Vol 53 No 13 | ZAMBIA Sata takes on the judges 22nd June 2012 Controversy over the judiciary and a law suit over Zambian Airways show the PF and Banda still at war President Michael Sata has sparked a political storm by forcing out Zambia’s most senior judge, Chief Justice Ernest Sakala, on 15 June. The opposition accuses Sata of politicising...
Vol 53 No 13 | ZAMBIA Mutembo's targets 22nd June 2012 The Director of Public Prosecutions, Mutembo Nchito, has his sights on Henry Banda, son of ex-President Rupiah Banda, over his role in the US$257 million sale of most...
Vol 53 No 13 | MALAWI The honeymoon’s over 22nd June 2012 If she lost her majority in Parliament, President Banda would lose control of her budget and the IMF programme, too Acclaimed at home and abroad as a breath of fresh air when she took office on 7 April, President Joyce Banda is being severely put to the test....
Vol 53 No 12 | SOUTH AFRICA Higher taxes, less nationalisation 8th June 2012 Instead of nationalisation, an ANC report proposes new taxes, a swarm of regulatory commissions and a new super-state mining company An attempt to meet the political requirements and the economic self-interest of factions in the governing African National Congress has produced a plan for super-taxes on mining profits,...
Vol 53 No 12 | SOUTH AFRICA A born-again state mining company 8th June 2012 The nucleus of a proposed state-owned mining company would be the existing African Exploration Mining and Finance Company (AEMFC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Central Energy Fund (CEF)...
Vol 53 No 12 | MOZAMBIQUE Conflicts of interest 8th June 2012 Acting on corruption is one thing but Frelimo is having problems even passing laws against it Proposals for anti-corruption legislation are causing severe anxiety in the governing Frente de Libertação de Moçambique. Frelimo is scrambling to bury reforms.
Vol 53 No 12 | MOZAMBIQUE Poll post-mortem shocks 8th June 2012 A secret report by the Zambézia Province command of the national police on why the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique so resoundingly lost the mayoral election in Quelimane...
Vol 53 No 12 | ESWATINI Mswati’s private party 8th June 2012 The tiny kingdom is in a deep economic crisis but the ruling monarch is determined to party on regardless The arrival of a new private jet for King Mswati III has brought fresh turbulence to the virtually bankrupt country. The future is more uncertain than ever now...
Vol 53 No 12 | SOUTH AFRICA The new Thabo Mbeki 8th June 2012 Ex-President Thabo Mbeki is again reinventing himself: his latest struggle is against corruption, leading a campaign to recover some of the hundreds of billions of dollars extracted from...
Vol 53 No 12 | NAMIBIA SWAPO shutdown 8th June 2012 Jockeying for position to succeed President Hifikepunye Pohamba is rising following confirmation that SWAPO’s elective congress will be held on 28 November to 2 December.