Vol 48 No 4 | MALAWI Muluzi on the record 16th February 2007 In Britain for a month, former President Bakili Muluzi tells Africa Confidential about his political plans Malawian attitudes to former President Bakili Muluzi are still mixed but President Bingu wa Mutharika insists that he is still a 'good friend'. His Deputy Information Minister, John...
Vol 48 No 4 | SOUTH AFRICA Women in power 16th February 2007 Who are the women vying for the top jobs in the African National Congress, and what are their chances? The National Assembly has 131 female members out of 400, up from just 12 before the 1994 elections. This places South Africa twelfth in the global league of...
Vol 48 No 4 | ZIMBABWE Shuffling the deckchairs 16th February 2007 Ministers may change but economic policy still defies reality, as the currency crashes A 'fusion of new and old blood' to reinvigorate the economy was President Robert Mugabe's hopeful description of his cabinet reshuffle on 6 February. His real economy chief,...
Vol 48 No 4 | SOUTH AFRICA Cyril eyes the presidency 16th February 2007 Union leader turned tycoon Cyril Ramaphosa has discreetly informed senior members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions that he is prepared to be a candidate for...
Vol 48 No 4 | ZAMBIACHINA China in Chambeshi 16th February 2007 Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to the Copperbelt was cancelled at the last minute amid reports that several hundred miners working for the Chinese-owned Non Ferrous Corporation had...
Vol 48 No 4 | NAMIBIA SWAPO splinters 16th February 2007 Senior officials in the governing South West African People's Organisation accuse supporters of leader and founding President Sam Nujoma of rigging party elections and harassing opponents. Nujoma has...
Vol 48 No 3 | MOZAMBIQUE Guebuza and governance 2nd February 2007 As the World Bank proclaims its 'leadership role in the fight against fraud and corruption', it has emerged that it has breached its own good governance rules by...
Vol 48 No 2 | ZIMBABWE Bailing out President Mugabe 19th January 2007 Despite its cold war with Whitehall, Harare's biggest financiers are London-based banks and insurance companies British and South African banks have provided a more than US$400 million financial lifeline to President Robert Mugabe's government over the last two years, much of it targeted...
Vol 48 No 2 | SOUTH AFRICA South Africa's spat 19th January 2007 South Africa, host to the New Partnership for African Development (NePAD) Secretariat and driving force behind the African Peer Review Mechanism, should have run a model assessment, bringing...
Vol 48 No 2 | MALAWI Who said what to whom? 19th January 2007 The latest bizarre political twist is the arrest of three senior executives of the former governing party, the United Democratic Front, whose chairman is ex-President Bakili Muluzi. Three...