Focus 55 Chapters
Lawrence Schlemmer appraises the factors that worked against opposition parties in the 14 April election. File Size: 77KB.
Defend judiciary from trespassers: Editorial. Mbeki 'dictatorship' fuels Zuma's cause: Sipho Seepe reflects on the ominous implications of the ANC's annus horribilis in 2005.
Debating ANC policy preferences: Editorial by Raenette Taljaard. Mayor Zille survives dubious manoeuvres: Jonathan Faull identifies ANC in-fighting as a major political factor in Cape Town.
Editorial: The Constitution and June Conference Decisions. Eglin crossing borders of power: Suzman hosts Eglin memoirs launch.
This edition of FOCUS covers events and fora that analysed the build-up to and events at the ANC’s 52nd Conference in December 2007. The Polokwane Conference culminated in a conclusion to the year’s succession battle and the installation of Jacob Zuma as newly elected President of the ANC with Kgalema-Motlanthe as his Deputy.