Vol 43 No 25 | NAMIBIA Son of Sam 20th December 2002 Nujoma's fourth term bid could at last split his party It's getting to be a habit. President Sam Nujoma, who said last year he would stand down at the end of his current term, has changed his mind...
Vol 43 No 25 | NAMIBIA Diamond poker 20th December 2002 The concentration of decision-making in the presidency was shown by the spectacular offer made by Maurice Tempelsman, a United States' diamond dealer, to President Sam Nujoma. To bridge...
Vol 43 No 24 | SOUTH AFRICA Kraaling out of trouble 6th December 2002 ANC loyalists' worries about leftists and labour are stifling the party and government On 16 December 1838, Afrikaner trekkers were lured into Zulu King Dingaan's kraal and slaughtered. On that day 164 years later, President Thabo Mbeki will try to lure...
Vol 43 No 24 | SOUTH AFRICA The right wing explodes 6th December 2002 More bombings by Afrikaner extremists have attracted some surprising sympathy Afrikaner bombers are busy again. A dozen explosions in the past month damaged buildings, railway lines and a police aircraft hangar in the Johannesburg-Pretoria area, Western and Eastern...
Vol 43 No 23 | ZIMBABWE The new veterans march home 22nd November 2002 Corrupt and politicised, President Mugabe's army may be more dangerous at home than it was in the Congo Trouble looms as the final contingent of Zimbabwean troops in Congo-Kinshasa returns home to a divided and nearly bankrupt country. Despite the veneer of multi-party elections, Zimbabwe is...
Vol 43 No 23 | ZIMBABWE The Congo factor 22nd November 2002 All the foreign armies sent to the Congo-Kinshasa war - Rwanda's Uganda's and Zimbabwe's - have deteriorated as a result. The ZDF deployment has been a turning point...
Vol 43 No 22 | SOUTH AFRICA A nuclear waste 8th November 2002 Eskom's nuclear programme appeals to national pride, but it may not succeed The power utility Eskom has asked the cabinet for 1 billion rand (US$100 million) to back a new nuclear research programme which it claims will launch the country...
Vol 43 No 22 | ZAMBIA Undoing the rigging 8th November 2002 Was the election rigged? Must there be a fresh election? Later this month, the Supreme Court will resume hearing a petition on those questions.
Vol 43 No 20 | ANGOLA Neutering UNITA 11th October 2002 President Dos Santos' ruling MPLA is glad of victory in the war against UNITA but resists other kinds of change Eight months after the violent death of Jonas Malheiro Savimbi, the oil-financed élite of the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola is neutering his União Nacional para...
Vol 43 No 20 | ANGOLA Clinging to the cash box 11th October 2002 For once, donor money may influence Angola's oil-rich leaders. At present, the country receives humanitarian funds, channeled through the United Nations and collected through a consolidated appeal. For...