Other Opinions
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... →
Fragile recoveries and continued risks
By: Seeraj Mohamed 19th March 2010 We have lived through the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, but activities and attitudes in financial and economic markets seem... →
Foreign spectators and visas for 2010
By: Chris Watters 18th March 2010 The Department of Home Affairs has set out its permit arrangements for the anticipated flood of spectators coming to the World Cup. →
Zuma simply needs to play by the rules
By: Idasa, an African Democracy Institute 10th March 2010 We should not have to be dragooned into setting high standards in public life. We should willingly seek maximum openness about what our public... →
Why the fuss about economic growth?
By: Seeraj Mohamed 5th March 2010 Statistics South Africa reported on February 23 that real gross domestid product (GDP) “at market prices increased by 3,2% quarter-on-quarter,... →
Govt should rethink macroeconomic policy
By: Seeraj Mohamed 26th February 2010 On February 12, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a Staff Position Note titled ‘Rethinking macroeconomic policy’. →
