Vol 51 No 20 | MALAWI Tobacco and the forex puzzle 8th October 2010 Better prices alone for the tobacco crop will not address the worsening economic crisis To judge by his speech, delivered in stentorian tones to the United Nations General Assembly on 23 September, President Bingu wa Mutharika is presiding over a new economic...
Vol 51 No 20 | MALAWI Tobacco lobby meets in Swaziland 8th October 2010 The Common Market for East and Southern Africa (Comesa) summit in Swaziland at the end of August, which President Bingu wa Mutharika attended, pledged to support tobacco growers...
Vol 51 No 20 | ZIMBABWEECUADOR The Quito question 8th October 2010 Arms smuggling, drug trafficking and questionable clergymen all provide clues as to why President Robert Mugabe was planning a foray to Ecuador after his annual trip to the...
Vol 51 No 20 | ZIMBABWE Moving statues 8th October 2010 The controversial statue honouring Joshua Nkomo on Main Street in Bulawayo could not wait to be officially unveiled by President Robert Mugabe (AC Vol 51 No 16). One...
Vol 51 No 19 | SOUTH AFRICA Postponing the policies 24th September 2010 After fighting back against his detractors at the party summit, Zuma has won himself a few more months to remake his shaky presidency It was a rare victory for President Jacob Zuma. By persuading the governing party’s National General Council (NGC) in Durban on 20-24 September to delay all substantive decisions...
Vol 51 No 19 | SOUTH AFRICA After the council, a reshuffle 24th September 2010 Amid the doctrinal squabbles in Durban, speculation intensfied about how President Jacob Zuma might reshuffle his cabinet. Hard-line presidential allies such as the Communications Minister, General Siphiwe Nyanda,...
Vol 51 No 19 | ZIMBABWE The missing election fund 24th September 2010 A chipper-looking President Robert Mugabe arrived in New York for the United Nations summit this week despite the strike by Air Zimbabwe’s pilots. Defying reports of his imminent...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 11 | SOUTH AFRICACHINA Relations have never been better 22nd September 2010 If only half of the recent deals signed by China and South Africa come to fruition, they promise to revolutionise Africa's biggest economy From energy and construction to transport and agriculture, President Jacob Zuma's 23-26 August trip to China has garnered billions of dollars in potential investments across the economic spectrum....
Vol 3 (AAC) No 11 | SOUTH AFRICACHINA In the BRIC of it 22nd September 2010 President Jacob Zuma's August trip to China completed the final stage of his tour this year of the BRIC - Brazil, Russia, India and China - economies. The...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 11 | ZIMBABWE Downtown crackdown 22nd September 2010 The National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board, whose mandate is to ensure that 51% of the economy is indigenised by 2015, is swinging into action. David Chapfika, the...