Summary of Report

Economy & Energy

Private sector not ready to absorb civil servants – Fikile

NEDBANK Swaziland Managing Director Fikile Nkosi says the country’s private sector is not
ready to absorb the soon to be retrenched civil servants because of the economic downturn.

IMF trims SA's 2010 GDP forecast

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has trimmed South Africa's growth forecast for this year
to below 3% and expects expansion of 3,5% in 2011, Abebe Aemro Selassie, division chief for
the African department, said on Friday.

Mugabe and allies own 40% of seized land

Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, and his allies have seized nearly half the country's
commercial farms in a land grab widely blamed for economic collapse, an investigation claims
today. Mugabe has bought the loyalty of Cabinet ministers, senior army and government
officials and judges with nearly five million hectares of agricultural land, including wildlife
conservancies and plantations, according to the national news agency ZimOnline. A "new, well-
connected black elite" of about 2 200 people controls nearly 40% of the 14-million hectares
seized from white farmers, ZimOnline found.

Major gas discovery in Rovuma Basin

The Texas-based Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has announced a major new discovery of
natural gas in the Rovuma Basin, off the coast of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo
Delgado.

EU funding for Mozambican roads

The European Commission has approved funding of €22.5 million (about $30 million) for the
Mozambican road sector for the period 2010-2013.

President Guebuza in Libya for Africa-Europe summit

President Armando Guebuza on 28 November arrived in Tripoli to take part in the third Africa-
European Union summit. The summit is being held on the theme “Investment, Economic Growth
and Job Creation”.
Loan agreements with World Bank
The Mozambican government and the World Bank on 17 November signed four loan agreements
in Maputo to the total value of $146 million. These loans were all approved by the World Bank
board in September. The largest is for $50 million to finance the second phase of the Maputo
Development Programme (PROMAPUTO).

S. Africa's Zuma Calls for New Relationship With Developing World

South African President Jacob Zuma says the continent is making progress on economic and
political reforms and should move toward a different relationship with the industrialized world.
Mr. Zuma made the comments at the end of the Africa-European Union summit this week in
Libya.

Elections & Governance

Elections a success – ECN - by Staff Reporter

The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has declared the just-ended regional and local
authority elections of November 26 and 27 a success. In a statement, the commission said that all
polling stations opened and closed on time. According to the ECN, all polling stations
countrywide have finished counting and results have been posted at the respective polling
stations and returning officers are currently verifying and announcing constituency and local
authority results. The official and final announcement of results will be done at all verification
centres in all constituencies and local authorities countrywide, and no official announcement of
the results will be done from the ECN headquarters in Windhoek. The central election results
centre will merely publish the final results as they are announced.

Swapo romps to victory

THE Swapo Party is heading for an overwhelming victory in the past weekend’s regional and
local government elections.

Security Issues, Peace keeping and Conflict Resolution

Politics

Mugabe 'the crazy old man'

According to the US diplomatic cables recently revealed by Wikileaks, ANC members gave
confidential information about the inner working of the party to the US government before the
1994 elections. It further revealed that International Relations and Cooperation Minister labeled
Mugabe as “the crazy old man”.
Malawian political system
Malawi has a Presidential system where most of the power is unified in one person. All of the
Malawian Political parties represent the ruling class; none represent the other -much bigger-
segments of society. At the moment no parties with internal democracy exist. All parties are
financed by one rich man, who with his finances keeps tight control over the party. There is no
functioning party apparatus in any of the parties. A party with internal democracy is only
possible if there is no one person holding the financial strings. A democratic party would be
financed by membership fees, and maybe subsidy from government or international donors.

Zimbabwe parties dismiss WikiLeaks

Zimbabwean political parties in a fragile coalition government on Tuesday dismissed WikiLeaks
revelations that a power sharing deal between them is doomed because of acute differences
between rival politicians.

Zimbabwe President Mugabe Accuses ICC of Hypocrisy in Al-Bashir Case

It is not unusual for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to lash into Western leaders in his
public interventions, but this week he expanded his field of fire to include the International
Criminal Court which he accused of double standards. Speaking at a summit of African and
European leaders in Tripoli that ended on Tuesday, Mr. Mugabe asked why the ICC was not
bringing charges against former US President George W. Bush and ex-British Prime Minister
Tony Blair for the many civilian lives lost in the invasion of Iraq instead of prosecuting Sudanese
President Omar Al-Bashir for his alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes in western
Darfur region.

