Vol 55 No 10 | MOZAMBIQUE Stand by your man 16th May 2014 The governing Frente de Libertação de Moçambique licked its wounds and stuck on the sticking plasters during a four-day extraordinary meeting of its Central Committee in Matola, which...
Vol 55 No 10 | MALAWI Clash of the dynasties 14th May 2014 In general elections that promise to be the closest ever, the President is battling candidates who seek to return their families to power Seven-and-a-half million Malawians go to the polls on 20 May for only the fourth time since multi-party democracy began in 1994 and it promises to be the closest...
Vol 55 No 10 | ZIMBABWE Reversing the rot 13th May 2014 The government makes U-turns as it tries to halt a slide into even deeper economic crisis The first statement by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) new Governor, John Panonetsa Mangudya, on 7 May was sombre and realistic. Reassuringly, it allayed market fears that...
Vol 55 No 10 | ZIMBABWE Trafigura takes over Sakunda 8th May 2014 The global oil trader is taking over the ZANU-PF-connected fuels distributor as part of a regional expansion campaign Trafigura is consolidating its grip on the fuel supply and distribution market in Zimbabwe with the acquisition of Sakunda Energy via its South African subsidiary, Puma Energy Africa...
Vol 55 No 9 | ANGOLAFRANCE Dos Santos turns the page 2nd May 2014 The lavish reception for President José Eduardo dos Santos at the Elysée Palace on 29 April promoted France's growing investments in Africa's third biggest economy and drew a...
Vol 55 No 9 | MOZAMBIQUE My enemy's enemy 2nd May 2014 The leader of the Resistência Nacional Moçambicana, Afonso Dhlakama, may well stand in October's presidential election as part of a deal reached with President Armando Guebuza, Africa Confidential...
Vol 55 No 9 | ZIMBABWE Scramble for the top 29th April 2014 President Mugabe’s refusal to favour anyone for the party succession is leading not only to uncertainty but to a free-for-all for the top job President Robert Mugabe’s continued stonewalling on the leadership succession threatens chaos as increasing numbers of politicians from the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front throw their hats into...
Vol 55 No 9 | SOUTH AFRICA Politics and Pistorius in the dock 25th April 2014 Jobs and corruption dominate the ANC’s ‘catalyst' election while people take a break from the trial of the century Faction fighting, heated arguments over jobs and corruption – South Africa is back to politics as usual after the adjournment of the murder trial of Olympic athlete Oscar...
Vol 55 No 8 | SOUTH AFRICA Vavi and the unions fall out 18th April 2014 The power struggle to control the trades union federation will reignite after the elections and damage the ANC The deal between rival factions of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, mediated by Cyril Ramaphosa on 8 April, is likely to prove temporary. Hostilities are set...
Vol 55 No 8 | ZAMBIA Nevers on a Sunday 18th April 2014 The evangelical cleric and leader of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy, Nevers Mumba, is struggling amid strong criticism from senior members of his own party. MMD Vice-Presidents Michael...