Lawrence Schlemmer investigates the rise of the black middle class and concludes that it is still relatively small.
Focus 39 - 3rd Quarter 2005
Mbeki's last chance on Zimbabwe: Editorial. Black advancement: hype outstrips reality: Lawrence Schlemmer investigates the rise of the black middle class and concludes that it is still relatively small.
Britt Youens delineates the causes of local government delivery failures and questions government's remedy.
Editorial.
Howard Preece warns that the quest for 6 per cent annual GDP growth will be imperiled by top-down prescription.
Patrick Laurence talks to Ronnie Kasrils about the state of readiness of South Africa's intelligence services.
Jonathan Katzenellenbogen identifies the requirements for accelerated economic growth in the years ahead.
Raymond Louw reflects on the 20th anniversary of the closure of the Mail by its management.
Antony Altbeker questions the notion that private security is a modern manifestation of exclusionary apartheid.
Richard Steyn reviews a book that pinpoints three core ideas that increasingly characterise the world.
Patrick Laurence offers a critical appraisal of the threats posed to our fledgling democracy by Zumagate and Oilgate.