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South Africa 2008
Inside this issue
• Economic growth has exceeded expectations but there is a backlog of income disparities
• Thabo Mbeki is increasingly seen as a lame-duck president
• A strategy is in place to address HIV/Aids, but there is still a lot of foot-dragging (PDF) - -
Content
Beset by a perfect storm of troubles
The country has been caught in a series of political, economic and social crises, writes Alec Russell
Gwede Mantashe: Keen to present an impression of unity
Alec Russell talks to the ANC’s new secretary-general
Mining: Electricity crisis hits response to higher prices
Tony Hawkins reports on a sector that is failing to attract foreign investment
The economy: Failure to match the backlog of expectations
Tony Hawkins on the reasons behind last month’s violence
Politics: Big reversal for lame-duck Mbeki
Alec Russell reports on a series of setbacks crippling the president
Electricity supplies: Power is too cheap to guarantee supply
William MacNamara on Eskom’s efforts to avoid another crisis
Investment: The wrong kind of inflows
Tony Hawkins on FDI that is down to just 1.1% a year
HIV/Aids: Infection among the world’s highest
A strategy has been agreed but there is still a lot of foot-dragging, writes Alec Russell
Infrastructure: Transnet eager to avoid past mistakes
Alan Beattie on investment easing pressure on the transport system
Land rights: Settlement plans drift off course
Alan Beattie on a transfer policy bedevilled by tardy bureaucracy
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