In Suid-Afrika, so word gese, gebeur die beste en die slegste nooit. Maar hoe weet ons die land gaan nie die keer oor die afgrond tuimel nie? Suid-Afrikaners wat keelvol is vir korrupsie – maar lief vir die land – het byna 'n dekade lank hoopvol daarna uitgesien dat Jacob Zuma uit die kussings gelig word. Nou is Cyril Ramaphosa aan die stuur, maar steeds lyk die toekoms onseker. Sedert Ramaphosa die Uniegebou betrek het, het die werklooshei ...
In Mangaung: Kings and Kingmakers political journalist Mandy Rossouw takes us from the last elective conference of the ANC, at Polokwane, to the present day, where we’re introduced to the eight men who have the most influence on what will happen at Mangaung, and following that, in the race to the national poll in 2014. And then we take a tour through ANC politicking in South Africa’s nine provinces, because branch-level dynamics are still the ke ...
In late 2009, well-known journalists Max du Preez and Mandy Rossouw compiled a range of around 80 famous and infamous sayings by Julius Malema, then-leader of the ANC Youth League. What did he have to say back then about Zille, Zuma, women (all three still some of his favourite subjects), not to mention Nando’s? And what did his words then reveal about the new generation of the ANC and where the government was heading? In a foreword to the book, ...
Much of the country's political future is determined by the ANC's internal elections. Here political analyst Susan Booysen gives an incisive breakdown of the cutthroat elections of Polokwane in 2007 and Mangaung in 2012, which will set a course for the party and its potential for renewal for years to come – and for South Africa. ...
The battle for Mangaung will be lost and won on different fronts, as was the case at Polokwane. Astute political observer Aubrey Matshiqi takes a sharp look at the various players, from the intelligence community to the courts, the alliance and the media, as he casts his searchlight on the 'deep state', moral bankruptcy and bad leadership. A sobering, razor-sharp analysis of the uncomfortable 'Zuma moment'. ...
South Africa's rainbow nation has become a restless nation. Citizens are faced with poor service delivery and corruption, while a new bling culture has infected both politics and business. Renowned political commentator William Gumede takes a fearless look at these and other burning issues which threaten the South African democracy: leadership battles within the ANC, attacks on the constitution, black economic empowerment strategies which o ...
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Это аудио – сокращенная версия книги Ли Кай-Фу «Сверхдержавы искусственного интеллекта: Китай, Кремниевая долина и новый мировой порядок». Только самые ценные мысли, идеи, кейсы, примеры. Сверхдержавы искусственного интеллекта: Китай, Кремниевая долина и новый мировой порядок – книга от тайваньского предпринимателя, знающего, о чем он пишет. Ли Кай-Фу работал в Силиконовой долине, продвигал продукты Google в КНР. Сегодня, после почти 10 лет и ...
Henry Kissinger (snd 1923) on uks 20. sajandi mojukamaid valispoliitika teoreetikuid ja praktikuid, kes mangis aastatel 1969–1977 USA valispoliitikas domineerivat rolli, tootades president Nixoni julgeolekunouniku ja seejarel USA valisministrina. Valispoliitikas kaldus ta reaalpoliitikasse ning oli joudude tasakaalu teooria pooldaja. 1973. aastal palvis ta Nobeli rahupreemia. Tema 1994. aastal ilmunud ja suure menu osaliseks saanud „Dipl ...
