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Constructive competition

Prime Minister Ramgoolam's plan for Chinese investment faces a few hurdles yet

Mauritian Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam began negotiations to make his country China's second special economic zone at the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation held in Beijing in November 2006, after the Indian...


Flying higher

Chinese investors are to rescue Tanzania's state-owned airline and rennovate Julius Nyerere International Airport

Talks on a complex three-party investment deal between China and Angola and the ailing Air Tanzania Company are nearing conclusion, officials have confirmed in Dar es Salaam. The aim...


Squaring the circle

Would-be president Jacob Zuma has to please his left-wing backers but lacks the money to pay for the promises

Mid-October was not a good time to visit Washington. As banks collapsed and great industrial firms were threatened with closure, Jacob Zuma, the African National Congress President and...


The Left's alternative economics

Cosatu and the SACP want to abandon inflation-targeting and spend the money 'released' on job creation, poverty and income support

The Congress of South African Trade Unions and South African Communist Party are enraged by African National Congress President Jacob Zuma's statements on economic policy continuity. One Cosatu...


The new men in place

Beijing's foreign minister wants to know the implications of Jacob Zuma's ANC presidency

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi visited South Africa on 7 January 2008 to deepen a relationship which has been elevated to a ‘strategic dialogue’. The visit was to...


Coming cleanish on the money

New details are emerging about Angola’s public finances and the management of the mega-credit lines from Angola

Angola's Finance Ministry has strengthened its policy to promote greater transparency in public finances, with the disclosure of new details about Chinese credit lines that support an array of projects...


Reverse thrust

South Africa's MTN is eyeing India's Aircel with its 13 million subscribers in 10 of India's 12 telecom circles

South African companies are pushing into India’s markets. So far, the traffic has been one-way with Indian manufacturing companies such as Tata, Mahindra and Mahindra, and pharmaceuticals...


Contractor controversy

Local contractors' frustration with the Chinese success story is growing

After a spate of high-profile contract awards, local contractors are accusing their Chinese competitors of using political influence and state subsidies from Beijing to dominate Zambia’s construction market....


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