Who We Are
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.
High noon for Southern Africa
A series of seminal events has occurred in Southern Africa in the last three months.
An explosive fuse is lit
Patrick Laurence analyses the dangers of transforming the mining industry too hastily (or too slowly).
Murmurs of dissent audible in ANC ranks
William Mervin Gumede delineates and evaluates the diverse currents in the ANC ahead of its December national conference.
New reds challenge ANC and win skirmish
It was billed as a campaign to save the planet, but turned into a struggle for control of the revolution. Rian Malan reports.
Survey: Killing fields: Mortality in South Africa
Lawrence Schlemmer assesses new survey evidence on mortality in South Africa today.
Walking a tightrope between life and death
Patrick Laurence examines the extent to which African governments are culpable for the continent's food crisis.
The young lions who miaow
William M Gumede chronicles the decline in youth organisations that once operated as dedicated ANC auxiliaries.
The politics of privatising water
Sizwe samaYende of African Eye News Service chronicles the growing protest campaign against Greater Nelspruit Utility Company.
Amnesia at HDIs - A different perspective
Prof B Figaji, vice-chancellor of Peninsula Technikon, responds to RW Johnson's article in Focus 26.
Olivier strikes back at Nkondo
Professor Fanie Olivier, summarily dismissed from Univen, takes his case to the Labour Court.
The tale of Nail
Tom Rymore's new column, "Digitus Impudicus", focuses on New Africa Investments Limited.
