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Vol.11 1996
South Africa
SA development
No.01 5 Jan 96: Bengu under fire after another year of matric
failures; More doctors sought after Cubans; Specialist team sent
in to stoke up RDP in Transkei; Squatters form national body to
press for land, not houses,
No.02 12 Jan 96: IBA prepares draft law as SABC sails ahead with
own plans; Migrants problem worsening; Re-think on Gauteng housing,
No.03 19 Jan 96: Bill introduced to give security to tenants on
farms; Military spending may go to women as SA prepares new laws;
SABC backs down after IBA threat; Taxis to carry bricks,
No.04 26 Jan 96: Census will finally establish accurate population
size; Housing ministry issues self critical report; SA income
gap among worst,
No.05 2 Feb 96: ANC seeks independent prisons watchdog after new
unrest; Home loans deal falters over non-payment culture; Regional
TV programmes; Science park moves ahead; Swiss RDP aid promised,
No.06 9Feb96: Misgivings amid SABC's razzmatazz; Racist exclusions
to be ended; Wide ranging report on land canvasses new ideas,
No.07 16 Feb 96: Claim for 'ancestral homeland' dismissed; Clash
looms over boycott of home loan repayments; Employment issue key
in military review; Mandela makes call for broad consensus round
RDP; Resistance mounts to public service cuts,
No.08 23 Feb 96: Affirmative action law proposed,
No.09 1 March 96: AIDS 'grossly underestimated'; Deal with US
casino company; Foreign police help; Homeland to get R1.2bn boost;
Mbeki takes reins in RDP plan for 6% growth; Plan to settle squatters;
Telecomms paper out soon,
No.16 26apr96: Religion is sticking point,
No.10 8 March 96: Bengu seeks to placate after schools furore;
Electricification moving ahead; Housing far off target;
No.11 15 March 96: Black consumers to overtake whites by year
2000; Changes to defence force delayed; Fisheries protection fails;
Oil companies register interest,
No.12 22 March 96: First life cover for HIV sufferers,
No.13 29 March 96: Go-ahead for primary health care; Official
rights body launched,
No.15 19 April 96: First satellite for launch; New look at use
of foreign grants,
No.17 3 May 96: 500 crime syndicates in operation; Crime strategy
raises few hopes for curbs to crime; High police suicide rate;
Witchcraft report blames healers,
No.20 24 May 96: Cabinet approves anti-crime strategy; Crisis
in tertiary education with campus race clashes; Farmers to mop
up after SADF; Military adopts gay equality rules; Right winger
security highlights campus tensions; Uncertainty over Channel
Africa,
No.21 31 May 96: Communal tenure law agreed; High HIV forecast
for SA,
No.22 7 June 96: Minority' default on home loans,
No.23 14 June 96: IBA finds stature diminished by new media minister;
Mbeki repeats need for SABC to carry government voice; Troops
to stay in crime fight,
No.24 21 June 96: NP attacks housing policy; Ombudsman for the
military; Police 'war on criminals'; Reprieve for Channel Africa;
State plans own news agency; Witchcraft summit meeting,
No.25 28 June 96: 8% tourism growth foreseen; Population to surge
by a third; Request for more Cuban doctors; SA has worst TB rate
in world; Transkei to get R1.8bn boost,
No.26 5 July 96: Brain drain speeds up; Civics decide against
boycotts,
No.27 12 July 96: Arts Council bill announced; New anti-corruption
machinery; New anti-crime laws introduced,
No.28 19 July 96: NGOs fear for future of civil society as RDP
fades,
No.29 26 July 96: Illiteracy rate lower than thought; Limit placed
on expatriates,
No.30 2 August 96: Cape Town anxious on Olympics; Emigration figures
double; Fears of civil service exodus; Military White Paper consultation,
No.31 9 Aug 96: Most liberal abortion law raises free vote issue;
R20m for Mandela children fund; Tribe claims Kruger park,
No.32 16 Aug 96: Civil servants numbers unknown; Farmers told
support will end,
No.33 6 Sept 96: Black population swells; Cape townships in collapse;
Hate speech' law agreed; Whites continue to leave,
