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Economic apartheid lives on!		Nov 1, 2009	1486
The trial of SA's former police boss.		Nov 1, 2009	1295
Finally it's Zuma, but what lies ahead?		Jun 1, 2009	2318
South Africa the gloves are off!		Apr 1, 2009	2617
Is he the ANC's rotweiller?		Apr 1, 2009	1372
No nationalisation, we are South Africans!		Mar 1, 2009	1153
The politics of snakes and ladders: the political situation in South Africa took another ominous turn on 11 January with a Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruling that put the ANC president, Jacob Zuma, back in harm's way and his ascent to the state presidency in jeopardy. Pusch Commey reports.		Feb 1, 2009	1551
Land reform bites the dust: one of the most important and emotive issues of South Africa's liberation struggle, the land question, has officially bitten the dust--albeit temporarily. So far, only 4% of the 87% of farmland forcibly taken from blacks in 1913 has successfully been redistributed since the ANC came to power in 1994. Pusch Commey reports from Johannesburg.		Dec 1, 2008	1531
Things fall apart in the ANC: it was long predicted. But like most divorces, when it finally came, it was full of recriminations, betrayal and hurt feelings that would not easily go away. Pusch Commey reports on how South Africa's ruling ANC broke into two parts--and they are still squabbling.		Dec 1, 2008	2062
South Africa gets ready for President Zuma: now that the battle for the heart of the ANC has been lost and won, the great imponderable is the question: what lies ahead in the road of a Jacob Zuma presidency? Will it be a dynamo or a domino? Pusch Commey explores some answers.		Nov 1, 2008	2097
The fall of Thabo Mbeki.		Nov 1, 2008	3004
Judges at war: in what could be a defining moment in South Africa's nascent constitutional democracy, judges of the highest court of the land, the Constitutional Court, have publicly accused another judge of improperly trying to influence a decision. And it is no ordinary judicial decision as it relates to the political future of the country-the trial of Jacob Zuma, the president of the ruling ANC Pusch Commey reports from Johannesburg.		Aug 1, 2008	1898
Should Africa be grateful for colonialism? A British-born South African columnist, David Bullard, thinks Africa should be grateful for colonialism. But his black editor is fed up with his bile and has fired him, creating another race controversy in South Africa, reports Pusch Commey from Johannesburg.		May 1, 2008	1727
2010: Africa's date with destiny.	Interview	May 1, 2008	1277
South Africa: echoes of apartheid; It is supposed to be the New South Africa, the "rainbow nation". But the colours of the rainbow still have racism written all over them and while apartheid has been legally done away with, its hangover is everywhere. Pusch Commey reports from Johannesburg.	Viewpoint essay	Apr 1, 2008	1217
South Africa: the saga of the former police boss.		Mar 1, 2008	1214
South Africa: it's getting dirty!		Feb 1, 2008	2112
The battle for the soul of the ANC.		Dec 1, 2007	2454
South Africa: pan-Africanism at its best.	Interview	Dec 1, 2007	1157
South Africa: the Scorpions vs the police boss.		Nov 1, 2007	1323
South Africa: 'tell the truth, tell everything'; As apartheid South Africa's minister of law and order, Adrian Vlok radiated terror. On 17 August this year, he pleaded his way out of prison. Pusch Commey reports on how l'enfant terrible got away with it.		Oct 1, 2007	1319
2010 is Africa's date with destiny: Pusch Commey reports from Johannesburg of an innovative way of mobilising African support for the 2010 football World Cup to be hosted by South Africa.		Aug 1, 2007	701
South Africa: a bad way to treat fellow Africans! The plight of Somali refugees living in South Africa has been especially heartrending in a country bristling with xenophobia. Since 1997, 470 Somalis have been killed in South Africa. So what is President Mbeki's government doing about it? Pusch Commey reports.		May 1, 2007	1628
South Africa: the going is good, but for whom? Amongst the great historical challenges of our time, none seems as difficult as getting blacks out of poverty. In South Africa, the government is doing its best, however there is a big 'but' hanging over its efforts. Pusch Commey reports from Johannesburg.		May 1, 2007	1747
South Africa: Oprah to the rescue?		Feb 1, 2007	3161
New African stirs the world's conscience into doing what is right: the 2000 International Aids Conference held in Durban, South Africa, was a great eye opener. I saw at first hand the extreme extent to which Western business, media and law collude and coordinate for profit.		Dec 1, 2006	1050
