A seemingly ubiquitous crime in South Africa in recent months has been the bombing and looting of ATM machines, especially, but not exclusively, in urban areas, particularly in Gauteng . The professionalization of this crime, and its recent profusion caused the Democratic Alliance to call for a probe of ATM bombings last month. Perhaps the DA’s (politically motivated — let’s not kid ourselves) demands have yielded fruit. Early on Thursday the Gauteng police busted an ATM bombing “syndicate.” It remains to be seen if this is part of a larger operation, but it indicates at least an attempt to get to grips with what has grown from a bizarre agate-type story to a real epiphenomenon.
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BBC’s South Africa DirectFrom: southafrica.foreignpolicyblogs.com
Post Date: 2007-05-09 10:04:27
Just as an FYI: For access to the BBC’s weekly program “South Africa Direct,” with links and other information, go here .
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more Clinton’s Coup a Boon For AfricaFrom: southafrica.foreignpolicyblogs.com
Post Date: 2007-05-09 08:29:24
On Tuesday Bill Clinton announced that his foundation has brokered a deal with Indian pharmaceutical companies to provide generic AIDS drugs in developing countries. Sub-Saharan Afria will obviously provide a huge market for these drugs.
There are perhaps a few of lessons to learn here. The first is that it is unlikely that these Indian companies, Cipla and Matrix, would be doing this were it not in the long run going to be profitable. Doing good and doing well do not have to be mutually ...
more America’s Africa CommandFrom: southafrica.foreignpolicyblogs.com
Post Date: 2007-05-08 21:58:56
The United States is moving forward with plans to establish an Africa Command that will enable the United States to respond quickly to address strategic situations that artise on the continent, which is increasingly visible in American and global policy. The establishment of the new command, which will deal with issues such as terrorism, humanitarian crises, aid operations, and the like has been in the planning stages for a while . At the end of last year I argued that such a command coul...
more Helen Zille and the Democratic AllianceFrom: southafrica.foreignpolicyblogs.com
Post Date: 2007-05-07 12:57:04
Cape Town mayor Helen Zille has easily dispatched of two rivals and will take the helm of the Democratic Alliance (DA), South Africa’s biggest opposition party. The DA emerged after the disintegration of the National Party and its various and tepid successors. As a consequence the DA drew some of its membership from Nats who found themselves homeless and white liberals who hoped to have a voice after the end of apartheid but did not want to join the ANC.
The hope that DA memb...
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