Vol 55 No 1 | SOUTH AFRICA Zuma fights for his job 10th January 2014 April's elections will be more about the standing of President Zuma than about loyalty to the governing ANC There is no serious doubt that the governing African National Congress will easily win the general election likely to be held in the last two weeks of April. The real question will...
Vol 7 (AAC) No 2 | SOUTH AFRICA Mamphela Ramphele 30th November 2013 Leader, Agang South Africa According the party’s website, ‘Agang, which means “build” in Sesotho, stands for clean government to restore the promise of freedom to all South Africans: ...
Vol 7 (AAC) No 1 | SOUTH AFRICA Solomon Kerzner 4th November 2013 Chairman, Kerzner International, South Africa South Africa’s hotel and casino billionaire Sol Kerzner is going into business with China’s Fosun International. The deal is for a huge new resort on China’s Hain...
Vol 54 No 25 | SOUTH AFRICA When the clouds cried 12th December 2013 The nation’s grief at the loss of its founding father was brusquely interrupted by the next struggle for power It was a day of the sharpest political contrasts when South Africans and the wider world celebrated the life of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela on 10 December at the FNB stadium in Sowet... READ FOR FREE
Vol 54 No 25 | SOUTH AFRICA The time of Mandela 6th December 2013 People are together on the streets as they were in the 1994 liberation elections but this time, to celebrate the life of their globally venerated leader Nelson Mandela's face appeared magisterially on a tableau draped over the front of the Elysée Palace as African leaders and European bureaucrats walked across the courtyard ...
Vol 54 No 23 | NIGERIASOUTH AFRICA Economic giants change places 14th November 2013 New trends in trade and finance will change political as well as economic ties on the continent In the coming weeks, some statisticians in Abuja could shake up Africa’s economic and diplomatic hierarchy. The boffins look set to chart the rise of Nigeria’s economy ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 54 No 23 | SOUTH AFRICA Self-inflicted wounds 14th November 2013 Many of South Africa’s difficulties are primarily internal, caused by policy paralysis and the governing African National Congress (ANC)’s intense disputes with its par...
Vol 54 No 20 | SOUTH AFRICA Political mould starts to break 3rd October 2013 The poorest people and the middle class are voicing growing doubts about the ANC – even though its rivals don’t look much more convincing The African National Congress approaches elections next April-May – and the 20th anniversary of majority rule – with party and country alike in poor shape. Social and e...
Vol 54 No 20 | SOUTH AFRICA How the parties will go into 2014 3rd October 2013 If the Economic Freedom Fighters took just 5% of the national vote, that could be a significant and lasting breakthrough None of the opposition parties can seriously challenge the African National Congress for power at the centre in the next elections but growing political volatility gives them oppor...
Vol 54 No 20 | SOUTH AFRICA Coming to the aid of the party 3rd October 2013 In New York, President Zuma sings Happy Birthday to ANC Chairwoman Baleka Mbete, who is currently at the centre of a major political row On the evening of 24 September in New York, President Jacob Zuma was in high spirits. Earlier that day, he had addressed the United Nations General Assembly debate in which South A...