Vol 54 No 16 | NAMIBIA Knowledge is power 1st August 2013 Canadian entrepreneur Duane Parnham has partnered with a well connected Namibian, Knowledge Katti, to make a bid for Navachab gold mine, which AngloGold Ashanti is selling as part...
Vol 54 No 16 | ZIMBABWE Gono on the spot over oil deals 30th July 2013 An investigation by Africa Confidential, The Telegraph and Global Witness has revealed suspicious payments to central bank governor Gideon Gono’s children The business affairs of the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), Gideon Gono, are back in the headlines since evidence emerged that three of his children...
Vol 54 No 16 | SOUTH AFRICA Tilting at the ANC 30th July 2013 The EFF seeks to appeal to leftists disappointed by the ANC. Its main impact for now will be on the ANC’s internal politics The deposed leader of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) has staked a claim to political space well to the left of the governing party. Julius Malema...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 10 | SOUTH AFRICA Malusi Knowledge Nkanyezi Gigaba 25th July 2013 Minister of Public Enterprises, South Africa ‘We must not sell our souls in order to receive investments from anywhere in the world,’ Malusi Gigaba told an infrastructure conference in Johannesburg on 16 July. He...
Vol 54 No 16 | MADAGASCAR Crisis grows as presidential elections delayed again 25th July 2013 Coup leader Rajoelina's insistence that he must be a candidate has thrown preparations for the presidential elections into chaos Political tensions and street clashes have been increasing ahead of the 31 July deadline set by the Groupe internationale de contact sur Madagascar (GIC-M), which has set key...
Vol 54 No 15 | ZIMBABWE Rushing and cheating 19th July 2013 A tightened election timetable with almost a third of eligible voters missing from the register leaves plenty of space for a nationwide gerrymander It was uncharacteristically foolish of President Robert Mugabe to fast-track the election date to 31 July, in the face of protests from some in his own party and...
Vol 54 No 15 | ZIMBABWE Dress rehearsal vote 19th July 2013 The prospects for free, fair and transparent elections on 31 July took another knock with the chaotic ‘special votes’ on 14-15 July. The problems were mainly logistical, stemming...
Vol 54 No 15 | NAMIBIA Youth check Geingob 18th July 2013 President Hifikepunye Pohamba and Prime Minister Hage Geingob have been trying to quell the rebellious SWAPO Party’s Youth League – but without much luck. In June, Premier Pohamba...
Vol 54 No 15 | SOUTH AFRICA Zuma's axe falls 18th July 2013 The pace of President Jacob Zuma’s cull of his opponents in the African National Congress is picking up as he lays the groundwork for next year’s general elections...
Vol 54 No 15 | ANGOLA The succession question 9th July 2013 Who takes over from President Dos Santos and how is a matter of political urgency for the governing party Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) delegates meet next year for their national conference, where they will face growing calls to find a way to ease out...