Other Opinions
Crying wolf and
legalised theft 
By: Brandon Hamber 23rd April 2010 Recently, we bought a new family car. The car is great but the process was surrounded by numerous dodgy ways to part us with our money. →
Pension funds should support developmental investments
By: Seeraj Mohamed 16th April 2010 Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel recently told Parliament that government would draw on pension funds investments to support economic... →
Is Malema untouchable?
By: Denis Worrall 9th April 2010 In the wake of right-wing leader Eugene Terre'Blanche's murder, itself obviously deeply regrettable, some seriously negative statements have been... →
The Great Divide(r)
By: Amy Witherden 9th April 2010 Just over two months ahead of the FIFA World Cup, South Africa is in crisis. The current political climate in the country seems to suggest that the... →
Time to move away from the Malema monologue to dialogue on our future
By: Idasa, an African Democracy Institute 7th April 2010 A hip-hop star, allegedly high on cocaine ploughs into a group of schoolchildren in Soweto, killing 4 of them. The National Director of Public... →
The Anti-Trafficking Bill, the Immigration Act and the Refugee Appeal Board
By: Chris Watters 7th April 2010 The Justice Portfolio Committee's announcement that it will not be ‘fast-tracking' the Anti-Tracking Bill [‘ATB'] is to be welcomed by allowing for... →
Benefits of democracy lost in the gap between constitution and complex reality
By: Idasa, an African Democracy Institute 29th March 2010 Along the mall in Washington DC stands the Korean war memorial. Alongside it, a marble wall with the powerful words, ‘Freedom is not free'. →
State-led development and neoliberalism
By: Seeraj Mohamed 26th March 2010 There is much anti-State sentiment in South Africa, which is given much voice in the media. A great deal of negative sentiment is due to the... →
Is bling the new opium of the people?
By: Brandon Hamber 26th March 2010 I recently spent time back home in South Africa. It was fantastic: family, friends, sunshine, fine food and wine. I also visited various community... →
Zuma wins brownie points
By: Denis Worrall 25th March 2010 At the beginning of February, Omega organised its 12th Euro-African conferences in London and Munich on investment into Sub-Saharan Africa; and one... →
