Who We Are
Issue 39 - Third Quarter 2005
Mbeki's last chance on Zimbabwe: Editorial. Black advancement: hype outstrips reality: Lawrence Schlemmer investigates the rise of the black middle class and concludes that it is still relatively small.
Black advancement: hype outstrips reality
Lawrence Schlemmer investigates the rise of the black middle class and concludes that it is still relatively small.
Red Ronnie's faith in the holy trinity
Patrick Laurence talks to Ronnie Kasrils about the state of readiness of South Africa's intelligence services.
Slash red tape bonds to accelerate growth
Jonathan Katzenellenbogen identifies the requirements for accelerated economic growth in the years ahead.
The Rand Daily Mail: convenient scapegoat
Raymond Louw reflects on the 20th anniversary of the closure of the Mail by its management.
Central control is no panacea for success
Britt Youens delineates the causes of local government delivery failures and questions government's remedy.
Zumagate and Oilgate: a critical appraisal
Patrick Laurence offers a critical appraisal of the threats posed to our fledgling democracy by Zumagate and Oilgate.
Prescriptive decrees impede GDP growth
Howard Preece warns that the quest for 6 per cent annual GDP growth will be imperiled by top-down prescription.
The world today is freer and friendlier
Richard Steyn reviews a book that pinpoints three core ideas that increasingly characterise the world.
The unloved business of private security
Antony Altbeker questions the notion that private security is a modern manifestation of exclusionary apartheid.
