Vol 51 No 19 | SOUTH AFRICA Postponing the policies 24th September 2010 After fighting back against his detractors at the party summit, Zuma has won himself a few more months to remake his shaky presidency It was a rare victory for President Jacob Zuma. By persuading the governing party’s National General Council (NGC) in Durban on 20-24 September to delay all substantive decisions...
Vol 51 No 19 | SOUTH AFRICA After the council, a reshuffle 24th September 2010 Amid the doctrinal squabbles in Durban, speculation intensfied about how President Jacob Zuma might reshuffle his cabinet. Hard-line presidential allies such as the Communications Minister, General Siphiwe Nyanda,...
Vol 51 No 18 | SOUTH AFRICA President under pressure 10th September 2010 The would-be usurpers plotting against President Jacob Zuma should not underestimate their target’s determination President Jacob Zuma is hitting the media hard with a charm offensive before the governing party’s critical National General Council meeting on 19 September. His plan is to...
Vol 51 No 18 | SOUTH AFRICA Vavi and the unions stake their claim 10th September 2010 Not only have trades unionists pushed the government to accept most of their demands for higher wages and housing allowances but some of their leaders now believe they...
Vol 51 No 17 | SOUTH AFRICA Mounting strikes 27th August 2010 Support is building for the national strike of nurses, teachers and clerks since it was launched on 18 August, presenting two serious threats to President Jacob Zuma’s government....
Vol 51 No 16 | SOUTH AFRICA An uneasy ruling alliance 6th August 2010 The ANC needs stronger leadership to referee the intensifying internal debates ahead of the policy-making conference in September The policies and programmes of the governing African National Congress will be reviewed at the party's National General Council in Durban on 20-24 September. Few of the policies...
Vol 51 No 16 | SOUTH AFRICA Taking sides in the big debate 6th August 2010 The main opposing statements for the National General Council to be held by the governing African National Congress come, firstly, in the official policy document and, secondly, in...
Vol 51 No 15 | SOUTH AFRICA Zuma’s first-term casualties 23rd July 2010 With dissenting ministers and departing civil servants, President Jacob Zuma faces a tough return to workaday politics Someone in President Jacob Zuma’s office has read a management textbook and reproduced chunks of it as government policy. Ahead of his post-World Cup cabinet ‘lekgotla’ (big meeting)...
Vol 51 No 14 | SOUTH AFRICACONGO-KINSHASA Secret oil deal 9th July 2010 The emergence of Khulubuse Zuma, the nephew of South African President Jacob Zuma, as a leading player in Congo-Kinshasa’s oil industry has provoked curiosity and anger in almost...
Vol 51 No 13 | RWANDASOUTH AFRICA World cup shooting 25th June 2010 The would-be killers who bungled an attack on dissident Rwandan General Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa seem to have thought that the World Cup would divert police attention from their...