Entries from William M. Gumede at PostGlobal tagged with 'South Africa'
Zuma's Precarious Alliance
All that holds Jacob Zuma's ANC together is the goal of getting him elected. What will unite them afterwards?
Africa Hungry for Better Leadership
Blame autocracy and poor local leadership for Africa's latest food problems.
Time to Intervene in Zimbabwe
South African President Thabo Mbeki's effective support for Robert Mugabe is absolutely disgraceful. Should Zimbabwe be razed to the ground before African leaders insist on change?
Tough Times Call for More Regulation
The long-term solution still lies with strengthening the powers of financial regulatory institutions and central banks to curb irresponsible financial behavior.
Zuma’s Uncharted Territory
Zuma’s election means that post-apartheid South Africa is unexpectedly entering an unsettling, uncertain and turbulent phase.
Aid Embargo Props Up Radicals
It is perhaps now an opportune moment for the international community to lift the aid embargo it imposed on the Palestinian Authority after Hamas came to power in elections last year. The embargo only hurts and alienates the Palestinian people, not their leaders, and strengthens hard-line elements in Hamas.
Africans Don’t Even Have Dirty Fuel
It is true that the poor in developing countries are the least to blame for global warming, but yet will suffer the most from it. Yet Africa's poor already lack many basic needs, and taking steps to fight global warming may bear even greater costs for them.
No Silver Bullet for Infant Democracy
South Africa's judiciary faces pressure to become more representative of the country's diverse population. But black judges are not enough to uphold democratic values. With inadequate leadership from the political parties, the judiciary will have to lead the country's needed reform.
Budget Surplus With Poverty?
South Africa is enjoying the first budget surplus in a generation, and the first ever in recorded African history. Should a county have a budget surplus and low budget deficits, low inflation, no debts etc. in a country where you...
Mubage Will Lose His Grip
Johanessburg, South Africa - Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe will finally lose his grip on power. Meanwhile, former UN Secretary Kofi Annan might run for president of Ghana.
What South Africa's Women Face
Johannesburg, South Africa - Former Deputy President Jacob Zuma told the court in his rape trail that he could tell by the way a woman sat that she wanted sex.
Africa's Power Players
Johannesburg, South Africa - Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi bounces back. Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe "Looks East" to China. Nigeria's president loses face and Thabo Mbeki rules on.
Let S. Africans Eat Soccer in 2010?
Johannesburg, South Africa - Should a developing country pay huge sums of money to host the world's biggest and most expensive global event, the Soccer World Cup, while many of its citizens live in grinding poverty? South Africa says yes.
Africa, Fight Hunger Not Homosexuals
Johannesburg, South Africa - If only some African political, cultural and religious leaders pursued the fight against underdevelopment with the same vigor as they go about crusading against gays and lesbians, the continent would be a much better place.
Ownership Concentration Threatens South African Press
Johannesburg, South Africa - Media here concentrates on urban issues because it is consumer-oriented. There is scarce coverage of issues concerning poor, rural citizens who just can't pay for news.
Don't Impose Sanctions, Talk First
Johannesburg, South Africa - At this stage United Nations sanctions against Iran would be an ineffective strategy. Without first talking with the regime, imposing sanctions would only strengthen the hand of Iran hardliners....
South Africa's Compromise Offers a Guide
Johannesburg, South Africa -- My visit to the Middle East felt like being transported back in time to the despair and daily mass funerals in the bloody years of early 1990s apartheid South Africa. A few weeks ago, in the...
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