President Hage Geingob has defused urban land protests which threatened to erupt into mass occupations at the end of July. This follows an unprecedented declaration of his and...

Today, President Robert Mugabe hands over the Southern African Development Community chair to Botswana's President Seretse Khama Ian Khama, and next month he ends his year-long stint chairing...

Eight unions in the Congress of South African Trade Unions are raising funds abroad to start a new labour-based political party and a new union federation. They want...

The South African Competition Commission’s investigation of alleged bank manipulation of foreign exchange dealing is dividing government economic departments, Africa Confidential understands.

A journalist and an academic face trial on 31 August for an offence which no longer exists.

What lies behind last month’s arrest of 15 young Angolans charged with plotting regime change and threatening public order?

The supporters of President Jacob Zuma in the South African Communist Party leadership have narrowly averted a split with the governing African National Congress.

Splits in the ruling party keep on growing as its factions thrive, even though President Robert Mugabe supposedly banned them.

At vast public expense, the government is set to rescue the controversial state tuna-fishing company, Empresa Moçambicana de Atum (Ematum), from imminent collapse. On 18 June, Finance Minister...