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Blame for the bombs

The government blames Islamists for a wave of terrorism in Cape Town

In the Cape Town area in the past 27 months, 21 bombings have caused three deaths and injured at least 130 people. In Cape Town itself, a major...


Union is strength

A dilemma for the trades union's new party: to represent the electors or the workers?

The Movement for Democratic Change, offspring of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, amazed everybody by winning 57 of the 120 seats contested at the parliamentary elections in...


Changing floors

Union officials now MPs for the Movement for Democratic Change...


Naming names

President Bakili Muluzi pleads for cancellation of Malawi's US$2.5 billion international debt. Meanwhile Parliament's Public Accounts Committee has described the embezzlement of millions of government money, naming and...


Disproportional

A quirky election result brings back old faces back to power again

This was not what was supposed to happen. The last-minute opposition alliance of the Mouvement Socialiste Militant (MSM) and the Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM) won three-quarters of the...


Soldiers of misfortune

Mercenaries and miners will play a key role in President Kabila's latest offensive

President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is increasingly relying on mercenary soldiers and bomber pilots as he prepares for a new round of fighting with the disparate rebel factions across the...


Murderous border

The new chief of the Namibia Defence Force is Major General Solomon 'Jesus' Hawala, which worries many Namibians (AC Vol 31 Nos 19 & 20). In the undeclared...


Social oil

Government officials unofficially promise to spend at least US$16 million of new oil money on social projects. This may be a first tangible sign of the state oil...


Calling labour's bluff

Trades unionists argue about how hard to fight the government at a policy conference

Black union militants are planning new clashes with the African National Congress government over jobs and labour law reform. But many union leaders would prefer a compromise that...


Copper politics

Long-delayed and undersold, the bungled mines privitisation will have consequences

Zambians' belief in the brand new Republican Party faces its first test on 26 September. By contesting seven by-elections, the party hopes to give a voice to the...


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