No.35 20 Sept 96: Unions take lead in Masakhane; Zulu most spoken
language,
No.36 27 Sept 96: Bid to retain air force pilots; Channel Africa
gets reprieve; Mandela firm against hanging,
No.37 4 Oct 96: Arrears mount as payment boycott is maintained;
Bid to outlaw racism; Polygamy should stay say lawyers; Progress
on land reform too slow says Hanekom,
No.38 11 Oct 96: Dramatic rise in black churches; Ex-RDP chief
takes over crime prevention unit; First national census begins;
Military adds submarines to list,
No.39 18 Oct 96: Brain drain accelerates; English for tertiary
education; Flaw shows up in land restitution; Griquas object to
description; New schools law on the way; Redistribution in welfare;
Transkei may be base for gangs,
No.40 25 Oct 96: Administration 'bankrupt'; Confidence falls away
as benefits fail to materialise; Emigration rises 18.6% in a year;
Military describes its future shape; MPs' register of interests
delayed,
No.41 1 Nov 96: Apartheid education ceases; Cheap rentals plan
announced; Infrastructure company launched; More Cuban doctors
to fill gap; Most liberal abortion law adopted; Publishers combine;
Telecomms regulator strengthened,
No.42 8 Nov 96: Go-ahead for 'Volkskool'; Ground cleared for new
TV station,
No.43 15 Nov 96: Call for more black business in defence industry;
Protest against military exercise; Warnings for democracy if liberal
economic course followed,
No.44 22 Nov 96: Call on poor whites to join blacks; Ebola case
in Johannesburg; First substantial gains against crime claimed
by police; Prison population at all time high,
No.45 29 Nov 96: AIDS will cause politicisation of health care
budget; Emigration still going up; Police corruption targeted;
Taxi violence in NW Province; Tourism to be restructured,
No.46 6 Dec 96: Immigration green paper planned; New SABC board
appointed; Witch burning trial postponed after political interference,
No.47-8 13 Dec 96: A few more arrive than depart; Historic constitution
heralded by opposition, but not by IFP; Lekota boosts Free State's
anti-crime reputation; NGOs give up on official donors, plough
own furrow; Respect for police increases; S. Africans 'getting
used to crime'; Transkei mass violence pinned on Gauteng gang;
Vigilantes form national anti-crime body around Pagad,
SA economy
No.01 5 Jan 96: Anger among stokvels members,
No.02 12 Jan 96: Cosatu targets lack of investment in strategy
for year; Exchange controls 'could go'; Investment agency backed,
No.03 19 Jan 96: Cosatu postpones strike on privatisation after
deal; Stokvels under spotlight,
No.04 26 Jan 96: Bid to avert 10,000 mining losses; Chemical workers
against Mossgas privatisation; Half million more tourists expected;
Homeland debts 'miscalculated'; Unions attack VAT plans,
No.05 2 Feb 96: Massacre outside factory highlights deepening
jobs crisis,
No.06 9Feb96: Deal signed with unions on privatisation; Gold price
surge 'will not aid troubled mine'; Shop stewards secure rights,
No.07 16 Feb 96: GDP moves towards record high; Mboweni sets out
to 'modernise employment'; Pressure for development of labour
intensive industry; Textile workers demonstrate against job losses,
No.08 23 Feb 96: Reserve Bank lets Rand plunge,
SA international No.46 6 Dec 96: SA-China trade set to soar as
Taiwan is ditched,
No.10 8 March 96: Mossgas to be developed further;
No.11 15 March 96: Budget taxes SA's giant pension funds, holds
back on VAT; Foreign reserves fall; RDP attack on big business
plan; Women's budget plan mooted,
No.12 22 March 96: Arms sales were worth R870m; De Beers sells
to small companies; Taxes may stay uncollected,
No.13 29 March 96: Concern mounts at state's short term borrowing;
Homeland reintegration problems,
No.14 12 April 96: Reserves fall further,
No.15 19 April 96: Confusion on who is jobless; Interest rates
to be kept high; Maize farmers get windfall; Manuel on damage
limitation trip as Rand and confidence slips; RDP will continue
says Mbeki,
No.16 26apr96: Crime and low labour productivity remain foreign
concerns; Direct investment seen as key to unlocking RDP growth
