Vol 47 No 4 | SOUTH AFRICA For growth, a new acronym 17th February 2006 The Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative of South Africa (ASGISA) accepts that poverty and unemployment are the country's main economic problems and promises to halve both by 2014....
Vol 47 No 4 | ZAMBIA Copper friendly 17th February 2006 The world copper boom is rescuing Zambia's economy and the President's electoral hopes The high price of copper, and the resulting flow of investment into Zambia's mining sector, is a huge piece of luck for President Levy Mwanawasa, who hopes to...
Vol 47 No 4 | ANGOLA Ten per cent 17th February 2006 No formal discussion has been held with the Paris Club debtors, who demand that Angola enter into a Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility lending scheme with the Fund...
Vol 47 No 2 | ZIMBABWE Stout party splits 20th January 2006 The opposition has split, strengthening Mugabe's power but not his policies Political and economic paralysis has overtaken Zimbabwe. The government does not know what to do with its two election victories of last year, apart from aiming blows at...
Vol 47 No 2 | ANGOLA Poll postponed 20th January 2006 Lengthy preparations for national elections mean no vote this year President José Eduardo dos Santos was typically circumspect in his New Year address, when he announced that he wanted the Comissão Nacional Eleitoral (CNE) to start electoral registration...
Vol 46 No 24 | SOUTH AFRICA A good week for Mbeki 2nd December 2005 The ANC's internal battles don't worry the country's foreign economic backers Angry National Party politicians used to say, when the African National Congress won power in 1994, that the definition of a South African optimist was 'someone not in...
Vol 46 No 24 | ZIMBABWE Senate subterfuge 2nd December 2005 President Robert Mugabe's plan is well on track for Senate elections to add to his political patronage and weaken the opposition Movement for Democratic Change. Although turnout for...
Vol 46 No 23 | ANGOLA Birthday blues 18th November 2005 Soaring oil prices pay for some development spending but too much cash still goes missing Luanda's political and business elite could well afford to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Angola's Independence, on 11 November. They form one of Africa's wealthiest and most extravagant...
Vol 46 No 23 | ANGOLA Vanishing votes 18th November 2005 The fate of the national elections and who's running in them is shrouded in mystery. They were meant to be held in 2006 but no date has been...
Vol 46 No 23 | ZIMBABWE Splitting the difference 18th November 2005 The opposition Movement for Democratic Change is divided over whether to fight Senate elections on 26 November amid wide-ranging political realignments. Party leader Morgan Tsvangirai insists the party...