Yearly Archives: 2001

aNALYSIS Sean Jacobs and Jessica Blatt How is the American left reacting to the attacks of September 11, and the current bombing and ground assaults by United States military in Afghanistan? First off: there is not much of a left to speak of in the US these days. Yes, there’s an environmental movement, and a […]

THE African Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of approximately US $12,9-million to finance a fire wood project in Benin, a news release from the bank said. The project aims to reduce poverty through sustainable forestry resources management as well as improve the supply and demand for wood and promote alternative energy sources, the […]

A SENEGALESE chemical company, Industries Chimiques du Senegal (ICS), has teamed up with the UN Development Programme office in Senegal to launch a poverty reduction programme. Under the agreement, ICS will offer loans to small business entrepreneurs, particularly women and young people, as well as offer sub-contracts to others. The company will also assist UNDP […]

Glenda Daniels Communists and trade unionists are ambivalent about the possible tie-up between the New National Party and the African National Congress, endorsing it as a strategic compromise but also seeing it a potential a boost for ANC rightwingers. A Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) statement this week attacked the NNP as “a […]

Marianne Merten and Jaspreet Kindra Western Cape Premier Gerald Morkel may soon face a joint New National Party-African National Congress vote of no confidence in the Western Cape legislature, following his setback in the Cape High Court this week. It is known that the possibility of a no-confidence vote was discussed at a strategy meeting […]

Barry Streek The government sees the free movement of people and workers among the 14 member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) as a medium-term goal, top government representative Joel Netshitenzhe confirmed this week. This is in marked contrast with current policy, and follows a xenophobic riot in Zandspruit, near Johannes-burg, two weeks […]

Evidence wa ka Ngobeni President Thabo Mbeki is set to use his address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on the weekend to launch a major drive for Africa’s inclusion in international bodies such as the UN Security Council. The inclusion of the African continent on the Security Council has been the […]

Niki Moore The disgraced former deputy director general of the national Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology, Professor Musa Xulu, has turned up as the municipal manager of a small town in Zululand and is already causing havoc in his new job. Xulu was fired from his arts and culture post in December last […]

Jaspreet Kindra Men in rural KwaZulu-Natal constantly said they did not need to change their sexual behaviour because “the big man” President Thabo Mbeki believed sex and HIV/Aids were not linked, according to an Anglican bishop. “That is the message that is destroying human lives across this country, and for which President Mbeki is being […]

Paul Kirk Companies that lost out in the R60-billion arms deal are limbering up to sue the government after the long-awaited report into the arms deal, which could provide crucial information to mount lawsuits. The Mail & Guardian reported last week that Italian airplane manufacturer Aermacchi was considering litigation after tender procedures were changed to […]