Vol 40 No 6 | ZAMBIA Mining the depths 19th March 1999 Delay on privatisation has cost the country dear – and it isn't over yet The deal to sell off the state’s best copper-mines must be tied up by the end of March, or Zambia is in effect out of business. For now,...
Vol 40 No 4 | ESWATINI King's move 19th February 1999 The political relaunch of a former Prime Minister, Obed Dlamini, could revive the antimonarchist opposition. This has been marking time since the 70,000-strong Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions...
Vol 40 No 4 | SOUTH AFRICABRITAIN Spinning south 19th February 1999 Conflicting reports have emerged about British former Trade and Industry Minister Peter Mandelson’s offer to help the African National Congress 1999 election campaign. The project doesn’t look particularly...
Vol 40 No 3 | SOUTH AFRICAITALY Men of honour 5th February 1999 For seven years Italian and American police have been trying to extradite Vito Palazzolo and now they may be too late The net is finally closing around convicted money launderer and Cape Town bon viveur, Vito Roberto Palazzolo. He is wanted by the Italian police on charges (which he...
Vol 40 No 3 | ANGOLA All about power 5th February 1999 Jonas Savimbi's aims are clear but they are unlikely to prevail What does Jonas Savimbi's União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola hope to gain from the return to all-out war? Power, of course. Savimbi's specific aim is...
Vol 40 No 3 | ANGOLA The President's men 5th February 1999 A new cabinet is formed to tackle the war against UNITA and the collapsing economy Two main imperatives drove the formation of President José Eduardo dos Santos' war cabinet, announced on 30 January: the need to find scapegoats for Angola's appalling economic and...
Vol 40 No 3 | LIBERIASOUTH AFRICA Frequent flyers 5th February 1999 The frequent visits of convicted fraudster Nico Shefer and Fred Rundle, former Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging spokesman, to President Charles Taylor in Monrovia have attracted the attention of officials monitoring...
Vol 40 No 3 | ZAMBIA Copper crunch 5th February 1999 The timing could hardly have been worse. As the world price of copper plummets, the Zambian government has at last moved decisively towards selling off its one big...
Vol 40 No 1 | NAMIBIA Out on a limb 8th January 1999 Remote Caprivi is the route to Zambia and Zimbabwe and secessionism is growing Remote Caprivi is the route to Zambia and Zimbabwe and secessionism is growing The first real test of post-Independence national unity looms with the emergence of a secessionist...
Vol 40 No 1 | NAMIBIA Small but strategic 8th January 1999 The Caprivi Zipfel (Strip) is a 500-kilometre-long finger of land which connects north-eastern Namibia to Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is named after a German Chancellor, General Count...