Vol 48 No 15 | SOUTH AFRICA Post-presidential 20th July 2007 The bids are out for Thabo Mbeki's services when his term as national president expires in mid-2009, regardless of who runs the governing African National Congress.
Vol 48 No 14 | SOUTH AFRICA The race for the presidency heats up as business joins in 6th July 2007 Two high-profile business candidates with deep pockets have joined the presidential succession race Tokyo Sexwale and Cyril Ramaphosa have joined the presidential succession race but they face suspicion from several senior African National Congress officials who want the party to keep...
Vol 48 No 14 | SOUTH AFRICA Cyril the suit and his assets 6th July 2007 Cyril Ramaphosa's personal fortune is listed as 500 million rand (US$72 mn), but informal estimates put it at around R2 billion.
Vol 48 No 14 | SOUTH AFRICA Tokyo's business village 6th July 2007 Tokyo Sexwale is Chairman of Mvelaphanda Holdings, a diversified investment company, formed in 1998. With the backing of Nelson Mandela, Sexwale had persuaded the Ruperts, an Afrikaner business...
Vol 48 No 12 | ANGOLASOUTH AFRICA Eat the document 8th June 2007 Sensational accusations are flying between Pretoria and Luanda as South Africa's presidential race heats up, with frontrunners Jacob Zuma and Tokyo Sexwale both accused of interfering in Angolan...
Vol 48 No 10 | SOUTH AFRICA A new white hope 11th May 2007 The Democratic Alliance's new leader looks competent, but may not widen the party's appeal much Cape Town's Mayor, Helen Zille, took more than 70% of delegates' votes in the election for leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) on 6 May and will prove...
Vol 48 No 10 | SOUTH AFRICA Jacob and the dog collar 11th May 2007 Presidential hopeful Jacob Zuma keeps up his political ambitions. At a well-attended May Day rally in North West Province, he called on workers to challenge African National Congress...
Vol 48 No 10 | SOUTH AFRICA Up for the cup 11th May 2007 Mayor Helen Zille's most visible achievement involves the construction of a 68,000-seat football stadium for the 2010 World Cup. She fought hard to cap the city's financial contribution...
Vol 48 No 9 | SOUTH AFRICA French hook 27th April 2007 African National Congress power-broker Tokyo Sexwale plans to combine the annual Bastille Festival on 14 July with a celebration of Nelson Mandela's release from the Victor Verster Prison...
Vol 48 No 8 | SOUTH AFRICA Chukka, not pukka 13th April 2007 Rich South Africans enjoy polo on the grounds at Plettenberg Bay. It now emerges that all the 13 fields are illegal and that two of their main sponsors...