African Union: so far so good; If anybody thought the African Union (AU) was going to be just a talking point, recent developments have proved otherwise. From the design table, the first building blocks have been laid in recent months towards the concrete realisation of the all-African dream. Pusch Commey looks at what has been achieved over the past year.	Cover Story	Jul 1, 2004	1933
South Africa: the rise of traditional medicine; At long last, the power of African traditional medicine is being recognised. South Africa has taken the lead by setting up a National Reference Centre for African Traditional Medicine in Cape Town to research into medicinal plants and establish an information system on African traditional medicines. Pusch Commey reports.		Jul 1, 2004	1298
South Africa: why Buthelezi fell from grace; It had long been coming. And when it finally came, the message was terse. "Thank you for your contribution to the work of our government over the past 10 years, and wish you the best in your future endeavours". With these marching orders, President Mbeki sent Chief Buthelezi packing. Pusch Commey reports on why the chief fell from grace.		Jun 1, 2004	1151
South Africa: 'Too late for Mama'; Brenda Fassie, the indomitable diva of South Africa pop, finally gave up the fight on 9 May, but not before bringing everybody who was anybody in South Africa to her bedside. Pusch Commey reports.	Obituary	Jun 1, 2004	797
ANC wins confidence of the nation: the ANC's emphatic victory in the 14 April elections did not come as a surprise. After 10 years of democracy, the party can take credit for the political and economic stability that the country enjoys today.		May 1, 2004	1027
And the winner is ... In Africa, football is a religion, but for 80 years scepticism has kept the world's premier sports event, the World Cup, off Africa's turf. This time it is a given. FIFA has decided to award the 2010 World Cup to Africa, but where in Africa? We shall know by 15 May. Pusch Commey reports.		May 1, 2004	1287
Apartheid sinners face the music: the recent arrest of Gideon Nieuwoudt, a former apartheid policeman allegedly implicated in the death of Steve Biko, has suddenly thrown the spotlight on the apartheid sinners who slipped through the fingers of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The net is now closing in on them, reports Pusch Commey.		Apr 1, 2004	1015
South Africa: the dilemma of Western economics; The figures look great on paper, the economy is growing but the gains are trickling up not down as it should be. And the number of the poor is increasing. Pusch Commey reports on South Africa's election year budget.		Apr 1, 2004	1111
Rand strikes back: damned if you do, damned if you don't. That is the story of the South African currency, the rand, which is confounding its critics. Pusch Commey reports from Durban.		Mar 1, 2004	937
South Africa: 10 years of freedom.		Feb 1, 2004	1600
The new scramble for Africa: biopiracy: Africa is losing billions of dollars through the filching of the continent's biodiversity by powerful Western companies and individuals. Here, we unearth how the stealing from Africa of centuries old indigenous knowledge of local resources (plants, herbs, seeds, livestock germ, etc), is increasingly becoming the new scramble for Africa.	Cover Story	Dec 1, 2003	2752
South Africa: Agent 452 turns up: there has been a dramatic twist in the fight between the deputy president, Jacob Zuma, and the national director of public prosecutions, Bulelani Ngcuka--the spy in their saga has turned up.		Dec 1, 2003	756
The ANC tackles the ANC: it has degenerated into an open factional fight all too familiar in rural South Africa, This time it is the deputy president, Jacob Zuma versus the national director of public prosecutions, Bulelani Ngcuka. And both are staunch ANC members with serious credentials.		Nov 1, 2003	1614
South Africa/Ghana: merger or takeover? South Africa's AngloGold is set to "merge" with Ghana's Ashanti Goldfields in the biggest deal to create the world's biggest gold producer. But is it really a merger or a takeover.		Oct 1, 2003	1100
South Africa hits oil: Pusch Commey on the joy in South Africa over the country's new oil find deep in the sea. It will cut the country's daily oil import by half.		Oct 1, 2003	447
What was Bush looking for in Africa? George W. Bush became the second American president (after Clinton) to visit Africa--five days in five countries. But what was his game plan? What was he looking for?		Aug 1, 2003	1250
South Africa: not easy but feasible: with a remarkable turnaround of the currency, the rand, and positive forecasts for its future growth, South Africa continues to defy all the prophets of doom. Pusch Commey reports from Durban.		Aug 1, 2003	1076
