Vol 49 No 16 | SOUTH AFRICA Blame the judges 1st August 2008 It is a testing time for the judiciary as it prepares for the trial of African National Congress President Jacob Zuma. His supporters say the trial is politically motivated and want the charges of corruption, money laundering and racketeering thrown out. Obstacles to the prosecution are being sought and threats issued to those judges pressing ahead with the trial. The outcome will determine who in the ANC will stand for election as the next President of South Africa. Jacob Zuma, having won the election for the presidency of the ruling African National Congress, wants to win next year's election for the presidency of South Africa. He...
Vol 49 No 16 | SOUTH AFRICA Judges of the Constitutional Court 1st August 2008 Chief Justice Pius Langa: The head of the Constitutional Court and of the Judicial Commission from rural Limpopo Province worked as a labourer in a shirt factory and...
Vol 49 No 16 | SOUTH AFRICA The judges, lawyers and ministers 1st August 2008 KwaZulu-Natal Judge President Vuka Tshabalala studied at the Universities of Fort Hare and Natal. He lost many pro-African National Congress President Jacob Zuma friends by choosing retired Judge...
Vol 49 No 15 | SOUTH AFRICA Zuma takes the provinces 18th July 2008 The fierce struggle for the presidential nomination is going Jacob Zuma's way - fast Supporters of Jacob Zuma, the President of the African National Congress, made their boldest effort yet to take over the government when they brought Kgalema Motlanthe into the...
Vol 49 No 15 | SOUTH AFRICA Not much enlightenment 18th July 2008 The battle for control of the African National Congress divides African intellectuals inside and outside the ANC, with Jacob Zuma supporters, Thabo Mbeki supporters and third-man advocates sparring...
Vol 49 No 13 | SOUTH AFRICA After the politics, the money 20th June 2008 The ANC's leadership wants to know where its money came from - and where it went Bitterness has festered within the governing African National Congress since Jacob Zuma took over as party President from national President Thabo Mbeki. The stabbing of Mcebisi Skwatsha, a...
Vol 49 No 13 | SOUTH AFRICA Getting their own back 20th June 2008 Bulelani Ngcuka, South Africa’s former National Public Prosecutor and boss of the Scorpions anti-corruption investigators, is the man most hated by African National Congress President Jacob Zuma and...
Vol 49 No 12 | SOUTH AFRICA Apartheid's awful legacy 6th June 2008 The murders of immigrants have their roots in poverty, xenophobia and the failure of political leadership Violent rampages in townships and informal settlements have changed South Africa and the way the world sees it. Mobs have forced tens of thousands of migrants from other...
Vol 49 No 11 | SOUTH AFRICARUSSIA Nuclear nexus 23rd May 2008 South African officials visiting Russia on 22-23 May were in damage-control mode. In March, Eskom let it be known that the Russian nuclear reactor builder Atomstroyexport (ASE), would...
Vol 49 No 10 | SOUTH AFRICA Brand new Zuma washes whiter 9th May 2008 A dash through Europe has helped the new ANC leader establish his pragmatic credentials with diplomats and businesses With one bound Jacob Zuma was free. No longer was the new President of the African National Congress a dangerous populist in a threatening alliance with communists and...