Vol 52 No 14 | SOUTH AFRICA Veterans with influence 8th July 2011 Veterans of the African National Congress’s former military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), helped Jacob Zuma to get elected ANC leader in 2007 and he wants their support...
Vol 52 No 12 | SOUTH AFRICA Malema and Zuma for breakfast 10th June 2011 The African National Congress Youth League’s 24th annual conference convenes on 16 June with a new feature, the ‘Business Networking Lounge’. Under the rubric of ‘Youth Action For...
Vol 52 No 11 | SOUTH AFRICA Election results keep Zuma in contention 27th May 2011 Enough black voters have stayed loyal to the ANC in local elections to boost Jacob Zuma’s hopes of a second presidential term In spite of many failures in governance and widespread anger among its supporters, the ruling African National Congress decisively won the municipal elections on 18 May. Popular discontent...
Vol 52 No 9 | SOUTH AFRICAANALYSIS Local elections threaten the ANC's national grip 29th April 2011 Municipal elections do not always stir passions but those on 18 May hold great significance for an African National Congress beset by infighting and disunity. They promise to be the most competitive polls since majority rule began in 1994 and will affect the ANC’s National Congress next year, signpost 2014’s presidential and parliamentary elections and test the Tripartite Alliance of ANC, Confederation of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and SA Communist Party (SACP), which is split several ways on economic policy. President Jacob Zuma’s political position has become precarious and a poor show at the municipal polls will hurt him as much as his governing party (AC Vol 52 No 8)....
Vol 52 No 9 | SOUTH AFRICAANALYSIS Towns at risk for the ANC 29th April 2011 The ANC faces tough electoral competition in several constituencies.
Vol 52 No 8 | LIBYASOUTH AFRICA Zuma to the shores of Tripoli 15th April 2011 The AU mission to Libya was an abject failure but the South African leader got a chance to catch up with an old pal South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma led an African Union peace mission to Libya on 11 April. The mission quickly fell apart, which did nothing for the AU’s poor...
Vol 52 No 7 | SOUTH AFRICA Zuma’s presidential primary 1st April 2011 Claims of corruption and nepotism are weakening the ANC’s position ahead of key local elections For once, local government elections could change national politics. The municipal polls next month will be a critical test for President Jacob Zuma and the African National Congress....
Vol 52 No 7 | SOUTH AFRICA Who’s who in Zumaland 1st April 2011 The inner circle, allies inside government, and chief personal enemies
Vol 52 No 7 | SOUTH AFRICA Clubbing Beijing 1st April 2011 South Africa formally enters the informal club of BRIC nations – Brazil, Russian, India and China – in April in Beijing. On 24 to 26 March, ten key...
Vol 52 No 5 | SOUTH AFRICA It's all about jobs 4th March 2011 Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan stakes everything on the government’s attack on unemployment Job creation and social services would be government’s top political measures, said Finance Minister Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan in his budget speech on 24 February. He warned that without cooperation over economic...