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A political Economy of South Africa’s Digital Broadcasting Transition
How many South Africans are aware of the massive changes in the pipeline for free-to-air television? Not many, it would seem.
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What drives a woman to abandon her baby?
The abandonment of babies was brought to the public’s attention in an article published in this newspaper last Saturday “200 babies abandoned”.
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Opposing factions may spoil ANC poll
The question seems designed to spread needless alarm: a split in the ANC may well be at least five years away. But the possibility that ANC votes have become so contested that an election for president might not produce a result which everyone accepts, looks much more real now than it did a couple of weeks ago.
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Rise in police violence a symptom of social ills
Last week, the world was confronted with the horror of South Africa’s first post-apartheid massacre. Over thirty striking Lonmin mineworkers were killed by the police, who turned semi-automatic rifle fire onto the workers after claiming that they were shot at first.
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New World Bank chief is committed to the poor
Do global financial institutions suffer from a "democratic deficit"? Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan recently suggested that the election of an American, Jim Yong Kim, as the new president of the World Bank is evidence of a "democratic deficit" in the global financial institutions. This followed the failure of respected Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian finance minister Jose Antonio Ocampo, to be elected, despite having the support of most developing nations.
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