Who We Are
issues 20 - 11
Issues 20 to 11 are archived here.
Issue 20 - Fourth Quarter 2000
A campus farce: The University of the North: a campus farce, now in its fifth hilarious year. South Africa's reality gap: A serious reality gap seems to exist between the government and many of the problems it has to face.
Issue 19 - Third Quarter 2000
The strange unpopularity of affirmative action: RW Johnson analyses the latest survey data on employment equity. Mission impossible: South Africa has misdiagnosed the reason for Zimbabwe's plight and its rescue is bound to fail, says Iden Wetherell.
Issue 18 - Second Quarter 2000
Party rivals fight for their lives: Zanu-PF is riven with dissent and blames the outside world for its troubles. Andrew Meldrum and RW Johnson report. Interview: Dr William Malegapuru Makgoba: The President of the Medical Research Council talks to Simon Dagut.
Issue 17 - First Quarter 2000
Goodbye, Mugabe: The victory for the No vote in Zimbabwe's constitutional referendum has stunned the ruling party and thrown it into chaos. Black economic empowerment: Black business won't prosper in the modern economy until it can draw on a wide pool of well-trained skilled professionals.
Issue 16 - Fourth Quarter 1999
Can the ANC win the Western Cape? The ANC is desperate to take over the province from what it dubs the “racist” coalition, but will it succeed? How to use that huge majority: Many voters would like to see all parties and races participate in government and welcome the success of the opposition.
Issue 15 - Third Quarter 1999
Reject the "Zimbabwe option": Government attacks on the Democratic Party have become intemperate and aggressive. Deadly force: Safety and security minister Steve Tshwete promises a merciless approach to criminals, but how far should the police be allowed to go in the war on crime?
Issue 14 - Second Quarter 1999
We cannot afford another five years like the last: Editorial. Count us out: The number of potential voters has been revised to make registration figures look better.
Issue 13 - First Quarter 1999
African renaissance depends on rule of law and human rights: Mbeki should condemn Mugabe's attack on the free press, denounce the use of torture and call for respect for the rule of law. How many people will be able to vote?: The prospects of a smoothly-run election will not be good if large numbers of potential voters find that they are excluded.
Issue 12 - Fourth Quarter 1998
More power for the ANC alliance will not help create employment: The overwhelming issue facing the electorate is unemployment. Interview: Mohlolo Kgopane, general secretary of the Malamulela Movement for the Unemployed. "The unemployed have been increasingly marginalised in society. We have embarked on a campaign to mobilise them."
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.
