Vol 45 No 8 | SOUTH AFRICAAFRICA Rebirth pains 16th April 2004 The upcoming season of pan-African summits will test the new institutions and promises of reform The grand economic plans of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NePAD) are to be revived when African and Western leaders meet in Mozambique on 16-17 April. Three...
Vol 45 No 8 | SOUTH AFRICA End of an affair 16th April 2004 As polling stations closed on 14 April, activists were predicting the end of coalition government. With the African National Congress set to win a two-thirds majority, many ANC...
Vol 45 No 8 | NAMIBIA Nujoma steps aside 16th April 2004 Ambitious Foreign Minister Hidipo Hamutenya looks set to be installed as successor to President Sam Nujoma by the ruling South West African People's Organisation at its 28-29 May...
Vol 45 No 7 | SOUTH AFRICA Thabo's test 2nd April 2004 The ANC will win the elections but the size of its victory will determine the President's powers The test is personal. The campaign for the national elections on 14 April is dominated by President Thabo Mbeki's speeches and his face on the television and the...
Vol 45 No 7 | SOUTH AFRICA Vote for the big bucks 2nd April 2004 Late last year, the African National Congress ran out of cash. It could not pay its 500 staff their November and December salaries on time or give them...
Vol 45 No 7 | ZIMBABWE Out of funds 2nd April 2004 President Robert Mugabe seems bent on getting Zimbabwe thrown out of the International Monetary Fund. It is hard to do but this year, he might succeed.
Vol 45 No 6 | ZIMBABWE Gideon's bible 19th March 2004 The central bank govenor's anti-corruption drive may be part of a bigger plan To the surprise of sceptics, Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono is enforcing new disciplines in the economy and catching out some well connected business people. Several of those...
Vol 45 No 6 | ZIMBABWE Vaulting ambition 19th March 2004 The presidential spin-doctor, Information Minister Jonathan Moyo, hopes for a parliamentary seat now that electors in Tsholotsho (his home area) in Matebeleland North, have selected him as the...
Vol 45 No 5 | SOUTH AFRICA A ten-year test 5th March 2004 The government set itself an examination and, not surprisingly, it passed With national elections just over a month away (AC Vol 45 No 3), the African National Congress government has formally assessed its first ten years. Not surprisingly, it...
Vol 45 No 5 | SOUTH AFRICA Self-examination 5th March 2004 Authored by the government's Communications Director, Joel Netshitenze, the official 'ten-year review' of the African National Congress tenure claims great strides in providing housing, water and electricity but...