Drew Forrest
Drew Forrest is a former deputy editor of the M&G
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/ 2 August 2002

IFP begs Mbeki’s pardon

The Inkatha Freedom Party is to forward hundreds of amnesty pleas by political criminals in its ranks to President Thabo Mbeki for presidential pardon. Welcoming the move, a Department of Justice representative, Paul Setsetse said he appreciated the IFP’s ”attempts to seek a solution”.

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/ 26 July 2002

Five visions of the future

Four bleak visions of our region in the year 2020. And one of hope — given the right leaders and policies. This is the thrust of the major scenario exercise by the Institute for Global Dialogue, funded by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, the aid arm of Germany’s Social Democratic Party.

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/ 18 July 2002

What Cronin really said

Senior communist Jeremy Cronin — accused this week of lying about the African National Congress in a controversial interview — was in fact defending the ruling alliance and disputing the far-left view that South Africa is inexorably sliding towards tragedy.

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/ 31 May 2002

The DA’s Harksen morass

With each passing day that Jurgen Harksen gives evidence in a packed chamber of the Western Cape provincial administration building it becomes clearer that the Democratic Alliance is in dreadful trouble. The weight of evidence is overwhelming.