Vol 53 No 23 | SOUTH AFRICA Zuma or else 16th November 2012 A ruthless re-election campaign is set to win Jacob Zuma another term as ANC leader and national President The re-election of President Jacob Zuma as African National Congress (ANC) President is an ‘unstoppable tsunami’, say his backers, yet many members of his original coalition of trades...
Vol 53 No 23 | SOUTH AFRICA How the branches voted 16th November 2012 Of the 4,500 voting delegates who will decide the African National Congress presidential election at the party conference, 4,103 (91.2%) will come from ANC branches, each of which...
Vol 53 No 23 | MALAWITANZANIA Oil and gas prospects fuel lake row 16th November 2012 The two sides will return to the table to settle an old dispute Malawi and Tanzania will return to the negotiating table on 15-17 November to seek a diplomatic resolution to their dispute over the border in the lake that divides...
Vol 53 No 23 | ZIMBABWE ZANU-PF’s gem of a campaign 16th November 2012 Everyone is asking where Mugabe’s party is finding the money for its fleet of new vehicles and its pre-election largesse A spending splash by the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front is attracting increasing suspicion that the funds come from illegally diverted diamond sales. ZANU-PF will hold its annual...
Vol 53 No 23 | SOUTH AFRICA Undiplomatic corps 16th November 2012 A furious row has erupted in cabinet between the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, and her counterpart at National Planning, Trevor Manuel.
Vol 53 No 22 | ZIMBABWE Three men in a boat 2nd November 2012 The triumvirate of Mugabe, Tsvangirai and Mutambara officially holds the key to the constitutional referendum. It faces major challenges President Robert Mugabe opened the final Stakeholders’ Conference on the draft constitution on 22 October. When the audience dispersed three days later, nobody seemed clear on what substantive...
Vol 53 No 22 | ANGOLA Sovereign wonga fund 2nd November 2012 The glitzy launch of the Sovereign Wealth Fund has bedazzled the international financial world, although many of the details are unclear Amid much fanfare, Luanda formally launched its US$5 billion Fundo Soberano de Angola on 17 October. The Fsdea was formed from the Fundo Petrolifero set up by the...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 1 | SOUTH AFRICACHINA Calls for protection against Beijing’s exports 30th October 2012 The government wants to improve trade terms with China as new studies show how cheap imports are damaging local industries and costing jobs South Africa’s Trade Minister Rob Davies gave a list of trade concerns to Beijing officials in October during his tour of East Asia. Davies’s government wants to reduce...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 1 | MADAGASCARCHINABRIEFING Rosewood scandal hits more Chinese companies 30th October 2012 In October, Chinese companies were once again the target of Madagascar’s environmental groups for their role in illegal rosewood exploitation. Environmental umbrella group Alliance Voahary Gasy pointed ...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 1 | SOUTH AFRICA Rob Davies 30th October 2012 Trade and Industry Minister, South Africa Rob Davies’s recent tour led to the strengthened economic relations with Indonesia and China. On 17 October in Jakarta, South Africa’s Minister of Trade and Industry...