target; Growth rate will flatten out; SA admits fisheries weakness,
No.17 3May96: Conciliation commission on track says Mboweni; Eskom
to consult unions; Trade surplus drops,
No.21 31 May 96: Eskom gets R300m EIB loan; Stals sets out economic
choice,
No.22 7 June 96: Collapse in international investors' views of
SA; Economic centrepiece Nedlac stays stuck in the doldrums; Foreign
meetings seek to reassure; Inflation set to rise as Rand falls;
Nedlac report documents barriers to economic growth; Season of
wage discontent ahead; Tiger' status for region reviewed; Value
of parastatals queried ahead of privatisation,
No.23 14 June 96: Anxiety mounts in region awaiting South Africa's
hard sell; Battles ahead as growth blueprint aims at wage cut,
No.24 21 June 96: Deep concerns about fragile economy underlie
blueprint; Details of the growth blueprint; Labour summit planned
to forestall divisions; Malaysian giant buys into Engen,
No.25 28 June 96: Ramaphosa deal may not emerge; Strikes set to
rise after lull; Two-tier fuel prices proposed,
No.26 5 July 96: Affirmative action discussion; Confidence begins
to return as currency stabilises; Imports and exports grow; Platinum
miners sacked after non-union strike at Rustenberg; Telecomms
minister seeks foreign investment in Europe, US,
No.27 12 July 96: ANC premier Phosa launches eulogy for privatisation;
Business confidence rebounds; Maputo Corridor seen as key focus
for foreign investors; Selective re-employment of wildcat Rustenburg
strikers; Textile workers threaten action,
No.28 19 July 96: Foreign investors will wait till Mandela goes,
says Cosatu chief; Sacob signs deal with British business chiefs,
No.29 26 July 96: Cellphone collusion suspected; Funds found for
oil development; Non-compliance with black empowerment will be
punished; Textile workers in major strike,
No.30 2 August 96: Bumper harvest boosts hopes; Interest rate
fall predicted; Mediation efforts in textile strike,
No.31 9 Aug 96: Business confidence falls; Official miners' strike
ends; Private funds collected for infrastructure,
No.32 16 Aug 96: Cosatu demands increased intervention by the
state; Government ties Rand's fate to success against union opposition;
KZN employers seek to avoid key manufacturing union deal,
No.33 6 Sept 96: Boost to trade lifts deficit gloom; Ramaphosa
secures business base; US hamburger chain wins appeal,
No.34 13 Sept 96: Manuel denies exchange controls cause investment
drought; Mbeki hits out at big business as investment slows; UK
gaming company in KZN,
No.35 20 Sept 96: Eurobond issue launched; R500m Malaysian investment;
Trade policy plan worked out; Unions map out strategy on privatisation,
No.36 27 Sept 96: World Bank at centre of division on SA's economic
strategy,
No.37 4 Oct 96: Money laundering 'serious threat'; Netherlands
bank to boost trade; SA sells anti-mine vehicle to US,
No.38 11 Oct 96: Black executives organise on the quiet to break
white business hold; Falling Rand boosts investment,
No.39 18 Oct 96: Optimism over gold price; Unions' case boosted
as jobless estimates are cut by a third; White' banks seek to
buy into Johnnic black empowerment deal,
No.40 25 Oct 96: KwaZulu-Natal investment corridor announced;
New blow-up on economic policy as unions snub IMF; Pressure from
the region for speed-up of privatisation,
No.41 1 Nov 96: EU attacks IMF programmes; Government caught out
as Rand takes new dive,
No.42 8 Nov 96: Business presses for 'stand-by' IMF arrangement;
Government on 'slow reconstruction' path; R18bn in FDI in two
years; Three drop out of Telkom race,
No.43 15 Nov 96: Boost to SA platinum production,
No.44 22 Nov 96: Gold output remains sharply down; Government
debates how to apply its austerity policies; More strikes predicted,
No.45 29 Nov 96: Anglo yields control of JCI to black business;
Pre-budget battle lines drawn by Cosatu attack on GEAR,
No.46 6 Dec 96: Black consortium 'overcharged'; Massive surplus
on SA trade account heartens government,
