Vol 63 No 12 | SOUTH AFRICA Zuma's securocrats rattle Ramaphosa 9th June 2022 A wounded Ramaphosa is consolidating support for a second five-year term but prospects are bleak for the ANC winning outright victory in 2024 Arthur Fraser, the former head of the country's State Security Agency, has called for a criminal investigation against Cyril Ramaphosa, which will badly damage the ruling African N...
Vol 63 No 12 | ANGOLA Why UNITA could cause an upset in August 9th June 2022 The party's new leader Adalberto Costa Júnior has overhauled the opposition and is capitalising on discontent with the ruling MPLA With general elections now set for 24 August, President João Lourenço will face an uphill battle to fend off an opposition candidate widely popular among a younger ge...
Vol 63 No 12 | MOZAMBIQUE I spy a third term 9th June 2022 President Filipe Nyusi has been handing out rewards, ahead of the ruling Frente de Libertaçao de Moçambique (Frelimo) party congress in September, to proven loyalists...
Vol 63 No 12 | MALAWI Name or blame 9th June 2022 President Lazarus Chakwera has responded to the crisis caused by the British government's naming of officials in his administration as suspected of corruption by demanding action w...
Vol 63 No 12 | SOUTH AFRICARUSSIA Moscow's missing tankers 9th June 2022 As Russia seeks to evade western sanctions on oil and gas exports, mystery surrounds the fate of two super-tankers loaded with 4.2 million barrels of Russian crude oil that were sc...
Vol 63 No 12 | MALAWI Bribery accusations engulf government 27th May 2022 Revelations in an English court and public anger at the behaviour of top law officers are challenging President Chakwera's authority The case of businessman Zuneth Sattar, who is being jointly investigated by Malawi's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) for alleged bribery over...
Vol 63 No 12 | MALAWI Turmoil at the top deepens 27th May 2022 The split between the heads of the governing alliance parties is getting wider as the economy declines ever further President Lazarus Chakwera is attracting widespread public criticism for excessive international travel while the economy festers – as does public opinion of the government &...
Vol 63 No 11 | SOUTH AFRICARUSSIA Diplomacy on ice 26th May 2022 Pretoria’s position on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is complicating its economic and political relations The international argument over how to respond Moscow's invasion of Ukraine played out, with some diplomatic grace, when Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited President Cyril Ra...
Vol 63 No 10 | SOUTH AFRICA Zondo hands ANC a time-bomb 12th May 2022 The final report of the State Capture Commission is set to shake up the ruling party and present Ramaphosa with his toughest choices yet The first four reports of the epic State Capture Commission headed by Chief Justice Raymond Zondo are a clear indication that the ruling African National Congress is in for a rough...
Vol 63 No 10 | ZIMBABWE Ncube tries a deal as dollar dives 12th May 2022 After a week in which the Zimbabwe dollar lost over 40% of its value against its United States' counterpart and President Emmerson Mnangagwa banned banks from lending, the governme...