- Vol 54 No 9
- 26th April 2013
President Jacob Zuma puzzled his central African interlocutors and CAR politicians by claiming they had made a ‘passionate plea’ for South African troops to return to the troubled country on 18 April. No one else at the summit of the Communauté économique...
- Vol 54 No 8
- 12th April 2013
The governing party and its partners quarrel bitterly as Zuma clears out his opponents, regardless of the consequences
- Vol 54 No 8
- 12th April 2013
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande may be moving to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation to replace Maite Nkoana-Mashabane. This is under serious consideration, senior African National Congress (ANC) sources told Africa Confiden...
- Vol 54 No 7
- 29th March 2013
A political row erupted in South Africa after 13 troops were killed and some 27 wounded on a mission to Central African Republic which is poorly understood locally and little trusted.
- Vol 54 No 5
- 1st March 2013
With the police and judiciary under international scrutiny, President Zuma has told officials to crack down hard on protests that turn violent
- Vol 54 No 5
- 1st March 2013
The National Development Plan is ‘a road map to a South Africa where all will have water, electricity, sanitation, jobs, housing, public transport, adequate nutrition, education, social protection, quality healthcare, recreation and a clean environment,’ ...
- Vol 54 No 5
- 1st March 2013
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan managed to calm business and assuage the public with an assured budget speech. The programme is slick and Gordhan is winning praise for his attempts to balance government spending while focusing on poverty alleviation and ...
- Vol 54 No 5
- 1st March 2013
At its Mangaung conference in December, the African National Congress resolved to put economic diplomacy at the heart of the South Africa’s foreign policy. Now a bitter battle is raging in the National Treasury, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and ...
- Vol 54 No 4
- 15th February 2013
Cyril Ramaphosa, the African National Congress’s new Deputy President, is finding that the smooth path to power that was promised him may be strewn with boulders. He agreed to become President Jacob Zuma’s deputy on the understanding that he would help us...
- Vol 54 No 2
- 18th January 2013
For years to come, Jacob Zuma will be paying for the deals he made with both allies and enemies to secure the ANC presidency