Vol 54 No 17 | ZIMBABWE Test for Mugabenomics 22nd August 2013 ZANU-PF may now relish ruling on its own but it will have to dig very deep for answers to a deteriorating economy President Robert Mugabe’s victory in the 31 July elections has not settled the uncertainties surrounding Zimbabwe’s political and economic future. It may even have heig...
Vol 54 No 17 | MOZAMBIQUE Frelimo decides 2014 22nd August 2013 The successor to President Armando Guebuza is expected to be decided in September at one of two meetings of the governing Frente de Libertação de Moçambique&rs...
Vol 54 No 17 | SOUTH AFRICA Sexual congress 22nd August 2013 The suspension of Congress of South African Trade Unions Secretary General Zwelinzima Vavi on 14 August, after he admitted to sexual misconduct with a Cosatu employee in his office...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 11 | ANGOLACHINA Vicente and China Sonangol 15th August 2013 A case brought against Vice-President Manuel Vicente accuses him of breaking the law through his continuing directorship at China Sonangol Angola's Vice-President Manuel Domingos Vicente is facing demands for his impeachment, following revelations that he secretly renewed his official position on the board of China So...
Vol 54 No 17 | MOZAMBIQUE Renamo ramps up the pressure 15th August 2013 Disgruntled Renamo rebels are using force and threats of economic disruption to get their demands on the table The violent stand-off between President Armando Guebuza's government and the former Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (Renamo) rebels, now entering its sixth month, loo...
Vol 54 No 17 | ZIMBABWE Inside ZANU-PF's electoral coup 13th August 2013 It was a tactical masterclass from Robert Mugabe and his high command. The MDC floundered, hit by trickery, bad planning and split votes Harare has been eerily quiet since the elections, in shock at the Movement for Democratic Change's disastrous electoral performance. Former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's trium...
Vol 54 No 17 | MADAGASCAR Rajoelina fends off sanctions with new election law 9th August 2013 Announcing a restructuring of the electoral court and allowing newspapers to hint that he may opt out of the presidential race, Rajoelina has outwitted his rivals and international monitors The drums were rolling ahead of 31 July, the deadline set by international organisations for Andry Rajoelina, President of the Haute Autorité de la Transition, to organise c...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 10 | MOZAMBIQUEASIA The attractions of coal and gas 5th August 2013 On her first state visit to Africa, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra pledged an $8 billion investment in Mozambican port and rail projects Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra embarked on her maiden state visit to Africa in late July. Her first stop was Mozambique, where on 1 August she promised to make...
Vol 54 No 16 | ZIMBABWE Fury follows calm elections 1st August 2013 Prime Minister Tsvangirai rejects reports of a ZANU-PF victory in the elections, claiming the party had engineered a ‘monumental fraud’ The stage is set for days, perhaps weeks, of confrontation following claims by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and local monitoring groups of extensive rigging in the 31 July elec...
Vol 54 No 16 | NAMIBIA Knowledge is power 1st August 2013 Canadian entrepreneur Duane Parnham has partnered with a well connected Namibian, Knowledge Katti, to make a bid for Navachab gold mine, which AngloGold Ashanti is selling as part ...