Human Rights, Social Issues & Developments

Widening gap between the poor and the rich

Hunger, poverty, disease, ignorance, unemployment, lack of opportunity, inequality, and
hopelessness are the terms that could well define the living conditions of the great majority of
Zambians. According to the executive director of Civil Society for Poverty Reduction, Patrick
Mucheleka, the widening gap between the rich and the poor in Zambia expresses the enormous
evident inequalities existing in the country.

Environmental Issues

South Africa avoids climate leadership

South Africa is Africa's largest economy and the continent's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases.
But at the just opened climate negotiations, South Africa most likely will try to avoid reducing
emissions.

Food Security & Health Issues

US-Africa Relations

US was against Zim unity govt

In a 2007 report from the US Embassy in Harare, a possible national unity government in
Zimbabwe is described as "less attractive." President Robert Mugabe is called "the devil" and
Morgan Tsvangirai is described as "a flawed figure." Among the 243,270 US State Department
documents released this night by WikiLeaks, is a larger report from outgoing US Ambassador
Christopher Dell, at the time still based in Harare, dated 13 July 2007. Here, "the End" (of the
Mugabe regime) is analysed.

WikiLeaks document reveals US view of Zim

Wikileaks documents reveal that US is of the view that Mugabe is ruthless, obsessive and deeply
ignorant about economics; Morgan Tsvangirai is indecisive; Arthur Mutambara is a lightweight.

China-Africa Relations

ANC ponders Chinese policy

The ANC is proud to be to the best friend forever (BBF) of the Communist Party of China
(CPC). This year ANC leaders regularly travelled to China and President Jacob Zuma recently
undertook a state visit to Beijing with a large government and business delegation. By paying
these visits to China, ANC wants to learn how to set up a system based on Chinese model. The
costs of the study trips are shared by the ANC and the CPC and they typically include briefings
from Chinese officials on national planning, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and China's foreign
policy.

Chinese company wins water tender

The Mozambican government’s Water Supply Assets and Investment Fund (Fipag) announced
on 26 November in Maputo that the China Henan International Cooperation Group has won the
tender to modernize the water supply network in the western province of Manica.

Chinese Managers at Zambia Mine Go on Trial

Two Chinese managers at a mine in Zambia are to go on trial December 2 on charges of shooting
a dozen Zambian mine workers during a demonstration for better working conditions.

Pan Africa

Report casts doubt on Mbeki's neutrality on Zim

Former president Thabo Mbeki had a bias for Zanu-PF during his time as mediator between
Zimbabwe's ruling party and opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), United
States embassy documents have revealed.

Zuma: More urgency needed on MDGs

While addressing the third Africa-European Union summit in the Libyan capital of Tripoli South
African President Jacob Zuma said: "With only five years left to achieve the MDGs, all nations
need a far greater sense of urgency if the targets are to be met. Zuma noted that in September it
had become obvious that many African countries would be unable to achieve the targets of the
MDGs, which were primarily aimed at eliminating poverty. "What is needed now is not another
meeting on the MDGs and the special needs of Africa, but action and more action on
commitments already made."

Zuma in bid to break Zimbabwe deadlock

South African President Jacob Zuma on Friday met with leaders in Zimbabwe's power-sharing
government to try to smooth over disputes threatening their troubled coalition.

Zimbabwe Unity Government Parties Asked to Map Way to 2011 Elections

Having agreed with the three principals in Zimbabwe's unity government that they should
prepare a road map to 2011 elections, South African president Jacob Zuma has asked negotiators
for the three co-governing political parties in Harare to prepare a draft with specifics for
implementation to lead the nation to elections next year.

Southern African Leaders Say Sanctions Hinder Zimbabwe Crisis

Resolution
South African President Jacob Zuma and Zambian President Rupiah Banda jointly called on the
West to lift sanctions targeting Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle,
saying they were hindering regional efforts to end the Harare crisis.

Militancy
Refugees/IDPs & Migration

Cyber World