Will South Africa follow Zimbabwe?
Andrew Kenny
The Spectator
April 12, 2005
CAPE TOWN - The day after last month's election in Zimbabwe, the Cape Times (of Cape Town) carried a front-page story on the South African government's new policy to "turn the tide against poverty" by cutting back on the tax-funded opulence of African National Congress politicians. President Thabo Mbeki's private jet would be sold and he would in future travel by South African Airways. There would be no more mansions and Mercedes limousines for ministers, and no more full-page advertisements in the newspapers singing the praises of the ANC government. This story appeared on April 1.
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Friday, April 08, 2005
Star - Computer check would have revealed 'ghosts' in Zimbabwe elections
Star - Computer check would have revealed 'ghosts': "Computer check would have revealed 'ghosts'
South African observers blew their chance in Zimbabwe
April 8, 2005
By Peter Fabricius
Isn't it time labour minister Membathisi Mdladlana was taken off the Zimbabwe beat? Maybe his manner is useful as an ice-breaker in negotiations with local workers. But it is disastrous when dealing with the sensitivities of foreign relations. This man is not a diplomat. To put him into that minefield of foreign relations which is Zimbabwe just asks for trouble.
Mdladlana has long been President Thabo Mbeki's unofficial envoy to Zimbabwe. Why, it is hard to say, when one looks at his performance as head of the South Africa government election observer mission to last Thursday's elections"
South African observers blew their chance in Zimbabwe
April 8, 2005
By Peter Fabricius
Isn't it time labour minister Membathisi Mdladlana was taken off the Zimbabwe beat? Maybe his manner is useful as an ice-breaker in negotiations with local workers. But it is disastrous when dealing with the sensitivities of foreign relations. This man is not a diplomat. To put him into that minefield of foreign relations which is Zimbabwe just asks for trouble.
Mdladlana has long been President Thabo Mbeki's unofficial envoy to Zimbabwe. Why, it is hard to say, when one looks at his performance as head of the South Africa government election observer mission to last Thursday's elections"
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
zimbabwe: An economy on its knees
zimbabwe: An economy on its knees: "zimbabwe: An economy on its knees
Once described as an economic jewel in Africa, Zimbabwe�s economy has undergone a meltdown over the past five years, with the agricultural sector reeling from the seizure of white-owned farms and droughts, economists say.
At independence from Britain in 1980, Zimbabwe was recording average annual growth rates of 4.5 percent, but the economy hit a plateau during the 1990s and by the late 1990s, it was shrinking, according to University of Zimbabwe Professor Tony Hawkins."
Once described as an economic jewel in Africa, Zimbabwe�s economy has undergone a meltdown over the past five years, with the agricultural sector reeling from the seizure of white-owned farms and droughts, economists say.
At independence from Britain in 1980, Zimbabwe was recording average annual growth rates of 4.5 percent, but the economy hit a plateau during the 1990s and by the late 1990s, it was shrinking, according to University of Zimbabwe Professor Tony Hawkins."
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