Who We Are
Issue 36 - Fourth Quarter 2004
Time to discard racial preferencing. Info dearth hampers anti-poverty fight. Charles Simkins assesses the impediments confronting Mbeki as he seeks to reduce poverty and unemployment.
Time to discard racial preferencing
Summary - When the ANC came to power it had the chance to offer the country a fresh start by abolishing all racial preferencing and promoting equal opportunity for all.
Info dearth hampers anti-poverty fight
Charles Simkins assesses the impediments confronting Mbeki as he seeks to reduce poverty and unemployment.
Minimum-wage repeal no guarantee of Utopia
Lungile Madywabe reckons South Africa should avoid over-regulation of labour while protecting workers from exploitation.
ANC heavies jockey for the ultimate prize
William Mervin Gumede appraises the chances of the prospective candidates vying to succeed Mbeki.
Political risk: Wars with blunt weapons
Lawrence Schlemmer offers an alternative future scenario to those of gossamer optimists and gloomy pessimists.
Hunting elephants with pea-shooters
Patrick Laurence argues that local government is ill-prepared to serve as the main delivery point of social services.
Nuclear power: Safe, clean and efficient
Andrew Kenny sees nuclear power as the solution to South Africa’s growing need for electricity.
A time for ingenuity and a new beginning
David Fig contends that South Africa needs to forge a development path that eschews nuclear power.
Why electoral reform slips through the grid
Rob Amato counts the costs of floor-crossing in an electoral system without individual accountability.