No.47-8 13 Dec 96: Economists counter optimistic Reserve Bank
view on growth; UK giant takes stake in premier financial papers,
SA politics
No.01 5 Jan 96: CIA chief was installed in Telkom, gave training
manuals; Civics head for clash over law on traditional leaders;
Former Askari gunned down 'to stop revelations'; Mufamadi defends
arrest of former Apla commander; Optimism for coming year among
blacks, but not whites; Security to be boosted after massacres
in KwaZulu-Natal,
No.02 12 Jan 96: Conference will review SA's defence requirement;
Killings in KZN remain high; Search for Hintsa's head backed;
Tensions revealed between security agency and police; Traumatised
police 'no longer a cohesive force'; Volkstaat dispute resurfaces
as Mandela rejects 'ethnic states'; Volunteers replace conscripts,
No.03 19 Jan 96: Afrikaners battle to create broad front grouping;
Constitution writing at final stage; Ivory report doubles Malan's
court problems; Ministers focus on massacre in bid to break cycle
of violence; PAC plummets into disarray amid resignations of top
leaders; Second phase of MK demob; Shake-up in old style parties
signalled by NP move,
No.04 26 Jan 96: Arrests of pro-IFP police signal new power balance;
Hate speech ban opposed for constitution; Lid is lifted on more
hit-squad death riddles; Police and Intelligence investigate each
other over fresh accusations; Truth commissioners gear up,
No.05 2 Feb 96: ANC expels senator; ANC reminds Commission of
'2,000 political prisoners'; Confrontation ending in rush to complete
KZN constitution; Farrakhan unleashes fierce debate; Goldstone
to return; Key witness at De Kock trial; Makwetu seeks to calm
PAC; Mandela denies donation to Nigerian opposition; Officer held
over 'PAC attack'; Transkei weapons still missing; Truth commissioners
seek to reassure Viljoen; Warning on explosive scrap,
No.06 9Feb96: Bugging accuser charged; East Cape gets special
voice at Truth Commission; IFP lashes out as police team clamps
down; Signals set for cabinet changes after Meyer resigns; Single
editors' body proposed,
No.07 16 Feb 96: Anti-subversion chief revealed; AWB men freed
after court ruling; DRC supporters of Truth Commission welcomed;
NP drops call for power-sharing; NP seeks IFP deal for local poll;
Top IFP figure seeks to push out the warlords,
No.08 23 Feb 96: Desperate bid to break provincial powers deadlock;
Mercenaries to be banned; More killings as ANC tries to breach
no-go areas; NIA exonerated' in bug report; NP minister resigns
under cloud, sets back revival; Pressure on police to come to
Truth Commission; Violence hits small town schools; Youth League
to ditch president,
No.09 1 March 96: First amnesty applications from right-wing bombers;
KZN constitution key to successful imbizo; Mandela backs summit
to defuse schools dispute; NIA bugging report fails to clear up
confusion; Unsurprising verdict in favour of an Afrikaner homeland,
No.10 8 March 96: Agreement ahead on property; Chiefs to get council;
Constitutional consensus leaves out Zulu, Boer; Crunch time for
KwaZulu constitution; Embarrassment mounts over Aids play spending;
Hamas decision returns spotlight to foreign policy; IFP minister
pulls out of forum; Jumpy Rand will force Mbeki into more public
role; Malan charges expanded to include wider conspiracy; NP replacement
for Williams; Over 700 new senior police; Pretoria poll shows
sharp swing among whites to volkstaat; Truth hearings delayed;
Youth League president elected;
No.11 15 March 96: Bop killer muddies ANC case; De Kock applies
to Truth Commission for amnesty; Malan trial opens, set to be
lengthy and divisive; Minorities views aired; Primary school taken
over; Right wing threat 'taken seriously',
No.12 22 March 96: ANC to end immunities; IFP knuckles under for
deal on provincial constitution; Intelligence job for Skweyiya;
Mandela warns of 'provocateurs' in police service; Muslim band
invades; Phosa gives more evidence of plot; Primary school battle
flares up; Unions threaten key political alliance ahead of privatisations,
