Vol 43 No 1 | ZAMBIA A not-so-fresh start 11th January 2002 The fragmented opposition had underestimated the Movement for Multi-party Democracy, which bounced back to power with less than 30 per cent of the vote. New President Levy Mwanawasa...
Vol 43 No 1 | BOTSWANA Doing the splits 11th January 2002 The main opposition party, the Botswana National Front, has a new leader but remains divided. At its national congress Otsweletso Moupo, a lawyer from Selebi Phikwe, beat Peter...
Vol 42 No 25 | SOUTH AFRICA Helpless about AIDS 21st December 2001 The High Court's AIDS judgment looks good for health, bad for the constitution The Pretoria High Court ruled on 14 December that the government must supply nevirapine, an anti-retroviral drug, to mothers infected with the human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV). The judgment...
Vol 42 No 25 | SOUTH AFRICA Dicing with death 21st December 2001 The prosecution has bungled the trial of a seedy medical spy Wouter Basson, known as Dr. Death, was the former apartheid regime's leading chemical weapons specialist. He headed Project Coast, developing and testing chemical weapons, and is now charged...
Vol 42 No 25 | MOZAMBIQUE Murder again 21st December 2001 The race for the presidency is on. President Joaquim Chissano, 62, has decided it's time to retire. He has been President since 1986 and almost lost in 1999...
Vol 42 No 24 | ZAMBIA Too close to call 7th December 2001 The gap between the leading presidential contenders is narrowing fast in this landmark election It looks like Zambia's closest election ever, as eleven runners sprint, hobble and lurch towards the finish of the first-past-the-post contest on 27 December. The real prize is...
Vol 42 No 24 | ZAMBIA Maize power 7th December 2001 Maize meal helped drive Kenneth Kaunda from power and could do the same to the Movement for Multi-party Democracy which defeated him in the 1991 elections. When Kaunda...
Vol 42 No 24 | ANGOLA Later rather than sooner 7th December 2001 Hopes for peace and for votes are once again put on hold The blip of optimism has gone, the agony will continue. Forget serious efforts to end the guerrilla war and hold elections, at least until late 2003 or 2004....
Vol 42 No 24 | ANGOLA Bitter borders 7th December 2001 Angolan troops have made raids into Zambia and nobody agrees about what is going on. After a bad patch, relations between the neighbours had seemed warmer lately and...
Vol 42 No 24 | SOUTH AFRICA Hard pressed 7th December 2001 The media are failing to adapt to changing times – and they're losing money All South Africa's main newspapers lose money. Journalists fear that that their publishers, by sharp cutbacks in editorial staff, will make the papers even blander and limit investigation...