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South Africa

Population: 47.4 million
GNI: $255300 million
Debt: $20900 million
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The ANC leadership battle continues in August when party President Jacob Zuma faces corruption charges while his supporters plot against national President Thabo Mbeki. The political mayhem will undermine the economy.

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  • Vol 45 No 8
  • 16/04/2004

Rebirth pains

The upcoming season of pan-African summits will test the new institutions and promises of reform

  • Vol 45 No 8
  • 16/04/2004

End of an affair

As polling stations closed on 14 April, activists were predicting the end of coalition government. With the African National Congress set to win a two-thirds majority, many ANC supporters questioned the need to remain in coalition with Mangosuthu Buthelez...

  • Vol 45 No 7
  • 02/04/2004

Thabo's test

The ANC will win the elections but the size of its victory will determine the President's powers

  • Vol 45 No 7
  • 02/04/2004

Vote for the big bucks

Late last year, the African National Congress ran out of cash. It could not pay its 500 staff their November and December salaries on time or give them Christmas bonuses. Now it dominates the election campaign, financially as well as politically. At 70 mi...

  • Vol 45 No 5
  • 05/03/2004

A ten-year test

The government set itself an examination and, not surprisingly, it passed

  • Vol 45 No 5
  • 05/03/2004

Self-examination

Authored by the government's Communications Director, Joel Netshitenze, the official 'ten-year review' of the African National Congress tenure claims great strides in providing housing, water and electricity but has much less to say about progress in cutt...

  • Vol 45 No 5
  • 05/03/2004

Peace dividend

President Mbeki's diplomatic forays into Congo have a sound commercial base

  • Vol 45 No 4
  • 20/02/2004

Foregone conclusion

The ANC will win the Easter elections but it needs to get its voters out

  • Vol 45 No 4
  • 20/02/2004

Bombed out

The death of ex-special forces officer Frans Strydom in a bomb explosion in Baghdad in early February is focusing attention on South African mercenaries doing security work in Iraq.

  • Vol 45 No 3
  • 04/02/2004

Roller-coaster rand

Orthodox policies and populist gestures aim for a winning electoral strategy

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