Vol 39 No 10 | ZAMBIA Short leash 15th May 1998 Zambia's Consultative Group meeting ended on a note of compromise in Paris on 13 May. There were aid pledges for 1998 of US$530 million but with increased demands...
Vol 39 No 8 | SOUTH AFRICA New sparring partners 17th April 1998 Political alliances - with and against the dominant ANC - are reshaping the landscape ahead of next year's elections Already the parties are taking off their gloves ahead of the general elections scheduled for mid-1999. It's likely to be a bruising contest. Racial abuse is back in...
Vol 39 No 8 | SOUTH AFRICA Polling problems 17th April 1998 Next year's elections must be held within 90 days of 27 April, the date of the 1994 elections. Time is running against Justice Johan Kriegler, Chairman of the...
Vol 39 No 8 | ZAMBIA Copper-bottomed 17th April 1998 The likeliest beneficiary of Zambia's copper privatisation fiasco is the company the Zambians were anxious to keep out - Anglo American, the South African mining giant. After years...
Vol 39 No 7 | NAMIBIA Southern rivals 3rd April 1998 Economic and military competition is growing between Windhoek and Gaborone That some Namibian government loyalists are still bristling in the wake of President Bill Clinton's visit to Botswana shows the depth of animosity between these two Southern African...
Vol 39 No 7 | ZIMBABWE Freed-up funds 3rd April 1998 Zimbabwe and the International Monetary Fund want to kiss and make up. In 1995, the Fund cut Zimbabwe out of its books, for failing to keep the promises...
Vol 39 No 6 | ZAMBIA Moses in the wilderness 20th March 1998 Kaunda's detention has sharpened Chiluba's battle with oppositionists and donors Africa’s only constitutional ‘Christian Nation’ was shaken by the events of 25 December, when ex-President Kenneth Kaunda, once called the nation’s saviour, was arrested and detained. The shock...
Vol 39 No 6 | ZIMBABWE Union is strength 20th March 1998 As President Mugabe's credibility fades, a union leader looks like the coming man The lifts at Chester House on Speke Avenue in Harare no longer run up to the tenth floor, where the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has its head...
Vol 39 No 6 | SOUTH AFRICA A budget for believers 20th March 1998 Surprisingly, Trevor Manuel's budget wins plaudits from capitalists and communists For presentation, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel’s 11 March budget announcement got full marks. Focusing on the country’s critical demand for education and jobs, Manuel won praise from unlikely...
Vol 39 No 6 | MOZAMBIQUE Talking gas 20th March 1998 The prospect of gas, and of customers for it, has sparked a wave of exploration in Mozambique and helped boost two planned industrial corridors - from Beira along...