Vol 52 No 18 | MOZAMBIQUE Taking a stake in economic development 9th September 2011 Presidential friends edge out Frelimo’s friends Since Armando Emílio Guebuza won the presidential election in 2006, more and more members of his circle have obtained stakes in the economy and partnerships with foreign businesses...
Vol 52 No 18 | MOZAMBIQUE Celso Correia, favourite son 9th September 2011 At the age of 30, Celso Correia became the head of Mozambique’s second largest bank, the Banco Comercial e de Investimentos (BCI), and of the strategic northern transport corridor,...
Vol 52 No 18 | LIBYAMOZAMBIQUESUDANUNITED KINGDOM Lobbying on 9th September 2011 Just as Mozambique’s Resistência Nacional Moçambicana threatens to return to violence, the man who championed it at the height of its atrocities has surfaced in papers found in the...
Vol 52 No 18 | ANGOLA Vicente to succeed Dos Santos? 9th September 2011 Luanda’s rumour mill has gone into overdrive after the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola and the privately-owned Novo Jornal suggested that President José Eduardo do...
Vol 52 No 18 | ZIMBABWEUNITED STATES Leak now, pay later 9th September 2011 Attorney General Johannes Tomana has the unenviable job of investigating for possible prosecution all Zimbabweans identified as sources of information for United States’ diplomats ...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 10 | SOUTH AFRICACHINATELECOMS Raids and rivalries 31st August 2011 A raid on telecoms company ZTE has called attention to illegal immigration and the rough competition between Chinese companies in South Africa. The Department of Home Affairs,...
Vol 52 No 17 | ZIMBABWE The kingmaker general dies at Alamein 26th August 2011 Solomon Mujuru held no high office but was an important link between the military and the political opposition The macabre mystery surrounding the death of General Solomon Mujuru on 16 August is perturbing the faction-ridden Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front. In the short term...
Vol 52 No 17 | ZIMBABWE The police fail to protect 26th August 2011 Amid the finger-pointing, conspiracy theories and angst at Solomon Mujuru’s death, what stands out with crystal clarity is the incompetence of the Zimbabwe Republic Police before, ...
Vol 52 No 17 | SOUTH AFRICA Suddenly, the nationalisation talk gets serious 26th August 2011 The President and his business friends will have to make concessions to the growing calls for more state ownership Nationalisation of the country’s mines, banks and land is under serious consideration by the governing African National Congress and not only because of the populist calls for it f...
Vol 52 No 17 | SOUTH AFRICA The nationalisation investigators 26th August 2011 The team investigating nationalisation was appointed in September 2010 by the African National Congress National General Council to investigate the ‘desirability and modalities’ of...