Vol 42 No 3 | SOUTH AFRICA Arms for oblivion 9th February 2001 Who should investigate the multi-billion arms deal with Western companies? The row over alleged corruption in the government's 43 billion rand (US$5.4 bn.) arms deal is damaging the governing African National Congress and raising questions about the constitution's...
Vol 42 No 3 | MOZAMBIQUE Not so nutty 9th February 2001 Cashew nuts are the biggest export after prawns and sugar is another rare money-spinner. The government wants to protect these industries; the World Bank and International Monetary Fund...
Vol 42 No 2 | ANGOLA Ciao João 26th January 2001 Speculation about the departure of General João de Matos, Chief of General Staff of the Forças Armadas Angolanas, suggests he may be Luanda's first casualty from the 'Angolagate'...
Vol 42 No 1 | MALAWI Third term lucky 12th January 2001 Malawi's constitution limits a president to two five-year terms. President Bakili Muluzi wants a third (AC Vol 41 No 22). His main opponent, Brown Mpinganjira, ex-Minister of Education...
Vol 41 No 25 | BOTSWANA Diamonds and danger 22nd December 2000 Neither jewels nor stability pay a cure for HIV-AIDS Botswana's famously democratic politics are as stable as usual but they cannot solve all the problems. First, the politics. A year into President Festus Mogae's first five-year term,...
Vol 41 No 25 | SOUTH AFRICA Local heroes 22nd December 2000 The new opposition alliance hits the ANC where it hurts The African National Congress swept to victory in the local government elections on 5 December, winning 59 per cent of the total vote (AC Vol 41 No 23)....
Vol 41 No 25 | SOUTH AFRICA Not Florida 22nd December 2000 Procedures for voting in the local government elections of 5 December were complicated but voters seemed to take that in their stride and the poll was accepted as...
Vol 41 No 25 | ZIMBABWE Still the boss 22nd December 2000 President Robert Mugabe held onto the party presidency at the special congress of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front on 13-15 December.
Vol 41 No 24 | ANGOLA Pretence of normality 8th December 2000 The ruling MPLA offers the rebels amnesty but no talks Cocksure of its diplomatic and military position, the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola has secured parliamentary approval of a new and renewable 60-day amnesty law that...
Vol 41 No 24 | ANGOLA Luanda looks to Norway 8th December 2000 Angola's go-slow on the development of its massive offshore oil fields is sending ripples through the world's biggest oil companies, worried about lower investment returns and profits. Luanda's...