The Third Frame

Join us as we sit down with Andrew Donaldson, Senior Research Associate at SALDRU (UCT) and former Treasury deputy director-general, to dissect South Africa’s budget saga. Get expert insights into the fiscal challenges, economic impacts, and what lies ahead.
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This interview was aired on Salaamedia on 16 March 2025. 

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Professor Daniel Bradlow, Professor of International Development Law and African Economic Relations at the University of Pretoria, breaks down the G20—its inner workings, global impact and what’s at stake if it falters.

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In this episode, Zahid Jadwat speaks to award-winning journalist and editor Qaanitah Hunter about her latest book. Co-authored with Adriaan Basson, the book delves into South Africa's 30-year-old experience of democracy and the electoral choices ahead.

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"Who has earned Africa’s brotherhood, friendship, and loyalty?" asks Wandile Msomi, a researcher and author of Splendid Isolation.

In this episode, Zahid Jadwat speaks to Msomi about some of the big ideas in his book: the Cold War, BRICS, NATO, leadership in Africa and, ultimately, the continent's position in this complex world.

Timestamps:

00:45 What was the inspiration behind Splendid Isolation?
05:55 Why the Cold War as a starting point for a book on Africa?
08:50 The consequences of the transition from a British-led world order to a US-led one
11:04 What are the competing forces about?
14:50 Is BRICS a second coming of the Warsaw Pact?
18:08 Replacing one master for another
27:37 Growth is a policy choice
35:21 Does US foreign policy ever change?

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Unbeknownst to most, South Africa is undergoing an incremental Revolution. Since 1994, the African National Congress (ANC) government has implemented a number of policies and legislation with one clear goal in mind: replace the capitalist economy with a socialist one. The National Democratic Revolution (NDR), as it is known, is unpacked in Dr Anthea Jeffrey's latest book, Countdown to Socialism. She joins Zahid Jadwat to discuss the policy and how it has influenced nearly everything the government has done in the past three decades.

TIMESTAMPS:

04:13 Why is the NDR scarcely mentioned, if it is the key to understanding the policies of the ANC in government?
06:30 How has the relationship between the ANC and the South African Communist Party (SACP) evolved over time?
11:58 Is South Africa experiencing a Revolution through incremental steps?
15:58 Is there an appetite for socialism in South Africa?
23:00 How has the ANC undermined the Constitution since 1994?
34:23 How has cadre deploymemnt created a 'dual authority'?
38:15 How has the NDR affected services like healthcare and education?
48:20 Does the NDR mean that crippling government policies were consciously implemented?
51:20 'Custodianship' as a subtle form of expropriation without compensation
57:00 What has critical race theory (CRT) to do with advancing the NDR?

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