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ANC stalls over public funding of parties 
By: Idasa, an African Democracy Institute 18th May 2010 Certain addictions are hard to beat. The ANC looks no closer to exiting the Chancellor House deal now than it did a few weeks ago. At least two... →
Uncertainties as Presidential Election in Comores is Postponed
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 17th May 2010 Voters in the Union of the Comoros were supposed to elect a new president in May this year, but the poll has been postponed until late 2011... →
Reflections on Cope ructions
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 14th May 2010 Is substantive democracy possible in a country that is not blessed with substantive uncertainty? →
Roadshows to be real test of Kusile’s partnering potential
By: Terence Creamer 14th May 2010 There is much market scepticism about whether there is any appetite among private investors for a minority stake in the R142-billion Kusile power... →
Are we in for a second round of the economic crisis?
By: Seeraj Mohamed 14th May 2010 South African economic data shows that, while economic growth is positive, this country has still not completely moved out of the economic downturn. →
Lolly Jackson: Outrage and (Intellectual) Outages
13th May 2010 In the middle of all the hue and cry and what seemed to some to be a media feeding frenzy around the death of Lolly Jackson, one headline struck a... →
Cabinda not the Kuwait of Africa
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 13th May 2010 This year's Cup of Nations achieved international notoriety when the Togo national football team was attacked, with two people killed by gunmen who... →
Ill-considered, Rushed and Presumptuous? Delving into South Africa’s National Integrated Resource Plan
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 11th May 2010 The closing date for registering to participate in one of the biggest energy-related policy processes in South Africa, the national Integrated... →
