Vol 48 No 21 | SOUTH AFRICA A king's ransom 19th October 2007 The King of the Zulus, Goodwill Zwelithini, has been allocated 30 million rand (US$4.4 mn.) by the state for the 2006/2007 financial year. There are fears that he...
Vol 48 No 21 | SOUTH AFRICA Take me to your traditional leader 19th October 2007 President Thabo Mbeki's attempts to reform the system of traditional leaders to bring it into line with democracy are not universally popular. Traditional leaders are resisting, especially in...
Vol 48 No 20 | SOUTH AFRICA Exit Pikoli, Chief Prosecutor 5th October 2007 Factions in the security services are fighting their own battles as the contest for the national leadership heats up The suspension by President Thabo Mbeki of the National Director of Public Prosecutions, Vusi Pikoli, may foreshadow a constitutional crisis. At the very least, it embitters the contest...
Vol 48 No 20 | SOUTH AFRICA Zuma in the sights 5th October 2007 Insiders say that President Thabo Mbeki is frustrated by the National Prosecuting Authority's inability to make headway in its case against Jacob Zuma. Last September, Judge Herbert Msimang...
Vol 48 No 20 | SOUTH AFRICA Intelligence in a divided house 5th October 2007 South Africa's intelligence services, police and army appear rudderless, with increasingly limited civilian or democratic oversight. Vusi Pikoli is the fifth chief of a security department to leave...
Vol 48 No 19 | SOUTH AFRICA No holds barred 21st September 2007 The gloves are off in the fight for the African National Congress presidential nomination Formally, the race to lead the African National Congress starts in October and its presidential candidate will be elected by a national conference in December. Yet the leading...
Vol 48 No 18 | SOUTH AFRICAECONOMY Putting the country to work 7th September 2007 The new grand industrial strategy is the most important economic initiative since GEAR After many years of debate among politicians, business and unions, the draft of a grand industrial strategy for South Africa has emerged in time for the party conference...
Vol 48 No 17 | SOUTH AFRICA The race to win 24th August 2007 Economy Last week Adriaan Vlok, a former Police Minister, was given a ten-year suspended sentence for conspiracy to kill; that was one piece of unfinished business from the apartheid...
Vol 48 No 17 | SOUTH AFRICA Unhealthy (I) 24th August 2007 The government is battling to contain the fallout from the 8 August sacking of popular Deputy Health Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge.
Vol 48 No 17 | SOUTH AFRICA Unhealthy (II) 24th August 2007 The row over the future of Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang's future is now a battle between African National Congress factions ahead of December's leadership elections.