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23 May 2013
                       
 
 
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06 Feb 2013
 
 
 
 
Proposed amendments to the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act
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The Protection of Personal Information Bill is a South African version of Data Privacy legislation that all organisations will need to comply with once promulgated. Understanding what this means...
 
 
18 Oct 2012
 
 
 
Political party funding – analysis
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Polity's Shannon de Ryhove speaks to political analyst Ebrahim Fakir about political party funding.
 
 
10 Oct 2012
 
 
 
The Hungry Season – Feeding southern Africa's cities
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The food we eat is as colourful as the cultures of the people eating it. But why we eat the way we do runs deeper than the whims of our traditions or palates. The Hungry Season takes author Leonie...
 
 
17 Sep 2012
 
 
 
The rise and rise of the African middle class
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The rise of the middle class, as a percentage of the population, has been steady - in 1980, 111 million or 26% of the continent’s population fell in this category rising to 151.4 million or 27%...
 
 
22 Aug 2012
 
 
 
Turnaround strategy for SA municipalities
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In response to the grim picture painted by the Auditor General’s (AG) report on local government released this week, Cosatu has called for a national debate on a turnaround strategy for...
 
 
01 Aug 2012
 
 
 
The Governor's Wife
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International bestselling author Mark Gimenez grew up in Galveston County, Texas. He attended Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos where he earned a B.A. in Political Science. He then...
 
 
04 May 2012
 
 
 
Setting benchmarks for enhanced political party performance for democratic governance in Africa
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EISA manager for governance institutions and processes, Ebrahim Fakir, speaks to Polity's Shannon de Ryhove about benchmarks for democratic governance in Africa. Camerawork: Darlene Creamer & Shane...
 
 
17 Apr 2012
 
 
 
An overview of health financing and the National Health Insurance in SA
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Consultancy Africa Intelligence consultant Deanne Goldberg presents a brief introduction to the principals of universal health coverage and the nature and content of the proposed South African...
 
 
26 Mar 2012
 
 
 
Is rice production an option in South Africa?
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The South African Department of Agriculture in 2004 indicated interest in looking into the possibility of rice production in South Africa. The then Director General of the department hinted at a...
 
 
05 Mar 2012
 
 
 
Nationalisation and Expropriation - A follow up discussion
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Creamer Media's Polity follows up on the nationalisation and expropriation debate following President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation address. Shannon de Ryhove speaks to Norton Rose South Africa...
 
 
25 Oct 2011
 
 
 
Understanding more about unemployment
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In the midst of all the turmoil and volatility on the financial markets, September was quite a seminal month for the South African labour market. A ground-breaking wage agreement was struck in the...
 
 
06 Sep 2011
 
 
 
 
 
Human rights abuses in the wine industry – a response from Wosa
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Recently, Human Rights Watch released a report critical of worker conditions on some South African wine farms. Polity's Shannon de Ryhove hears Matome Mbatha, Wines of South Africa market manager...
 
 
02 Jun 2011
 
 
 
Local Government Elections – An analysis by Ebrahim Fakir
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Creamer Media’s Shannon de Ryhove speaks to Ebrahim Fakir, Manager for Governance Institutions and Processes at the Electoral Institute for the Sustainability of Democracy in Africa, who provides...
 
 
16 Mar 2011
 
 
 
South Africa's foreign policy
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Polity's Shannon de Ryhove speaks with South African Institute of International Affairs research associate Tom Wheeler about South Africa’s foreign policy.
 
 
10 Mar 2011
 
 
 
South Africa Pushed to the Limit: The Political Economy of Change
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Author and journalist Hein Marias’ has in his book, South Africa Pushed to the Limit, written a most penetrating analysis of South Africa’s political and economic landscape.
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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