Vol 37 No 13 | ESWATINI King's pawns 21st June 1996 The monarch is trying to manage change before it moves too fast for him and his court The Royal Cattle Byre at Ludzidzini had never seen anything like it. On the sacred site where the kings of Swaziland have since time immemorial listened to their...
Vol 37 No 13 | SOUTH AFRICA Tight fight 21st June 1996 The African National Congress and Inkatha Freedom Party face a close-run race in kwaZulu- Natal. Earlier this year, the ANC was accusing both the IFP (AC Vol 37...
Vol 37 No 12 | ANGOLA The state is sick 7th June 1996 The ailing president has sacked all his ministers and seems to be travelling in a different direction from his party President José Eduardo dos Santos' sacking of Prime Minister Marcolino Moco and his cabinet on 3 June is a belated attempt to rally his troops before they...
Vol 37 No 11 | SOUTH AFRICA Inside or outside? 24th May 1996 The National Party's departure from the government leaves Inkatha hanging loose Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi greeted the National Party's walkout from government on 9 May with the remark that he wouldn't like to 'take a cue' from the NP. During...
Vol 37 No 11 | ZIMBABWE Shuffling 24th May 1996 Mugabe's reshuffle marked a more open style but it didn't promote a new generation At long last, Zimbabwe has a minister in charge of its economy. The most significant name at President Robert Gabriel Mugabe's two-hour press conference on 9 May, when...
Vol 37 No 11 | LESOTHO Succession battle 24th May 1996 On 7 May, four senior Cabinet ministers were sacked. A week later, two others resigned; more are expected to go soon. A squabble at the annual conference of...
Vol 37 No 9 | SOUTH AFRICA Cyril the suit 26th April 1996 The ANC's negotiating star is going into business but not to give up politics for good Trades union leader, constitutional negotiator, fisherman, devout Christian and now corporate chief, Cyril Ramaphosa looks like the African National Congress' Renaissance man. He was the most plausible alternative...
Vol 37 No 9 | SOUTH AFRICA The fading Nats 26th April 1996 Two years after it lost power, the National Party seems to have lost its credibility too The National Party spent ten million Rand (US$2.27 mn.) on its relaunch in February. The main results were more defections and derision from the African National Congress. The...
Vol 37 No 9 | ZIMBABWE Code breaking 26th April 1996 Politburo member Solomon Mujuru (once army commander 'Rex Nhongo') is suing Horizon magazine for Z$250,000 for questioning his accumulation of farms, supermarkets and hotels. His evidence details how...
Vol 37 No 9 | SOUTH AFRICABRITAIN Naked guns 26th April 1996 Pretoria's relations with Washington and London are being tested again, this time over the bizarre case of a British arms dealer held in South Africa. Paul Grecian was...