Issue 21 - 30

Here you can view the Focus issues 21 through 30.

Issue 21:

Issue 21 - First Quarter 2001

South Africa's support for Mugabe
Thabo Mbeki has propped up Zimbabwe's dictator at great cost to the region and his own reputation, says R.W. Johnson.

Blocked by tactics of terror
How should a democratic party respond to a government that uses any illegality to block the opposition?

      
Issue 22:

Issue 22 - Second Quarter 2001

Support Zanu-PF or else
Mercedes Sayagues, one of two foreign journalists deported from Zimbabwe, describes the brutal methods the government uses.

Zimbabwe's crazy economy
Six different exchange rates, rocketing bread prices and a stock market boom are all features of economic life in Zimbabwe.

      
Issue 23:

Issue 23 - Third Quarter 2001

A draconian new anti-terrorism bill
The proposal to detain suspected terrorists for 14 days without charge is an ominous reminder of the apartheid era. Comment by Martin Schönteich.

The real housing story
The spate of urban land invasions is not just a response to homelessness by groups of poverty-stricken people.

      
Issue 24:

Issue 24 - Fourth Quarter 2001

"Why I shall join the ANC"
Satirical column: "Write off".

A blow against the opposition
There can be no doubt about the ANC's overwhelming desire to strike a blow against the DA in the Western Cape.

      
Issue 25:

Issue 25 - First Quarter 2002

Sacked - for putting his patients' interests first
Sizwe samaYende and Justin Arenstein of African Eye News Service report on the case of Dr Thys von Mollendorff.

A sacking and a promotion
Professor Fanie Olivier was eagerly awaiting the outcome of arbitration in his case against the University of Venda.

      
Issue 26:

Issue 26 - Second Quarter 2002

Conspiracy theories - A crime against logic
Andrew Kenny defends globalisation.

Interview with Peter Mokaba
From radical demagogue to non-racial democrat, Mokaba emerges as a champion of minority representation. By Patrick Laurence.

      
Issue 27:

Issue 27 - Third Quarter 2002

An explosive fuse is lit
Patrick Laurence analyses the dangers of transforming the mining industry too hastily (or too slowly).

The politics of privatising water
Sizwe samaYende of African Eye News Service chronicles the growing protest campaign against Greater Nelspruit Utility Company

      
Issue 28:

Issue 28 - Fourth Quarter 2002

Reflections on local liberalism
Emeritus professor and political analyst, David Welsh, cogitates on the role of liberals and liberalism during the struggle.

From colonialism to African nationalism
ANC notable and historian, Pallo Jordan, traces the long and proud record of the ANC as the champion of the black majority

      
Issue 29:

Issue 29 - First Quarter 2003

Vital court decisions pending on land question
Refocus 1: Vital court decisions pending on land question.

ANC should heed the Group of 63's warning
Patrick Laurence defends the right of Afrikaner intellectuals to voice their dissenting concerns.

      
Issue 30:

Issue 30 - Second Quarter 2003

Local government - What progress?
Britt Youens analyses the magnitude and complexity of the task ascribed to the third sphere of governance

The penalties of idealism
Lawrence Schlemmer reflects on the rights of those who favour devotional worship in public schools.

      
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