Submissions to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development and the Portfolio Committee on Safety and Security
Issue 32
Up one levelSteering 'twixt tyranny and anarchy
Single-party dominance is not new to post-apartheid South Africa, as manifest in the proceedings of a conference.
Has upcoming poll yielded full roll-out?
Virginia van der Vliet traces the history of ANC denial and procrastination on HIV/Aids.
2004 election: High stakes, low interest
David Welsh argues that Mbeki's handling of the Zuma-Ngcuka dispute has not improved his image as a strong leader.
DA raises its profile in black townships
While the ANC has constituted itself as a mass party, the DA has shown that it has pockets of township support.
To hang or not to hang, that is the question
Alf Stadler reckons that the ANC has forgone a chance to educate the public by refusing to debate the death penalty.
Design flaws impede policy implementation
Lawrence Schlemmer thinks that delivery problems may be more complex than orthodox opinion realises.
A critical appraisal of the Mbeki presidency
Thabo Mbeki has shown great skill in co-opting the emerging black elite and silencing critical voices.
More democracy isn't always a good thing
Democracy may be a necessary condition for human rights... but it is not necessarily a sufficient condition.
JM Coetzee incites an ANC egg-dance
The ANC's celebration of Coetzee's Nobel Prize while castigating him as a racist is crass expediency. By Patrick Laurence
A wounded lioness or a recuperating lynx?
Past predictions of Madikizela-Mandela's political demise have failed to materialise.