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.
Vol 53 No 12 | ANGOLA The rich list 8th June 2012 Luanda has finally announced that general elections will take place on 31 August. They’ll be the first where the winning party chooses the president directly: the head of...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 8 | MAURITIUSCHINA Phantom economic zones 1st June 2012 Six years after the project was launched amid great fanfare, the foundations for the Chinese special economic zone have yet to be laid China's grand plans for special economic zones across Africa to emulate the success of its coastal manufacturing regions have hit problems in Mauritius and Algeria, showing that the...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 8 | ANGOLAINDIABRIEFING Asian workers strike in Kwanza Sul 1st June 2012 A wage dispute at an Angolan building site in Chindonga, a sleepy town in Kwanza Sul, is causing a storm in India.
Vol 5 (AAC) No 8 | ZAMBIA Given Lubinda 1st June 2012 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Zambia Zambian President Michael Chilufya Sata (aka ‘King Cobra’) used anti-Chinese rhetoric to whip up populist sentiment and win power in 2011, since when he has changed his tone.
Vol 53 No 11 | SOUTH AFRICA The leadership race opens up 25th May 2012 The contest for the presidential nomination is stirring up a lot of mud, and harming the governing party and the entire country The battle for succession in the African National Congress is getting nastier as its outcome looks more uncertain. Supporters of the main protagonists fight their battles, firstly within...