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- A false dawn for Zimbabwe - 1st August 2008
- There has been much speculation in the media that the Zimbabwe negotiations taking place between the MDC and ZANU-PF in Pretoria herald a new dawn for that country. But the talks, and their success or failure, are falsely heralded as breakthrough in Zimbabwe’s crisis as the problems and challenges Zimbabwe face are now as much about economics and social conditions as they once were about politics. Improving those conditions may take decades regardless of who runs the country. This article was first published on www.sairr.org.za
- Better sports policy for South Africa
- This current spat between the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee and the parliamentary portfolio committee on sport has revealed how necessary it is to keep politicians out of sports policy. This first appeared on SAIRR Today, www.sairr.org.za.
- Threats to the Constitutional Court are both menacing and ludicrous
- Some of Jacob Zuma’s supporters would feel at home in Robert Mugabe’s cabinet, given their threats of violence and attacks on the highest court in the land, says John Kane-Berman. This column appeared in Business Day on 10th July 2008.
- South Africa's cops should do better.
- The South African Police Service brought out 2007/08 crime figures this week. Overall they showed that most categories of crime continued to be slightly down year on year. The general post-2003/4 decline in crime levels therefore continued. While certain kinds of crime such as house robberies and hijackings increased the police appear satisfied that their targets of a 7%-10% annual reduction in certain crime types are being met. Is this good enough? This article was first posted by Frans Cronje on the website of the South African Institute of Race Relations - www.sairr.org.za
- Zuma's friends will have to kill millions - 27th June 2008
- Julius Malema and Zwelinzima Vavi have both uttered statements that they are prepared to kill anyone standing between Zuma and the presidency. They have also in the past insinuated that the free press, the due process of law, the political opposition, and even political activity within the ANC, have somehow conspired against Zuma. But the real threats to Zuma come not from any of the above but from the poor and the unemployed. If Malema and Vavi want to kill to protect Zuma they will have to start here. This article was first posted on www.sairr.org.za.