Oil riches have not trickled down to the majority of the people of Angola.
Swaziland’s tertiary students are planning to march in protest of government’s proposed allowance cuts, saying this will affect many poorer families.
Cash has once again flown to Swazi royal family as social spending stutters along in a country which is near financial collapse.
Swaziland is on course to get R2.4-billion from South Africa without any political conditions via a one-off back-door payment.
Drug supplies are running low and a lack of funding could reverse important progress made in Swaziland’s HIV/Aids crisis.
<b>Louise Redvers</b> reports that ordinary people are losing patience because of the worsening economic crisis — but the king has no answers.
The IMF has warned that Swaziland’s fiscal crisis has reached a critical point and there is a high risk that the kingdom will be unable to pay wages.
Lobby groups want multinational companies to stand against a government that bends the rules.
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/ 20 January 2012
Swazi unions plan to strike over impending salary cuts and government’s resistance to democratic reforms.
Michael Sata and the Patriotic Front swept to power on the promise of change and pledged to deliver a transformed Zambia within 90 days.
Many South Africa companies have found it hard to get a foot in Angola’s lucrative door.
SA is backing plans for a single currency unit within the exclusive Brics grouping that the emerging giants could use to trade among themselves.
Swaziland’s economy could collapse within six months if drastic steps are not taken to reduce the country’s enormous wage bill and spiralling deficit.
King Mswati III enters ritual seclusion as cash crisis deepens.
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/ 28 October 2011
Economic growth and consumer demand have led to an explosion of new private media organisations in post-war Angola.
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/ 21 October 2011
Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos announced this week that his country would go to the polls at the end of 2012.
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/ 21 October 2011
As the economic clouds darken over Europe and the United States, there are concerns a double-dip recession in the West could cast a shadow over Africa
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/ 17 October 2011
Foreign investors are on edge as they anxiously await news of Zambian President Michael Sata’s stricter policy plans.
The axing of a judge and the justice minister has plunged Swaziland into judicial crisis.
Zambians and regional observers are keen to see what the new president’s rise to power will entail.
Zambia’s main opposition appeared on course for a convincing victory Thursday, following an election marred by disorganisation and sporadic violence.
When former Zambian president Frederick Chiluba was taken to court, accused of embezzling millions of dollars, many held their breath.
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/ 9 September 2011
Twenty-one people have appeared in court in Angola, charged with public order offences, following a rare anti-government demonstration.
Banks are offering yuan on demand — another sign of the growing Chinese presence.
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/ 9 September 2011
In the run up to Zambia’s presidential and parliamentary elections, we asked people what they think about their country.
Cash-strapped Swaziland plans to spend nearly half of its R2.4-billion loan from South Africa on capital-investment projects.
The race for the Zambia’s top office is heating up in Lusaka, reports <b>Louise Redvers</b>.
Economic indicators show Zambia is on the path of progress, but for millions of poor citizens their daily existence is a grind.
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.