No.13 29 March 96: Afrikaner groups again make language plea to
Mandela; Billions will be spend on huge defence force refit; Cabinet
reshuffle sees finance minister leave; Haggling ahead on powers
of provinces in constitution; Inkatha flouts ban, hopes for peace
imbizo dim; Military soon ready for peace-keeping operations;
Police detectives drain away; Report signals end of arms industry
as big export earner,
No.14 12 April 96: Afrikaans schools bid fails; ANC shocked as
provincial poll defeat by Inkatha looms; At its lowest ebb PAC
prepares Africanist convention; Mbeki clears out opponents to
his macro-economic line; New cabinet line-up; Ousted minister
Jordan baulked at privatisation; Right wingers get long sentences;
Some progress in behind-the-scenes constitutional talks; Truth
Commission prepares for East Cape sittings,
No.18 10 May 96: ANC's economic vulnerability demonstrated as
NP pulls out; Call for judge to be arraigned; Electoral commission
bill tabled; Final constitution adopted; Indemnity plea by general'
in Malan trial; Inkatha stays in government - for the time being;
Mangope arrest expected; Mixed Afrikaner reaction; Truth Commission
seeks to extend amnesty powers; Tutu cool on ANC hero,
No.15 19 April 96: Amnesty plea fails for ex-agent; Armoured cars
sale concern; Buthelezi threatens to pull out after poll delay
sought; Contralesa leader muzzled; Long-term strategy as Ramaphosa
moves into business; Policeman tells of blasts; Truth Commission
opens, still challenged on all sides; Verdict fears grow as State's
case falters in Malan trial,
No.16 26apr96: Agreement on major issues; ANC now seeks staggered
poll; Buthelezi drawn deeper into Malan trial by MI papers; General
strike call heightens ANC alliance schizophrenia; IFP local leader
arrested; More problems revealed for Truth Commission; Right-wingers
hope for opening; Smit murders probe reopened,
No.17 3May96: A million petitions on Afrikaans; After national
strike alliance seeks to hide the strains; AWB bomber recaptured;
Media attacked over Truth Commission reporting; Rightwing radio
legally on air; Spectre of referendum rises over constitution
talks; Tensions rise after Zulu royal family attacked; Western
Cape poll on schedule,
No.19 17 May 96: ANC hopes for new relationship with IFP in cabinet;
Anxieties allayed as ANC moves rapidly to fill gaps; Business
to fight labour clause; Chiefs find powers diminished; Drop charges
call by Malan; Economic blueprint stalls as government seeks consensus;
First test for freed parties is Western Cape local election; High
stakes in high growth region; Land reform group angry at limitations;
NP was surprised on constitutional power-sharing clash; Smaller
hearings ahead for Truth Commission; Vlakplaas chief admits killings,
No.20 24 May 96: Ex-SADF chief acquitted in trial of apartheid
generals; McBride case puts ANC leaders in Truth Commission spotlight;
New deputy ministers chosen; NP attacks foreign policy; Police
probe launched after IFP 'torture' death; Signs of showdown on
ANC economic policy; Uncertainty in Western Cape,
No.21 31 May 96: ANC divided on remaining in provincial cabinet;
Confusion mounts as Tutu faces contempt sentence; Conservative
Western Cape out of phase with reforming government; Dutton to
join Goldstone; Holomisa alleges Transkei invasion plans; Mandela
seeks to cool labour-business antagonism; Peace summit ahead after
IFP-ANC 'positive' talks; Privatisation minister defended; Victims'
families move to PAC,
No.22 7 June 96: AIDS play scrapped; Bloody weekend threatens
tentative peace moves; NP wins in Western Cape but ANC makes rural
gains; Olympic bid gets go-ahead; Public discussion begins on
'evolving' foreign policy,
No.23 14 June 96: Buthelezi implicated in Malan trial by top IFP
lieutenant; Row as ANC seeks to vet testimony to Truth Commission;
SADF chemical war project probe; Secret IFP training camps discounted;
Split reported in FF over volkstaat; Violence in KZN 'declining',
No.24 21 June 96: Foreign land holding queried; Guilty verdicts
