whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. When no-one is held accountable, everyone suffers
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ndays because a very small number of people can't drink without starting a fight. It is what Jacob Zuma has in mind when he says, "Once decisions have been taken by a collective, you can&rsq...

2. Netscape, the Internet and Creative Destruction
(Analysis/Analysis)

... offer is collective blame shedding and the waste of taxpayers' money on populist causes. As Jacob Zuma said in Davos, "I’m not certain whether when there has been some shortcomings th...

3. Jacob Zuma, Inflation Denialist?
(Analysis/Analysis)

... few of the basket of goods used to calculate it are available. It is against this backdrop that Jacob Zuma – the African National Congress' newly elected president – declares that he...

4. Two Frontiers: wars of liberation and of determination
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ting presses were fire-bombed, his newspaper banned, and who is now in exile, demanded to know of Jacob Zuma – speaking at a congress lunch – "Why does South Africa fail to use its po...

5. Jacob's ANC Ladder: the power of the state, the power of the party
(Analysis/Analysis)

Jacob Zuma has announced his candidacy for the presidency. Zuma is the ex-deputy president fired for connections to corruption in a multi-million Rand arms deal.  It gets worse: his financial ad