Vol 50 No 11 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The trades union chief Zwelinzima Vavi a key supporter of President Jacob Zuma when he was a mere candidate is warning the government of a season of strikes if wages are not quickly increased...
Vol 50 No 11 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The trades unions' legal challenge to the listing of the multibillion dollar Vodacom cellular phone group on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange tested President Jacob Zuma's political nerves...
Vol 50 No 10 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
A night of haggling preceded President Jacob Zuma's 10 May announcement of a new cabinet which includes people from the left the centre black business populists and even a right-wing Afrikaner...
Vol 50 No 10 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
President Jacob Zuma's ally Siphiwe Nyanda a former head of the defence force was appointed Communications Minister; his numerous defence-related business interests disqualified him from the Defence Ministry...
In his inauguration speech Jacob Zuma specifically defended freedom of the press...
Vol 50 No 9 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
There is some truth in Jacob Zuma's insistence that he owes no favours after the African National Congress's sweeping election victory on 22 April...
Vol 50 No 9 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
First off of the blocks to congratulate Jacob Zuma on the African National Congress's win in the 22 April elections was British Prime Minister Gordon Brown...
Vol 50 No 8 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Jacob Zuma's inevitable ascent to the presidency has been achieved at considerable cost...
Claims that the World Bank’s Vice-President for Integrity and former head of South Africa’s Scorpions anti-corruption unit Leonard McCarthy used his position to pursue political vendettas against African National Congress President Jacob Zuma are we hear to be discussed by Finance Minister Trevor Manuel and World Bank President Robert Zoellick in Washington next week...
Vol 50 No 7 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The much bigger political questions concern the type of policies that the pragmatic ANC President Jacob Zuma will pursue and how he will balance his strong leftist support from the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the trades unions against the need to shore up the economy against the ravages of a worsening global economic crisis...
Vol 50 No 7 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
There are two groups of ‘born-frees’: the ‘mall generation’ of the more educated and the better off who often support Mvume Dandala and the Congress of the People (COPE) and the unemployed – those in the townships and squatter camps are more likely to vote for Jacob Zuma and the ANC...