At last, an African conquers Mount Everest: Sibusiso Vilane climbed himself into the history books when he become the first black man to conquer the world's tallest mountain. (Around Africa: Swaziland/South Africa).		Jul 1, 2003	502
Timbuktu manuscripts, evidence of Africa's glorious past. (Around Africa: Mali).		Jul 1, 2003	915
Africa: the Union takes shape. .	Cover Story	Jun 1, 2003	1870
South Africa: goodnight good knight. (Around Africa).	Obituary	Jun 1, 2003	1040
Winnie downed, but not out. (Feature).		Jun 1, 2003	2108
Gunning for Winnie. (Cover Story: South Africa).	Cover Story	May 1, 2003	1715
"Iraqi war is illegal and morally wrong": "if the only superpower regards itself as above the law, then it has the potential of releasing everybody from the law," says Judge Richard Goldstone. (Feature).		May 1, 2003	790
Who killed Samora Machel? (Cover Story: Mozambique/South Africa).		Apr 1, 2003	2529
The rand's amazing run: South Africa's currency is back where it belongs. (Around Africa: South Africa).	Brief Article	Mar 1, 2003	725
The Chinese came before the Europeans. (Feature: Africa).		Mar 1, 2003	461
South Africa the triumph of the African spirit: African renaissance has hit education, and the black pass rate in exams is at its highest this year. (Dossier).		Feb 1, 2003	670
Mozambique inquiry into Machel's death reopens: the South African special investigation unit, The Scorpions, have re-opened the inquiry into the mysterious death of the former Mozambican president, Samora Machel. (Feature).		Jan 1, 2003	1084
Goldstone "the Us is becoming an outlaw". (News in Brief).		Dec 1, 2002	456
South Africa land: a ticking time bomb. (Cover Story).		Nov 1, 2002	2434
South Africa the tale of two ex-first ladies. (Feature).		Oct 1, 2002	1249
South Africa tourism: it's all in the price. (Special Report).	Brief Article	Sep 1, 2002	890
Mining: dethroning king monopoly. (Special Report: South Africa).	Brief Article	Sep 1, 2002	1000
Rand fiddle, fiddle, fiddle? The commission set up to probe the fall of the rand has presented its report-in fact two reports. The banks have welcome one but the doubts still linger. (Special report: South Africa).	Brief Article	Sep 1, 2002	843
The future is bright: though dominated by foreign companies, the oil and gas industry has become vital to African development. (Oil and Gas).	Brief Article	Sep 1, 2002	730
What's new in Africa: Pusch Commey looks at the new oil and gas projects on the continent and writes about the great news consuming Sudan which is earning about $1m a day from oil. (Oil and Gas).	Brief Article	Sep 1, 2002	785
Major projects in Africa: the West African Gas Project, taking gas from Nigeria through Benin, Togo and Ghana is about to come on stream. (Oil and Gas).	Brief Article	Sep 1, 2002	718
Opposition in messy scandal. (South Africa).		Jul 1, 2002	1277
Now the bet is on the rand. (South Africa).		Jun 1, 2002	1226
'Dr Death' walks free. (South Africa).		May 1, 2002	1502
South Africa: 'Dr Death' feels the heat. (News in Brief).	Brief Article	Apr 1, 2002	417
South Africa: Manuel delivers the goods. (Economy in Brief).	Brief Article	Apr 1, 2002	332
Mbeki silences his critics. (South Africa).	Brief Article	Mar 1, 2002	945
Basson's fancy footwork enchants court. (Around Africa - South Africa).		Jan 1, 2002	1074
Who can rescue Winnie? (South Africa).	Brief Article	Dec 1, 2001	1034
Mine all mine: Pusch Commey, the prodigal son, returns home with one of the biggest stories of the year he forgot to report -- GATA's all revealing gold summit in Durban on 10 May. It is worth every ounce in gold. (Cover story 2: Gold Special Report).	Cover Story	Dec 1, 2001	1580
'Aids researchers were on our payroll'. (Special report: South Africa).	Statistical Data Included	Nov 1, 2001	1957
Durban: Apology postponed: Pusch Commey reports from the third UN World Conference Against Racism Xenophobia and Related intolerance held in Durban, South Africa, from 31 August to 8 September. (Cover Story 2: Racism Conference).		Oct 1, 2001	1575
Go south my son. (South Africa).		Jul 1, 2001	1144
Discrimination goes on trial: The stage is set for a potentially explosive UN conference on racism in Durban. (Cover Story/Slavery).		Jul 1, 2001	1454
Eat and let's eat: Change is imminent in the South African mining industry. A new minerals development bill, currently in draft form, is causing consternation in the old power block. (NA Market/South Africa).		Jun 1, 2001	1074
Stormy days ahead for HIV. (Around Africa - South Africa).		Mar 1, 2001	1157
Democracy carries the day. (Around Africa).	Brief Article	Jan 1, 2001	445
How can they do this?	Brief Article	Dec 1, 2000	691
South Africa: Death of a spokesman.	Brief Article	Dec 1, 2000	447