Vol 63 No 24 | NAMIBIA Geingob's successor to inherit a divided SWAPO 24th November 2022 Two female ruling party veterans are front-runners in the race to be the party's flag-bearer in the 2024 elections and halt the slide in the popular vote Seven hundred delegates attend the seventh elective congress of the SWAPO Party in Windhoek on 25-27 November to elect the party's next vice-president and successor to President Ha...
Vol 63 No 24 | MALAWI Chakwera's travels and travails 23rd November 2022 There's no let-up in popular anger with the President's trips abroad, while the government mends fences with the IMF Nobody was surprised to see President Lazarus Chakwera's motorcade loudly booed as it swooped past motorists languishing in long queues for scarce petrol on the weekend of 3-4 Nove...
Vol 63 No 24 | SOUTH AFRICA Conference countdown sharpens ANC contest 18th November 2022 President Ramaphosa's backers worry that his chances of a second term are weakened by the 'Farmgate' saga which his rivals are exploiting In front of the cameras the comrades beamed. Yet several senior African National Congress officials say that President Cyril Ramaphosa's position is weakening and don't rule out 'a...
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...