for police in Motherwell bomb case; R6m lost in ANC Women's League
accounts; Tensions remain say monitors; Troops pour in as countdown
to key election begins,
No.25 28 June 96: Court overturns verdict on notice period for
testimony; Government wary of right-winger; Mandela asserts links
with SACP; Moment of truth for NP as top police prepare to testify;
Unions proclaim victory over banks on interest rates; Urban-rural
split likely in KwaZulu-Natal vote,
No.26 5 July 96: De Klerk denies seeking distance from apartheid
generals; Inkatha, reduced to rural base, begins post-mortem;
Plea for staggered polls; Reparations weighed up,
No.27 12 July 96: Alleged 'third force' involvement in Shell House
killings; Anger at centralised police powers in new constitution;
Chiefs seek to secure constitutional rights; Hopes for merger
between ANC and IFP remain distant,
No.28 19 July 96: Arrests for Mxenge killing; Hardliners regroup
under threat from rapprochement with ANC; Pik Botha 'to set up
party'; Third force' blamed for blast; Trouble for Holomisa after
leak,
No.29 26 July 96: Cosatu and SACP throw down gauntlet on economy;
Freedom Front faces hard volkstaat question; IFP, wooed by ANC
and NP, decides to keep options open; PAC might enter government
as Mandela seeks to cover the bases,
No.30 2 August 96: Bid to end amnesties thrown out; Buthelezi
backs onslaught on moderate secretary general; Concern as Holomisa
is ousted after TRC evidence; Departure of ANC leader opens way
for strife at the top; Mandela leads way in fudging clash of views
with unions,
No.31 9 Aug 96: Afrikaans teachers set up union; High level fears
for stability as gangsters thwart police; Holomisa calls for ANC
audit; Hotels link with ANC questioned; IFP secretary general
tells of assassination plot; Law will ban paramilitary training;
Modise's wife becomes a general; NP tries to take over ANC's vacated
RDP space; Tutu calls on apartheid judges,
No.32 16 Aug 96: Apartheid parliament debt queried; Backing for
rebels described; Bomb blast at Pretoria Technikon; Generation
conflict blamed; Massacre police reinstated; Mdlalose praises
federalism; No apology for Holomisa as Mandela admits Kerzner
donation; Pressure increases for use of army against crime,
No.33 6 Sept 96: Aids play scandal drags on; ANC expulsion seeks
to sink defiant Holomisa; Angola war troops deployed against criminals;
Ban on public arms; Crime is out of control, society collapsing
says Mandela; De Kock verdict 'challenges NP'; Deal will open
way for apartheid police to testify; Mandela confirms Machel relationship;
New intelligence chiefs appointed; Ngubane leaves cabinet for
KZN; Volkstaat in arid north-west,
No.34 13 Sept 96: ANC sees drug interests behind Zuma criticism;
Another volkstaat project mooted; Botha seeks to distance himself
from homeland system; General admits opening fire; IFP rejoins
constitutional debate at last moment; Judge queries reason for
not charging Buthelezi; Sexwale denies Stocks link; Six anti-crime
laws planned; Whites join township residents in culture of non-payment,
No.35 20 Sept 96: Cape NP leader resigns; De Kock's revelations
may deliver perpetrators to TRC; EU boost for TRC; Hintsa head
man charged; Malan trial will be affected by De Kock testimony;
Military reveal billion Rand plans; PAC to try again; Probe into
mines violence; Reparation plan prepared; Row over judge's nomination,
No.36 27 Sept 96: Apartheid era generals buy time; Chikane poisoning
still unsolved; Inkatha will be offered sop to secure backing
for constitution; Justice minister to contest ANC Western Cape
leadership; Malan trial argument ends; Mbeki 'in error' says Holomisa;
PAC seeks to clean up its act,
No.37 4 Oct 96: End to IFP boycott part of strategic waiting game?;
Omar elected to head Western Cape ANC; Ousted Holomisa reveals
store of ANC support in Transkei; Swedish police to follow up
Palme murder allegations; TRC takes hard line with Vlok and his
generals; Zimbabwean captives seek hearing at TRC,
