Vol 59 No 3 | MOZAMBIQUE Slow track for loans case 9th February 2018 Public pressure remains as high as ever on the governing Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Frelimo) to see justice done over the $2 billion hidden loans scandal. However,...
Vol 59 No 3 | ZIMBABWE Lease to appeal 9th February 2018 President Emmerson Mnangagwa has begun to tackle the tough task of balancing his inauguration promise to compensate white farmers for expropriation of their properties with his supporters' demands...
Vol 59 No 3 | ZAMBIA Judges to rule on Lungu's future 26th January 2018 Opposition MPs accuse the President of putting an unqualified judge on the Constitutional Court The Constitutional Court was ordered to resume hearings on whether or not President Edgar Lungu may serve a third term of office on 30 January. But Court president...
Vol 59 No 2 | SOUTH AFRICA Big change, no fanfare 25th January 2018 The ANC's new leader is preparing the ground for his team in government and some radical policy shifts Cyril Ramaphosa, with a mixture of determination and pragmatism, has embarked on a year of sweeping changes in his party and the government that it runs. Since winning...
Vol 59 No 2 | ZAMBIA Lungu's costly power play 25th January 2018 Extending his time in office is the President's chief priority although a debt crisis looms amid volatile party realignments Whether or not President Edgar Lungu manages to convince the Constitutional Court that he is entitled to a further term in office when his current one ends in...
Vol 59 No 2 | ZIMBABWE Roll with the punches 25th January 2018 President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 18 January pledge to deliver 'free, credible, fair and indisputable elections' within five months faces several challenges. One is the legal challenge to the Zimbabwe...
Vol 59 No 1 | ZIMBABWE Old ZANU-PF in new bottles 12th January 2018 Post-Mugabe optimism faces a reality check. Bolstered by fresh funds, Emmerson Mnangagwa is set for electoral victory As the first new leader that Zimbabwe has had in 37 years, President Emmerson Mnangagwa begins the year riding a wave of goodwill, having removed the apparently eternally-entrenched... READ FOR FREE
Vol 59 No 1 | SOUTH AFRICA Cyril presses his advantage 12th January 2018 The ANC's new leader will need all his legendary negotiating skills to edge Zuma out of the Union Buildings The centre of gravity in the governing African National Congress has shifted towards its new President, Cyril Ramaphosa, who now has a decisive tactical advantage over the national...
Vol 59 No 1 | MOZAMBIQUE Maputo faces off with the Fund 12th January 2018 Frelimo believes it can stare down donors and lenders, avoiding reforms and hanging tough over the secret loans The final year of Filipe Nyusi's difficult tenure as President of Mozambique is unlikely to end on a high note. As the 2019 elections approach, a dose of...
Vol 59 No 1 | SOUTH AFRICA Pushing Zuma to the exit 5th January 2018 New ANC leader Ramaphosa faces an early trial of his political strength in party and government The next test for Cyril Ramaphosa, elected president of the African National Congress on 18 December, is to engineer the departure of his predecessor Jacob Zuma from the...