Issue 37 - First Quarter 2005

Presidential voice must be heard but... Draft reports ignite smoldering embers. Patrick Laurence appraises new evidence of discrepancies between the draft and final versions of the arms-deal report.

Presidential voice must be heard but...

Summary - The aggressive way in which president Thabo Mbeki responds to critics of the government has created a storm of controversy.

Read More…

Draft reports ignite smouldering embers

Patrick Laurence appraises new evidence of discrepancies between the draft and final versions of the arms-deal report.

Read More…

A hollowing-out of our democracy?

David Welsh detects worrying signs of corrosion in South Africa’s post-apartheid democracy.

Read More…

Mugabe trumps Zanu-PF dissidents - for now

Andrew Meldrum reports on how Mugabe crushed an incipient revolt in Zanu-PF and evaluates its significance.

Read More…

Government delivery - More haste less speed

Lawrence Schlemmer reflects on the administrative deficiencies that could seriously impede poverty alleviation.

Read More…

Economic turbulence threatens ANC power

Howard Preece ponders whether South Africa’s dependence on world trade could loosen the ANC’s hold on power.

Read More…

Entrepreneurial grit brings few dividends

Britt Youens finds evidence of abundant entrepreneurial enthusiasm but fewer signs of its sustainability.

Read More…

Compelling need for African innovation

Lungile Madywabe rejects capitalist and socialist development paradigms and argues for a third African way.

Read More…

Document Actions