Mark Ashurst
latest news & developmentsThe seven-year itch
With impeccable timing, Jacob Zuma arrived in London exactly seven years after the charges of a "conspiracy to harm the president" laid against three of Thabo Mbeki’s putative…
A rough time to be in charge
The twilight of Robert Mugabe’s rule offers a lesson in the rules of political succession. As several among the next generation of Southern African leaders have already…