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10 February 2012
Opinion
 
 
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30 Jan 2012
 
 
Our Main Challenges: Taking a tip from two Americans
INSIGHT AFRICA
What inspired this particular Insight is an excellent book by those two public intellectuals Thomas L Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum. The book is called “That used to be US” – and the...
 
 
18 Jan 2012
 
The ANC’s 100th Birthday: When does it become a political party?
INSIGHT AFRICA
On 8 January 1912 in a small Wesleyan church in Bloemfontein (now called Mangaung) as one scholarly account puts it, several hundred of South Africa’s most prominent Black citizens, professional...
 
 
14 Dec 2011
 
Africa's time to shine is NOW!
INSIGHT AFRICA
At the end of 2011, and the beginning of a new year, Europe is in a mess and likely to get much worse before it gets better. Africa, by contrast, is solvent. Africa is already into a growth cycle....
 
 
24 Nov 2011
 
Lindiwe Mazibuko, Trevor Manuel and DA policy
INSIGHT AFRICA
In the last Insight, among the important developments of the past few weeks I mentioned the election of Lindiwe Mazibuko as parliamentary leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA). This was an event...
 
 
02 Nov 2011
 
Three cheers for South Africa
INSIGHT AFRICA
“A week is a long time in politics” is attributed to Harold Wilson, the former Labour Prime Minister of Britain. What this is supposed to signify is that political fortunes can change very...
 
 
05 Oct 2011
 
An elder statesman speaks out
INSIGHT AFRICA
A couple of days ago I attended a lecture given by Colin Eglin. It was the annual commemoration of the life and career of Barry Streek, a journalist of note who died in 2006. Colin Eglin used the...
 
 
16 Sep 2011
 
A looming constitutional crisis: President Zuma toys with the Public Protector
INSIGHT AFRICA
South Africans – one supposes much like the citizens of other Afro-Asian countries acting out their independence in the 1950’s and 1960’s – think of their country and system of government...
 
 
30 Aug 2011
 
Zuma and the Public Protector – A Decisive Countdown
INSIGHT AFRICA
A number of Insight readers have inquired as to what has happened to the Public Protector’s report of last month. As one puts it: “It seems to have gone off the radar.” We also owe a more...
 
 
 
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