Vol 42 No 25 | SOUTH AFRICA Dicing with death 21st December 2001 The prosecution has bungled the trial of a seedy medical spy Wouter Basson, known as Dr. Death, was the former apartheid regime's leading chemical weapons specialist. He headed Project Coast, developing and testing chemical weapons, and is now charged...
Vol 42 No 24 | SOUTH AFRICA Hard pressed 7th December 2001 The media are failing to adapt to changing times – and they're losing money All South Africa's main newspapers lose money. Journalists fear that that their publishers, by sharp cutbacks in editorial staff, will make the papers even blander and limit investigation...
Vol 42 No 23 | SOUTH AFRICASUDAN Guns for hire again 23rd November 2001 A born-again Executive Outcomes operation is at the centre of allegations of a military contract between ex-South African Defence Force soldiers and the Sudanese army. A former director...
Vol 42 No 22 | SOUTH AFRICA Short-pants to no pants 9th November 2001 The former apartheid party negotiates its way to obscurity The New National Party, heir to the old Afrikaner-apartheid tradition, hitched up in June 2000 to the Democratic Party, whose members claim to inherit South Africa's liberal tradition....
Vol 42 No 22 | SOUTH AFRICA Don't confront, co-opt 9th November 2001 The African National Congress often deals with its opponents by co-opting them, offering jobs and a hearing in exchange for an end to opposition. Co-option began with the...
Vol 42 No 16 | SOUTH AFRICA Sell if you can 10th August 2001 Privatisation is obstructed by unions, communists and world stock markets The first few days of August dealt a double blow to South Africa's privatisation programme, a central part of the government's economic strategy. The plan to sell the...
Vol 42 No 16 | SOUTH AFRICA Unions fight privatisation ideology 10th August 2001 For three years, trades union leader Zwelinzima Vavi has marched his troops to the top of the hill, then marched them down again. This month Vavi, the General...
Vol 42 No 9 | SOUTH AFRICA The plots thicken 4th May 2001 Allegations of conspiracies against Mbeki are widening ANC divisions The Minister of Safety and Security, Steve Tshwete, is not known for political finesse. Nevertheless, he had to be taken seriously when he announced that the police would...
Vol 42 No 8 | SOUTH AFRICA Sniping at the President 20th April 2001 With elections far off, the gossips have fun with Thabo Mbeki Could President Thabo Mbeki risk being ousted by his own party? Will he be challenged for the leadership of the African National Congress at the end of 2002...
Vol 42 No 7 | SOUTH AFRICA Rules of law 6th April 2001 Lawyers claim the government wants to bring them under state control South African lawyers fear that the government's draft Legal Practice Bill could bring the legal profession, including the Bar, under state control. The Bar is up in arms....