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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 30 - Second Quarter 2003
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 29 Apr 2003
Local government - What progress?: Britt Youens analyses the magnitude and complexity of the task ascribed to the third sphere of governance. The penalties of idealism: Lawrence Schlemmer reflects on the rights of those who favour devotional worship in public schools.
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Focus 29 - First Quarter 2003
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 29 Jan 2003
Vital court decisions pending on land question: Refocus 1: Vital court decisions pending on land question. ANC should heed the Group of 63's warning: Patrick Laurence defends the right of Afrikaner intellectuals to voice their dissenting concerns.
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Focus 28 - Fourth Quarter 2002
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 29 Nov 2002
Reflections on local liberalism: Emeritus professor and political analyst, David Welsh, cogitates on the role of liberals and liberalism during the struggle. From colonialism to African nationalism: ANC notable and historian, Pallo Jordan, traces the long and proud record of the ANC as the champion of the black majority.
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Focus 27 - Third Quarter 2002
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 29 Aug 2002
An explosive fuse is lit: Patrick Laurence analyses the dangers of transforming the mining industry too hastily (or too slowly). The politics of privatising water: Sizwe samaYende of African Eye News Service chronicles the growing protest campaign against Greater Nelspruit Utility Company.
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Focus 26 - Second Quarter 2002
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 29 Apr 2002
Conspiracy theories - A crime against logic Andrew Kenny defends globalisation. Interview with Peter Mokaba From radical demagogue to non-racial democrat, Mokaba emerges as a champion of minority representation. By Patrick Laurence.
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Focus 25 - First Quarter 2002
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 30 Jan 2002
Sacked - for putting his patients' interests first: Sizwe samaYende and Justin Arenstein of African Eye News Service report on the case of Dr Thys von Mollendorff. A sacking and a promotion: Professor Fanie Olivier was eagerly awaiting the outcome of arbitration in his case against the University of Venda.
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Focus 24 - Fourth Quarter 2001
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 30 Nov 2001
"Why I shall join the ANC" Satirical column: "Write off". A blow against the opposition There can be no doubt about the ANC's overwhelming desire to strike a blow against the DA in the Western Cape.
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Focus 23 - Third Quarter 2001
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published: 30 Aug 2001
A draconian new anti-terrorism bill: The proposal to detain suspected terrorists for 14 days without charge is an ominous reminder of the apartheid era. Comment by Martin Schönteich. The real housing story: The spate of urban land invasions is not just a response to homelessness by groups of poverty-stricken people.
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