Vol 4 (AAC) No 12 | ZIMBABWEUNITED STATESASIA The wages of Xin 5th October 2011 The award of the ZISCO deal to India’s Essar is only one sign that Chinese companies are losing traction in the government of national unity Chinese companies are finding life in Zimbabwe more difficult under the national unity government, according to United States diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks. Ambassador to Zimbabwe Xin Shunkang told US Ambassador...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 12 | ZIMBABWEUNITED STATESASIA Faith, Grace and intervention 5th October 2011 WikiLeaks cables reveal that First Lady Grace Mugabe is an important facilitator for South Korean companies looking for business opportunities in Zimbabwe. Charles A. Ray, the United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe,...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 12 | SOUTH AFRICACHINA Dalai Lama dumped again 5th October 2011 Beijing appears to call the shots in relations with South Africa. While the Dalai Lama awaited a visa to attend Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s 80th birthday party on 7th October, South...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 12 | ANGOLACHINASINGAPOREAFRICA China Sonangol is open for business 5th October 2011 Transparency has not been a major feature of China Sonangol’s and China International Fund’s activities in Africa, but one of the investment vehicles is now embarking on a human-resources drive...
Vol 52 No 19 | SOUTH AFRICA The fight of the century 23rd September 2011 Zuma and Malema are marshalling their forces for a showdown. Even a probe into ‘the arms deal’ is involved President Jacob Zuma’s mid-September decision to form a commission of inquiry into the controversial arms deal of the late 1990s is being widely seen as an attempt to...
Vol 52 No 19 | ZAMBIAUNITED STATES Too little, too late 23rd September 2011 The President’s promise to fight corruption after the elections seems to have convinced neither diplomats nor voters While publicly condemning corruption, President Rupiah Bwezani Banda gave United States diplomats various explanations of why he could do little about it, according to US State Department cables...
Vol 52 No 19 | ZIMBABWEUNITED STATES US sources run for cover 23rd September 2011 The unredacted WikiLeaks release of US cables from Harare exposes senior politicians and soldiers to witch-hunts The Zimbabwean media gave blanket coverage to the WikiLeaks cables from the United States Embassy in Harare, released last month. Nearly 3,000 dispatches cover the last decade and...
Vol 52 No 19 | ZIMBABWE General alarm 23rd September 2011 Two of those most exposed to any possible Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front retribution for sharing their opinions and information with United States diplomats are army generals: Brigadier...
Vol 52 No 19 | MADAGASCAR Rajoelina agrees a deal 23rd September 2011 Andry ‘TGV’ Rajoelina was prepared to compromise once he thought Ravalomanana no longer represented an electoral threat No sooner had interim leader Andry Rajoelina agreed to terms that included the return of the exiled Marc Ravalomanana, than senior figures in the governing Haute Autorité de...
Vol 52 No 19 | MADAGASCAR International concerns 23rd September 2011 The new settlement, unratified, uncertain and flawed though it is, will find strong support from international organisations anxious to deal with a worsening humanitarian situation and to reverse...