Focus

Focus is the journal of the HSF. It is used as a forum for public debate and adds new, fresh voices to the policy dialogue. Focus consists of articles and book reviews by academics, public intellectuals, researchers, and policy experts. Focus is published in digital form and is made available for free here on the HSF website.
Focus 38 - 2nd Quarter 2005
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 28 May 2005
Judicial independence imperilled: Editorial. White left smarts after Pyrrhic 1994 victory: Dan Roodt argues the case for a new Anglo-Boer entente for the twenty-first century.
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Focus 37 - 1st Quarter 2005
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 10 Feb 2005
Presidential voice must be heard but... Draft reports ignite smoldering embers. Patrick Laurence appraises new evidence of discrepancies between the draft and final versions of the arms-deal report.
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Focus 36 - 4th Quarter 2004
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 25 Nov 2004
Time to discard racial preferencing. Info dearth hampers anti-poverty fight. Charles Simkins assesses the impediments confronting Mbeki as he seeks to reduce poverty and unemployment.
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Focus 35 - 3rd Quarter 2004
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 27 Aug 2004
An inauspicious end to Ngcuka saga: South Africans have reason to be apprehensive over the resignation of Bulelani Ngcuka as the national director of prosecutions. An audit of liberalism – From Brown to Leon: Patrick Laurence combines an audit of liberalism with a tribute to Peter Brown, one of its finest exponents.
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Focus 34 - 2nd Quarter 2004
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 06 May 2004
ANC and the parable of the parabola: At the moment of its greatest electoral triumph the ANC would be wise to be mindful of the parable of the parabola. Ideological battle over meaning of democracy: James Myburgh reflects on the rivalry between political Jacobins and liberals in South Africa.
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Focus 33 - 1st Quarter 2004
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 18 Feb 2004
ANC's dominance not written in stone: Lawrence Schlemmer takes a close look at the factors that determine political loyalties in South Africa. Buthelezi: Adroit political survivor: Aubrey Matshiqi assesses the importance of the forthcoming elections to Buthelezi's future.
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Focus 32 - 4th Quarter 2003
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 26 Nov 2003
Has upcoming poll yielded full roll-out? Virginia van der Vliet traces the history of ANC denial and procrastination on HIV/Aids. A critical appraisal of the Mbeki presidency: Thabo Mbeki has shown great skill in co-opting the emerging black elite and silencing critical voices.
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Focus 31 - 3rd Quarter 2003
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 10 Aug 2003
Corruption: a fine balance of forces: Patrick Laurence argues that the war against corruption has entered a critical phase. Local media freedom is not set in stone: Vigorous white journalists are liable to be accused of racism, while their black confreres risk condemnation for lack of patriotism.
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