Vol 51 No 4 | SOUTH AFRICA Malema, mines and the youth league 19th February 2010 As the African National Congress leadership tries to dampen factional rivalries, some are asking whether Julius Malema, the firebrand President of the ANC Youth League, has moved f...
Vol 51 No 4 | SOUTH AFRICATANZANIABRITAIN Protection in the arms bazaar 19th February 2010 A plea bargain deal in the UK and USA has set back investigations into arms trade crookery in South Africa and Tanzania The US$450 million in fines that BAE Systems agreed to pay on 5 February to halt investigations into corrupt payments on arms deals adds to its financial woes. And it covers only p...
Vol 51 No 3 | SOUTH AFRICAOBITUARY David Coetzee 5th February 2010 Over a hundred of us gathered at the Friends Meeting House in Washington DC on 29 January to pay tribute to David Coetzee, a pioneering spirit in African journalism, who had died t...
Vol 51 No 3 | SOUTH AFRICA It's all mine 5th February 2010 When Mines Minister Susan Shabangu assured South African mining companies that nationalisation would not happen in her lifetime, the reaction at this year’s mining indaba in Cape T...
Vol 51 No 1 | SOUTH AFRICA Global plaudits, local travails 8th January 2010 Despite the doubters, President Zuma’s government is set to hold a successful World Cup but will face demands for action on jobs and services In his New Year address, President Jacob Zuma likened 2010 to 1994, when South Africa became a democracy. To the outside world, the only big event happening in South Africa this ye...
Vol 51 No 1 | SOUTH AFRICA Walking right, talking left 8th January 2010 The African National Congress’s loud debate over economic policy will continue in 2010. The Left demands a more interventionist stance than that of the then Finance Minister, Trevo...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 11 | SOUTH AFRICACHINA Relations have never been better 22nd September 2010 If only half of the recent deals signed by China and South Africa come to fruition, they promise to revolutionise Africa's biggest economy From energy and construction to transport and agriculture, President Jacob Zuma's 23-26 August trip to China has garnered billions of dollars in potential investments across the ec...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 11 | SOUTH AFRICACHINA In the BRIC of it 22nd September 2010 President Jacob Zuma's August trip to China completed the final stage of his tour this year of the BRIC - Brazil, Russia, India and China - economies. The aim is to win investments...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 10 | SOUTH AFRICAASIA A golden child in Zuma's family 17th August 2010 Political networks are helping a scion of the Zuma clan secure lucrative supply and production deals with Asian investors The business empire of Khulubuse Zuma, a favourite nephew of President Jacob Zuma, is growing at breakneck speed and strengthened by a raft of opaque deals with Chinese and Sout...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 7 | SOUTH AFRICAJAPAN Slow to let go of Hitachi 20th May 2010 Faced with popular outcry about profiteering from electricity shortages and opaque ties between political parties and businesses, South Africa’s governing African National Congre...