Vol 63 No 23 | SOUTH AFRICA Cyril in Empireland 17th November 2022 King Charles III and Prime Minister Sunak see President Ramaphosa's forthcoming visit as marking a new era It is symbolically and politically important to Britain that South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa is the first leader to be hosted by King Charles III for a state visit from 22...
Vol 63 No 23 | ZAMBIA Loans before haircuts 17th November 2022 Finalising a US$1.3 billion loan with the International Monetary Fund in September was the easy part of Zambia's bid to avoid insolvency, according to analysts and officials from t...
Vol 63 No 23 | ZIMBABWE Mnangagwa to lead ZANU-PF onslaught against opposition 15th November 2022 The ruling party's stage-managed congress tries to unite its factions ahead of next year's elections After five years in power, 80-year-old President Emmerson Mnangagwa exerts a wrestler's grip on the ruling party, sidelining his main rival. His biggest problems are the continuing...
Vol 63 No 22 | MOZAMBIQUEMILITARY Onshore war versus offshore gains 3rd November 2022 Cabo Delgado insurgents have lost key positions but look set for a long war, while Maputo pleads with the operators to get the LNG project restarted Officials applaud operations by the Rwandan Defence Force (RDF) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) troops to clear roads and transport hubs in troubled Cabo Delgado ...
Vol 63 No 22 | SOUTH AFRICA Ramaphosa names his party allies 3rd November 2022 The president will face off against the man controlling the ANC machine at the party’s upcoming elective conference Discontent over the multiple powerful positions accumulated by African National Congress Secretary-General Paul Mashatile was behind President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision not to mak...
Vol 63 No 22 | SOUTH AFRICA Prosecutor Batohi swings into action 3rd November 2022 The tide is turning against corruption despite a factionalised ruling party and failing state-run transport and power utilities In the early hours of 27 October, Matshela Koko, former chief executive of the ailing state power utility Eskom, and 16 senior officials were arrested on fraud charges relating to ...
Vol 63 No 22 | BOTSWANA Judiciary in the dock 3rd November 2022 The independence of Botswana's judiciary is in the spotlight following accusations by a tribal chief that President Mokgweetsi Masisi told her he would direct judges on how to rule...
Vol 63 No 22 | MOZAMBIQUEUNITED STATES Chang's extradition to the US looms 31st October 2022 Former Finance Minister Manuel Chang would rather be tried in the US than his own country, sources have told Africa Confidential The United States and Mozambican governments have been fighting for the right to extradite former finance minister Manuel Chang from South Africa to face money-laundering and fraud...
Vol 63 No 21 | SOUTH AFRICA Transport dispute puts brake on economy 20th October 2022 Big companies are using alternative routes and service providers to keep goods moving after a strike at the state-owned railway and port operator Dysfunction at the cash-strapped transport behemoth Transnet has forced importers and exporters to bypass the country's ports and trains and resort increasingly to trucking goods. ...
Vol 63 No 21 | MOZAMBIQUE Nyusi schemes to stay on 20th October 2022 The President is marshalling his political resources for a third term in office, starting with a battle for factional supremacy within the ruling party President Filipe Nyusi hopes to yoke the ruling Frente de Libertação de Moçambique to his bid to change the constitution so he can have a third term of office....
