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...
Vol 45 No 5 | SOUTH AFRICACONGO-KINSHASA Peace dividend 5th March 2004 President Mbeki's diplomatic forays into Congo have a sound commercial base South Africa's dreams of harnessing Congo-Kinshasa's massive hydro-electric resources to power most of Southern Africa are moving towards reality. The first aim for Eskom, SA's state-owned power utility,...
Vol 45 No 4 | SOUTH AFRICA Foregone conclusion 20th February 2004 The ANC will win the Easter elections but it needs to get its voters out Few bother to ask who will win the general elections on 14 April. One cartoon last week portrayed President Thabo Mbeki astride an enormous African National Congress horse,...
Vol 45 No 4 | SOUTH AFRICAIRAQ Bombed out 20th February 2004 The death of ex-special forces officer Frans Strydom in a bomb explosion in Baghdad in early February is focusing attention on South African mercenaries doing security work in...