng. All opposition parties claim the moral high ground; they...
Vol 50 No 4 | SOUTH AFRICAECONOMYAFRICA The indispensable Manuel 20th February 2009 South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel, despised by African National Congress President Jacob Zuma's bedrock supporters on the party's left and populist wings, is busy making himself indispensable....
Vol 50 No 3 | SOUTH AFRICA Topping the charts 6th February 2009 Supporters of African National Congress President Jacob Zuma are disturbed by the grassroots popularity of some of their political opponents, including some residual supporters of sacked President Thabo...
Vol 50 No 2 | SOUTH AFRICA Zuma versus the law 23rd January 2009 Assured of nomination as the ANC's presidential candidate, Jacob Zuma plans to block the prosecutors On 25 January, Jacob Zuma will be nominated by all provincial branches of the African National Congress as the party's preferred presidential candidate and the leadership will endorse...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 10 | SOUTH AFRICAASIA South Africa's arms deals with Asia 27th August 2009 Anti-arms trade campaigners and opposition MPs are claiming that the African National Congress government covertly sought to sell weapons to repressive regimes in North Korea, Iran, Syria, Libya and Zimbabwe without...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 10 | SOUTH AFRICA Sizwe Nxasana 27th August 2009 Chief Executive Officer, FirstRand Bank, South Africa Sizwe Nxasana has just led negotiations for an alliance with China Construction Bank. The two banks have signed a deal which commits FirstRand (the second biggest bank in South Africa) to...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 9 | SOUTH AFRICAINDIATELECOMS MTN-Bharti merger 31st July 2009 Despite shareholder concerns the deal between Africa's and India's biggest mobile companies is set to go ahead this year The planned US$20 billion merger of Africa's Mobile Telephone Networks (MTN) and India's Bharti Airtel would bring together two continental giants to form the world's third largest mobile phone company. The...