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Focus 15 - 3rd Quarter 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?
Focus 15 - 3rd Quarter 1999
Aids notification

Dr Zuma’s proposal to make HIV/Aids a notifiable disease was political and the new administration seems likely to drop it.

Alliance under pressure

A scheduled alliance summit has been postponed indefinitely, a sign of the strain the alliance is under.

Cracks in the monolith

The threat of disintegration is now a real possibility for Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party, writes Trevor Ncube.

Day of the Leopard

Mapogo a Mathamaga, the vigilante group that metes out justice the African way, is admired by some, loathed by others.

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?

Party personnel agency

The ANC's powerful Deployment Committee aims to place the correct people in all key positions of power.