After months of speculation, Zambian President Rupiah Banda has finally announced that the country will go to the polls next month.
Commentators are doubtful that SA’s R2.4-billion loan to Swaziland will secure long-term economic stability or meaningful political reform to them.
There is money available to alleviate Swaziland’s financial crisis, but its king holds the purse strings.
The headlines that flowed from British Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit to South Africa this week were about anything but Africa.
Angolan security forces are waging a campaign of terror — including sexual abuse — on Congolese migrants who cross the border illegally.
The South African Customs Union will give Swaziland a R400-million bailout in its next quarterly revenue payments to help the cash-strapped kingdom.
One of Angola’s most senior police officers is accused of stealing $3.7-million and then paying a hit man to murder a colleague.
A Swazi businessman who claims he was left penniless after the king’s office "took over" his guesthouse has been prevented from taking legal action.
Swazi democracy activists have urged SA not to give their country financial assistance, likening bailouts to giving money to a drunken wife-beater.
The suspension of a highly respected Swazi judge for allegedly insulting King Mswati III is seen as a direct attack on Swaziland’s judiciary.