Vol 56 No 5 | SOUTH AFRICA No-fly zone for legal eagles 25th February 2015 The presidency is working to remove police and prosecutors who refuse to suspend actions against highly influential people The decline in independence of South Africa's top criminal justice institutions is accelerating as President Jacob Zuma redoubles his efforts to immunise himself and his entourage ...
Vol 56 No 4 | SOUTH AFRICA A rowdy state of the nation 13th February 2015 President Zuma's vision of the road ahead failed to ignite passion. Only the chaos that descended on Parliament stood out Despite fist fights and forcible expulsions from the chamber of the National Assembly, African National Congress officials insisted President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation Addre...
Vol 56 No 1 | SOUTH AFRICA Turbulence trending 9th January 2015 Zuma faces a serious challenge from Ramaphosa and ANC internal battles could weaken efforts to tackle urgent economic problems The coming year will be dominated by the struggle within the African National Congress between President Jacob Zuma and his supporters and those seeking to replace him with the Dep...
Vol 55 No 25 | SOUTH AFRICAENERGY The politics of power 19th December 2014 Eskom is torn between the twin dictates of low government tariffs for the public and industry and re-investment priorities Blackouts returned to major cities in November as the embattled Electricity Supply Commission began load-shedding for the second time this year. It is the latest drama in a torrid ...
Vol 55 No 25 | SOUTH AFRICAENERGY Pick a power source 19th December 2014 It is ironic that while Eskom battles to keep the lights on, planners have warned there is a risk of building too much new generating capacity. Uncertainty over South Africa's futu...
Vol 55 No 25 | SOUTH AFRICA How guns colonised politics 19th December 2014 Competition for political office, with its opportunities for patronage, can be bitter enough to end in murder. Violence is affecting the labour movement, too Political assassinations have risen to alarming proportions since the end of apartheid and are likely to continue, especially as new trades union rivalries emerge and the 2016 muni...
Vol 55 No 24 | SOUTH AFRICA The succession war has begun 5th December 2014 Zuma is moving to protect his future as factions form up for the battle to decide who will be the next president President Jacob Zuma had barely taken office last May before the first shots in the battle to succeed him were fired. He has already blocked the election of a new leadership for th...
Vol 55 No 23 | SOUTH AFRICA Gloom settles on economy 19th November 2014 The aims of public spending cuts and structural change to improve growth sit ill with the pressure in the cabinet for radical policies Six months into President Jacob Zuma's last term of office, the economic forecasts are worsening. The governing African National Congress is suffering from strategic splits in its ...
Vol 55 No 23 | SOUTH AFRICA Hard times for the revenue service 21st November 2014 Once a model of fiscal probity, SARS is proving as troubled as many other state institutions by factionalism, intrigue and political interference The South African Revenue Service was one of the most effective state agencies of the post-apartheid era. Often held up as a model tax organisation for developing countries under t...
Vol 55 No 22 | SOUTH AFRICA Splinter injuries 7th November 2014 It is becoming clear what kind of workers' party will emerge to challenge South Africa's political establishment when the once-mighty, 2.2 million-member Congress of South African ...
