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 22 - Second Quarter 2001
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 30 Apr 2001
Support Zanu-PF or else: Mercedes Sayagues, one of two foreign journalists deported from Zimbabwe, describes the brutal methods the government uses. Zimbabwe's crazy economy: Six different exchange rates, rocketing bread prices and a stock market boom are all features of economic life in Zimbabwe.
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Focus 21 - First Quarter 2001
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 30 Jan 2001
South Africa's support for Mugabe: Thabo Mbeki has propped up Zimbabwe's dictator at great cost to the region and his own reputation, says R.W. Johnson. Blocked by tactics of terror: How should a democratic party respond to a government that uses any illegality to block the opposition?
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Focus 20 - 4th Quarter 2000
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 28 Nov 2000
A campus farce: The University of the North: a campus farce, now in its fifth hilarious year. South Africa's reality gap: A serious reality gap seems to exist between the government and many of the problems it has to face.
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Focus 19 - 3rd Quarter 2000
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 22 Aug 2000
The strange unpopularity of affirmative action: RW Johnson analyses the latest survey data on employment equity. Mission impossible: South Africa has misdiagnosed the reason for Zimbabwe's plight and its rescue is bound to fail, says Iden Wetherell.
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Focus 18 - 2nd Quarter 2000
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 15 May 2000
Party rivals fight for their lives: Zanu-PF is riven with dissent and blames the outside world for its troubles. Andrew Meldrum and RW Johnson report. Interview: Dr William Malegapuru Makgoba: The President of the Medical Research Council talks to Simon Dagut.
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Focus 17 - 1st Quarter 2000
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 12 Feb 2000
Goodbye, Mugabe: The victory for the No vote in Zimbabwe's constitutional referendum has stunned the ruling party and thrown it into chaos. Black economic empowerment: Black business won't prosper in the modern economy until it can draw on a wide pool of well-trained skilled professionals.
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Focus 16 - 4th Quarter 1999
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 29 Nov 1999
Can the ANC win the Western Cape? The ANC is desperate to take over the province from what it dubs the “racist” coalition, but will it succeed? How to use that huge majority: Many voters would like to see all parties and races participate in government and welcome the success of the opposition.
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Focus 15 - 3rd Quarter 1999
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 19 Aug 1999
Reject the "Zimbabwe option": Government attacks on the Democratic Party have become intemperate and aggressive. Deadly force: Safety and security minister Steve Tshwete promises a merciless approach to criminals, but how far should the police be allowed to go in the war on crime?
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