Vol 6 (AAC) No 4 | MAURITIUS Arvin Boolell 11th February 2013 Foreign Minister, Mauritius In January, Arvin Boolell urged India to revise rather than abandon the India–Mauritius Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement. Mauritius has no capital gains tax and the treaty allows funds...
Vol 54 No 3 | ZIMBABWE I chose the deputy 1st February 2013 A vice-presidency is again vacant, sharpening choices about the constitution and creating openings for those outside the two main parties Vice-President John Landa Nkomo died after a long illness on 17 January, aged 79. His death set in motion yet another tortuous competition for the vacant post among...
Vol 54 No 2 | SOUTH AFRICA Ramaphosa’s price 18th January 2013 For years to come, Jacob Zuma will be paying for the deals he made with both allies and enemies to secure the ANC presidency President Jacob Zuma is to be the face of the African National Congress in the 2014 elections and after winning them will gradually transfer power to Cyril Ramaphosa....
Vol 54 No 2 | SOUTH AFRICA Purges and placements 18th January 2013 The pro-Kgalema Motlanthe African National Congress leaders have been purged from the National Executive Committee. That includes Tokyo Sexwale, Mathews Phosa, Fikile Mbalula and leaders from provinces or...
Vol 54 No 2 | ZIMBABWE ZANU-PF's loss 18th January 2013 Professor Reg Austin, one of the staunchest comrades of the Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), has resigned from the new Human Rights Commission. Austin had been nominated...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 3 | SOUTH AFRICA Cyril Ramaphosa 15th January 2013 Deputy President, African National Congress, South Africa Former trade unionist Cyril Ramaphosa was elected as the African National Congress’s new Deputy President at the Manguang conference in December 2012. Ahead of the conference, opponents of...
Vol 54 No 1 | SOUTH AFRICA The party isn’t over yet 10th January 2013 The real test of Zuma’s crushing victory over the ANC dissidents will be whether the party retains its political dominance in the 2014 elections A host of policy, factional and personal battles lie ahead for Jacob Zuma in 2013, despite his resounding re-election as President of the African National Congress at the...
Vol 54 No 1 | SOUTH AFRICA The economic fightback 10th January 2013 Downgraded by the rating agencies and facing spiralling trade and budget deficits, South Africa needs its policy makers to make some tough decisions this year. Many will...
Vol 54 No 1 | ZIMBABWE A test for the constitutions 10th January 2013 This year’s much delayed elections could well yield surprises but companies are nervous about election tactics such as ‘indigenisation’ decreees After a great deal of brinkmanship, President Robert Mugabe conceded in mid-December that elections could not be held before June 2013. During the first part of the year,...
Vol 53 No 25 | MOZAMBIQUE Rift risk over gas laws 14th December 2012 Negotiations over the planned gas plant could put Anadarko and ENI on a collision course with government Preparations are now well under way for a liquefied natural gas plant to handle Mozambique’s massive offshore gas deposits. The Instituto Nacional de Petróleo has proposed a bill...