Zimbabwe: Poll prospects bring anxiety ZANU-PF's calls for an election are stoking fears of another violent vote while the constitutional referendum is delayed ...
Anansi: Polls and posturing lie ahead With up to 17 national elections across Africa in 2011 and elections scheduled in Russia, France and the US in 2012, the year ahead will bring ... plenty of posturing and promises.
Helon Habila on Dambudzo Marechera Zimbabwean novelist Dambudzo Marechera is a "new post-nationalist writer", says Nigerian writer Helon Habila, author of Oil on Water. ...
Zimbabwe: Pushing for early polls Political powerplays over the date of Zimbabwe's next election make it the last of our political flashpoints for 2011. ...
Advertising: Bucking the trend Southern African spending ?is defying the recession as consumer demand attracts top agencies ?– and campaigns get more feisty ...
Diamonds and disappearing tax revenues One of the UK's largest AIM-listed company uses a series of tax havens to avoid paying taxes and contributing to the development of the countries ... in which it operates.
Letter from a Zimbabwean in Algiers From afar, Algiers is spectacular. A magnificent city set on the shores of the Mediterranean, its white buildings seem to rise out the sea, climbing ... up the mountain that runs down to the coast. The gleaming architecture brings to mind the country's colonial past. But like so many things in this country, there are stories within stories: what once seemed insignificant gains new meaning, while what was wonderful falls away.
Mining: An expensive pause in the gold rush Arguments over indigenisation rules and government accountability have slowed down a new phase of platinum and gold investment ...
Banking: No one to bail you out Political wrangling and falling revenues have reversed ?the fortunes of some of the country's biggest banks. ...
Africa: Fighting for Britain in World War II Book reviews: Fighting for Britain by David Killingray, Birth of a Nation by Gerard Loughran, The Struggle Over Land in Africa by Ward Anseeuw ... and Chris Alden