No.38 11 Oct 96: Army generals prepare; EU 'wants faster spending';
Inkatha renews boycott, prepares to oppose new constitution; Kerzner
probe finally to go ahead; Malan case gives body blow to Truth
Commission hopes; TRC silent on subpoenas to Vlok and police generals;
Williamson held by Angolans,
No.39 18 Oct 96: Machel death probe still open; Missiles uncovered
on test range; NP gets black provincial leader; Top police generals
to appear as Truth Commission bounces back,
No.40 25 Oct 96: ANC continues confrontation with black journalists;
Bland military account rejected; Chief justice named; Former police
chief's evidence demolishes NP's defence; Inkatha builds bridges
to traditional leaders; Lekota faces disciplinary hearing; Massive
fraud in KwaZulu-Natal; North coast remains violent; Only three
amnesties granted,
No.41 1 Nov 96: Sabotage of main rail line; State Security Council
was command centre, TRC hears,
No.42 8 Nov 96: ANC tells both sides in Free State dispute to
resign; Evidence mounts of rampant police corruption; Holomisa
says Mbeki gave OK for his allegations; Reconciliation aim in
danger of being lost amidst rising anger; SADF generals slammed;
Tutu puts squeeze on ANC,
No.43 15 Nov 96: Controversial attorney-general backs away from
prosecutions; Massive shake-up ahead as Eastern Cape sinks; Mokaba
calls off challenge; Police unit chief called by TRC; Reparations
move; Riots in contested town; SA police union 'set up by security
police'; Zulu king's image maker resigns ahead of political shifts,
No.44 22 Nov 96: ANC man shot in feud with civics; Battles in
IFP over Zulu king's palace expenditure; Gqozo gives evidence
on shooting; Mandela seeks to forestall future ANC provincial
battles; Protests as Lekota goes to senate; Repeat attack on black
journalists,
No.45 29 Nov 96: Hundreds' seek amnesty through TRC as deadline
nears; SA mercenary firm may be used for domestic security; Troops
and police move into Transkei trouble spots; Warlord expelled
from IFP,
No.46 6 Dec 96: ANC structures in disarray; Anger at new Free
State premier; Arms for diamonds swop; Cabinet proposed 'more
deaths'; Coetzee murder trial postponed; Gauteng ANC nominates
Mbeki; Holomisa threatens to sue ANC; PAC 'unfit to handle finances';
Soldiers to receive rights training; Viljoen reveals extent of
pre-election secession plot; Webster assassin exposed,
No.47-8 13 Dec 96: ANC 'could destroy itself from within' warns
Zuma; Holomisa plans new party, NP talks of alliance; Trust Feed
killer amnestied; Truth Commission in tug of war over military
agents' amnesty,
International
No.02 12 Jan 96: Algerian gold venture discussed; China takes
umbrage; EU mission to go in midst of talks; Swedish king for
SA,
No.04 26 Jan 96: US-SA naval manoeuvres,
No.05 2 Feb 96: Brussels infighting sharpens over SA free trade
pact,
No.06 9Feb96: Anxiety rises over China imports; SA offers to mediate
on W.Sahara,
No.07 16 Feb 96: Mandela faces barrage over invitations; Security
council seat backed,
No.08 23 Feb 96: Embarrassment piled on foreign affairs after
Algerian debacle; EU seeks fishing deal with SA,
No.09 1 March 96: Anxiety grows with more delays on EU-SA free
trade deal; Russia, De Beers finally agree,
No.10 8 March 96: EU free trade deal may be linked to fishing
agreement; SA warns US over Armscor;
No.11 15 March 96: SA to step up campaign in EU,
No.12 22 March 96: French military visits; More confusion round
EU's list of excluded products; SACP leaders visit confrontationist
Beijing,
No.13 29 March 96: Nzo warms relations with Beijing; SA concern
as mandate finally agreed on EU free trade talks,
No.14 12 April 96: Caution urged on EU trade deal; Renwick takes
Fluor post; Saudi arms sales mooted; Trip to Taiwan planned to
resolve recognition issue; Wind-up radio sells in Europe, too,
No.18 10 May 96: Arms sales countries listed; End to use of land
mines; EU trade with region up slightly; Muslims protest at Israeli
action; Trade deal with China,
No.15 19 April 96: Danish management training; SA courts disfavour
