Vol 49 No 23 | NAMIBIA Nujoma's grasp 14th November 2008 The ex-President's loyalists obstruct and may destroy his successor's gentler government The intolerance is wider, as indicated by calls to oust suspected RDP members from their jobs, in or outside the public sector. During the recent election campaign for...
Vol 49 No 23 | MALAWI Bringing in the harvest 14th November 2008 An African food-production triumph raises questions about the purpose and value of Western aid The big idea of a development push in Africa, to be part-financed by Western aid, has been propagated by rock stars and given intellectual credibility by United States'...
Vol 49 No 23 | MALAWI The aid debate: good, bad or misplaced 14th November 2008 Some say that all aid is good aid. British Premier Gordon Brown, as Chancellor of the Exchequer in 2005 said: 'Let us double aid to halve poverty.' Irish...
Vol 49 No 23 | ZIMBABWE The Gono hot air balloon 14th November 2008 The Reserve Bank Governor has declared war on the currency with disastrous results Wresting the Finance Ministry from Robert Mugabe and his Zimbabwe African National-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) may prove a Pyrrhic victory for Morgan Tsvangirai and the Movement for Democratic Change...
Vol 49 No 23 | ZIMBABWE A mysterious US$100 million 14th November 2008 Vital questions emerge from the US dollarisation of Zimbabwe: where have all the US bills come from? How long can the supply continue? How will they be replaced...
Vol 49 No 23 | ANGOLANORWAY Anonymous commerce 14th November 2008 Suspicion hangs over Norway's oil major Statoil Hydro after an internal audit published last month flagged as suspicious a joint venture with a mystery Angolan company, signed in...
Vol 49 No 23 | ZIMBABWE Mutual aid 14th November 2008 President Robert Mugabe initially responded to the world's financial crisis with more than a touch of Schadenfreude. This has given way to panic as the implications become clear....
Vol 1 (AAC) No 8 | SOUTH AFRICAINDIA Family feud 7th November 2008 Telecoms companies are dreaming in Africa South Africa's mobile telephone giant MTN risks losing its second Indian suitor as a schism in India's richest family could prevent the deal's signing. A merger between the US$38 bn....
Vol 1 (AAC) No 8 | SOUTH AFRICA Ken Costa 7th November 2008 Chairman for International Business, Lazard UK The courtship by Sunil Mittal's Bharti Airtel of Cyril Ramaphosa's MTN hit the rocks in May. Enter the next ardent suitor: Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications. A marriage between Reliance, India's second...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 7 | ANGOLACHINA No oil guarantees 7th November 2008 New Chinese investment in Angola has a note of risk attached Angola and China are to set up a'new model partnership'. This will involve the'sharing of risks' and will'complement existing models', said Gao Jian, Vice-Governor of the China Development Bank (CDB) on...