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Issue 11 - Third Quarter 1998
South Africa needs a strong opposition: ANC supporters, so used to being up against the apartheid state, find worrying about a counterweight to the ANC absurd. The future shape of South African politics: Hermann Giliomee and Charles Simkins discuss the tension that exists between dominant-party rule and democracy.
South Africa needs a strong opposition
ANC supporters, so used to being up against the apartheid state, find worrying about a counterweight to the ANC absurd.
What the TRC won't tell you
Suspicions about the commission’s moral and political preference for the ANC are well justified, argues Patrick Laurence.
Unrest on the campus
Relaxed students and happy staff feature in the University of Venda prospectus, but RW Johnson finds fear and corruption.
Interview: Tony Leon
The Democratic Party leader talks about recent by-election success and answers critics who accuse it of moving to the right.
The future shape of South African politics
Hermann Giliomee and Charles Simkins discuss the tension that exists between dominant-party rule and democracy.
Residents take action against crime
Rob Amato describes how residents of a Cape Town suburb that had no police station set about reducing crime in their area.
Rivalries in the ANC alliance
African nationalists, communists and trade unionists are competing for the ANC parliamentary list.
