Vol 63 No 12 | SOUTH AFRICARUSSIA Moscow's missing tankers 9th June 2022 As Russia seeks to evade western sanctions on oil and gas exports, mystery surrounds the fate of two super-tankers loaded with 4.2 million barrels of Russian crude oil...
Vol 63 No 12 | MALAWI Bribery accusations engulf government 27th May 2022 Revelations in an English court and public anger at the behaviour of top law officers are challenging President Chakwera's authority The case of businessman Zuneth Sattar, who is being jointly investigated by Malawi's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) for alleged bribery over 10 years,...
Vol 63 No 12 | MALAWI Turmoil at the top deepens 27th May 2022 The split between the heads of the governing alliance parties is getting wider as the economy declines ever further President Lazarus Chakwera is attracting widespread public criticism for excessive international travel while the economy festers – as does public opinion of the government – and the gap...
Vol 63 No 11 | SOUTH AFRICARUSSIA Diplomacy on ice 26th May 2022 Pretoria’s position on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is complicating its economic and political relations The international argument over how to respond Moscow's invasion of Ukraine played out, with some diplomatic grace, when Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria...
Vol 63 No 10 | SOUTH AFRICA Zondo hands ANC a time-bomb 12th May 2022 The final report of the State Capture Commission is set to shake up the ruling party and present Ramaphosa with his toughest choices yet The first four reports of the epic State Capture Commission headed by Chief Justice Raymond Zondo are a clear indication that the ruling African National Congress is in...
Vol 63 No 10 | ZIMBABWE Ncube tries a deal as dollar dives 12th May 2022 After a week in which the Zimbabwe dollar lost over 40% of its value against its United States' counterpart and President Emmerson Mnangagwa banned banks from lending, the...
Vol 63 No 10 | SOUTH AFRICACONGO-KINSHASA Conglomerates race for cobalt 12th May 2022 Two of South Africa's leading mining companies – Anglo American and African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) – are scrambling for mining rights in Congo-Kinshasa. They are concentrating efforts on...
Vol 63 No 10 | ZAMBIA Hichilema's team steps on the gas 12th May 2022 After successful talks in Washington DC last month, Zambia's treasury officials hope to finalise a US$1.4 billion Extended Credit facility with the International Monetary Fund by the end...
Vol 63 No 9 | ANGOLA Alarm grows over vote-rigging plans 28th April 2022 Never has the ruling party faced as powerful an opposition as in the election due in August. But officials hope an oil bonanza will boost the party war chest Falling living standards, mass unemployment and hunger mean the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) and its leader, President João Lourenço, face the first realistic chance... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 9 | ZAMBIA Hichilema accused of 'losing focus’ 28th April 2022 The President's public appearances are criticised for fighting yesterday's battles instead of concentrating on rocketing prices and the debt burden President Hakainde Hichilema gave a long and emotional press conference on 25 April further cataloguing his persecution by the previous government – which many critics believe irrelevant to...