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Crime and amnesty

Army officers fear prosecution for their role in the violence of last year's elections

Security officers still gaol human rights activists. Jestina Mukoko, Director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project, was re-arrested on insurrection charges on 4 May, along with 14 other activists,...


Pragmatism trumps ideology

President Zuma's first cabinet keeps the economic power in the hands of the market-friendly centrists

A night of haggling preceded President Jacob Zuma's 10 May announcement of a new cabinet, which includes people from the left, the centre, black business, populists and even...


The security brigade

Who's who in President Jacob Zuma's security team

President Jacob Zuma's ally Siphiwe Nyanda, a former head of the defence force, was appointed Communications Minister; his numerous defence-related business interests disqualified him from the Defence Ministry....


Pax Guebuzana

Buoyed up by aid and trade, the party in power is sure that it will sweep the coming elections

With national elections due in December, President Armando Guebuza may feel he has achieved most of what he hoped for when he took office nearly five years ago....


Diamonds lose their shine

Rich people are not buying jewels, so Botswana's budget is in deficit and its people are losing their jobs

The global economic downturn has hit Botswana hard. Decades of diamond-led economic expansion have ground to a halt, as people buy fewer gems (AC Vol 49 No 8)....


Don't blame me!

President Khama's 90% approval rating may not guarantee him an easy victory at the October elections

So far, there are few signs that electors blame the government for the recession and the governing Botswana Democratic Party seems set to win again at the October...


Learning to love Jacob Zuma

A pragmatic coalition of pro-market politicians and presidential loyalists will dominate the new cabinet

There is some truth in Jacob Zuma's insistence that he owes no favours after the African National Congress's sweeping election victory on 22 April. It was the culmination...


The fight over the basic law

None of the parties are as yet prepared to derail the coalition but all are relentlessly probing each other’s weaknesses

Tendai Biti did not mince his words. 'The power-sharing accord is a poor document - it's a strange amalgam of extreme nationalism and things we like such as...


No rally for the MDC

The Zimbabwe Republic Police, under Commissioner Augustine Chihuri, celebrated Independence Day on 18 April by withdrawing permission for a rally by the Movement for Democratic Change on the...


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