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Focus 71 - State & Nation

This edition of Focus is devoted to exploring some of the issues which confront state and society in South Africa. Three distinct themes emerge, namely, the ...

Focus 55 - November 2009 - Images of Justice

‘Justice’ is a protean concept. ‘Law and order’ are maintained by governments and ruling elites in its name. Revolutions and popular insurrections are ...

Focus 56 - February 2010 - On Learning and Teaching

In keeping with the Foundation’s stated policy of seeking to offer a platform for both seasoned commentators and new and marginalised voices, we present this ...

Focus 57 - May 2010 - Change and Continuity: 100 Years of Statehood

This edition of Focus is dedicated to a series of reflections about 100 years of statehood in South Africa. In my invitation to contributors, I pointed out ...

Focus 58 - September 2010 - South Africa and the Changing World

The previous edition of Focus, dedicated to commemorating 100 years of Statehood, had as its theme, Change and Continuity. This theme of change and continuity ...

Focus 60 - January 2011 - Making South Africa Work: Rules of the Game

This edition of Focus continues with the theme of ‘Making South Africa Work’, first explored in the previous edition where issues surrounding Human Capital ...

Focus 61 - Arts and Culture

This edition of Focus is dedicated to Arts and Culture. The question may well be posed as to why an organisation whose mandate is the promotion of liberal ...

Focus 62 - August 2011 - Religion & Society

This edition of Focus is dedicated to exploring some of the relationships between religious belief and society. In a modern and supposedly secular age, ...

Focus 63 - November 2011 - Sustain... ability?

This edition of Focus is dedicated to the broad topic of Sustainability, and is immediately concerned with COP 17 or, to give it its full title, the 17th ...

Focus 64 - Keeping the lights on

This edition of Focus reviews the electrification of South Africa, but goes beyond straightforward supply side issues and considers alternative energy sources, ...