Vol 65 No 11 | MOZAMBIQUE How Chapo won the anti-Nyusi vote 23rd May 2024 The ruling party has elected its most junior leader ever – in an apparent snub to the outgoing President After the surprise selection of Governor of Inhambane province Daniel Chapo as the ruling Frente de Libertacao de Mocambique's presidential candidate for October's general election, debate continues as...
Vol 65 No 11 | MOZAMBIQUE Ins and outs in Cabo Delgado 23rd May 2024 The plethora of international military forces in Cabo Delgado province is about to shrink. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) contingent of over 2,200 soldiers, which was tasked...
Vol 65 No 11 | SOUTH AFRICA A reckoning for the Ramaphosa party 16th May 2024 The biggest threat to the ANC's electoral base comes from its two breakaway populist parties For realists in the African National Congress the central question in the 29 May elections is how the party manages the end of its 30-year domination of national...
Vol 65 No 10 | SOUTH AFRICA Pollsters vie for credibility with politicians 9th May 2024 Opinion surveys struggle to keep up with the changing shape of this intensely contested election Activists and politicians across the spectrum agree on one point: opinion surveys in South Africa are often wide of the mark, undermined by poor methodology, and sometimes institutional...
Vol 65 No 10 | NAMIBIA SWAPO's prospects lag behind economy 9th May 2024 Geingob's death and a row over the German genocide make for an awkward transition in this year's polls against a strong opposition The lavish and lengthy obsequies for President Hage Geingob, who died aged 82 on 4 February, turned out to be just an interlude in the drama on whether...
Vol 65 No 10 | MALAWI Veep graft case abandoned 9th May 2024 The corruption case against Malawi's Vice-President Saulos Chilima has been abandoned on the order of President Lazarus Chakwera. Chilima was arrested in November 2022 over allegations that he...
Vol 65 No 10 | MOZAMBIQUE The prize goes to Chapo 9th May 2024 The ruling Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Frelimo) party has finally chosen its presidential candidate for October's general election. In a process which saw the party's politburo wait...
Vol 65 No 9 | SOUTH AFRICA Zuma challenges the ANC in his base 25th April 2024 With the ex-president as a figurehead, the uMkhonto we Sizwe party threatens the ruling party’s national prospects The complex arithmetic between provincial and national votes means that former President Jacob Zuma's new party could wreck the ruling African National Congress's (ANC) chances of scraping a...
Vol 65 No 9 | MALAWIUNITED STATES Chakwera furious at US visa ban 25th April 2024 The United States government has slapped a visa ban on four former senior Malawi government officials, including the former Head of the Malawi Police Service, George Kainja, over...
Vol 65 No 9 | ZIMBABWEUNITED STATES Washington targets Mnangagwa for rights abuses and corruption but sends mixed messages 23rd April 2024 More focused US sanctions against ZANU-PF leaders will still deter investors – along with the regime's bad policies On the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank meetings in Washington on 19 April, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said he had asked United States Treasury officials to...