and backs Libya on Lockerbie; US, Japan agree on promotion,
No.16 26apr96: EU blocks Gencor's planned 'platinum cartel' deal;
US Congress' concern on SA Libya policy,
No.17 3May96: Hezbollah bases claim denied; Japan seeks support
for UN bid; Jordan's king meets Mandela; Rump Yugoslavia links;
SA takes on revamp of Unctad,
No.19 17 May 96: Nzo drops Taiwan visit; SA to host telecomms
meeting; World body hits at Mossgas,
No.20 24 May 96: China gives Pretoria breathing space on Taiwan;
Germany denies SA rightwing connections,
No.21 31 May 96: Two months to China decision,
No.23 14 June 96: Key issues undecided on eve of EU trade talks;
SA politicians in N. Ireland; US patience with SA foreign policy
wears thin,
No.25 28 June 96: Hard slog ahead is signalled at SA-EU free trade
talks; Mine detection deal with France,
No.26 5 July 96: Mandela appears to veer towards Taiwan in China
dispute,
No.27 12 July 96: Mandela's victorious ascent may break through
investment barrier; Modise warns US against continuing arms ban;
Police chief seeks to reassure; Taiwan leader to visit SA; UK
adds £60m to aid,
No.28 19 July 96: Mandela confident of support in EU free trade
talks; UK jet contract goes to SA,
No.29 26 July 96: US announces $120m for SA black companies,
No.30 2 August 96: Peace Corps moves into SA; Projects named for
EU funding,
No.31 9 Aug 96: Taiwan gives details of business,
No.32 16 Aug 96: Belgian security accused of connivance with hit-squads;
Burundi discussed in Chile; Finland agrees water aid; Washington
unhappy with proposed EU-SA trade deal,
No.33 6 Sept 96: Iranian president on visit,
No.34 13 Sept 96: China takes Taiwan recognition battle with SA
into Africa; EU hints it may call of trade deal; SA defiant on
Iran and Libya links despite US objections,
No.35 20 Sept 96: DR Church 'still unreformed'; Ethical investors
turn against sweatshops; Massive rise in Mid-East trade; Oil deal
with Iran off - for now; SA seeks to corner African waste,
No.36 27 Sept 96: Afghanis link up with anti-crime vigilante groups;
Mandela to mediate in Palestine; Military deal with Germany agreed;
Talks paralysis as region rejects SA's bid for deal with EU; Trade
mission to Iran,
No.37 4 Oct 96: Mandela postpones Mid-East visit; South East Asia
visit ahead; Washington canvasses support for African crisis force,
No.38 11 Oct 96: EU ministers seek to prevent talks on SA pact
at summit; Veto on steel loan deepens chill around EU-SA free
trade talks,
No.39 18 Oct 96: Chile is contender for UK subs; Malaysia 'pressured
by US'; Pretoria warns on EU's trade deal; Sweden announces new
grants,
No.40 25 Oct 96: EU agrees to boost unions' skills,
No.41 1 Nov 96: EU beef aid plan likely to undercut region's farmers;
Washington officials concerned at proposed EU trade pact,
No.42 8 Nov 96: British beef seized in Durban; Free trade body
under attack; Posting will boost EU diplomacy,
No.43 15 Nov 96: Criticism of EU free trade deal,
No.44 22 Nov 96: Iraqi opposition complains; New deal for US and
Africa; Ukraine minister to visit Armscor,
No.45 29 Nov 96: Boost to trade with Brazil forecast; SA to cut
links to Taiwan and recognise Beijing,
No.47-8 13 Dec 96: Back to the wall, Taiwan fears another regional
cut-off,
Region
Angola
No.01 5 Jan 96: Talks resume despite fresh government sorties,
No.02 12 Jan 96: International supporters rally as peace falters,
No.03 19 Jan 96: Unita's slowness in quartering troops puts summit
in doubt,
No.04 26 Jan 96: US warning to Unita - may be abandoned,
No.05 2 Feb 96: Unita moves troops into 'pre-confinement' pose,
No.06 9Feb96: UN extends mandate as Unita troops begin move into
camps,
No.07 16 Feb 96: Savimbi spells out conditions as Unita troops
are garrisoned,
No.08 23 Feb 96: Luanda seeks to cut smuggling; Savimbi seeks
to reassure on garrisoning of troops,
No.09 1 March 96: Summit scheduled for Gabon; Unita alleges military
bias from Unavem and observer states,
No.10 8 March 96: Government of national unity agreed at summit,
No.11 15 March 96: Portugal to boost economic and military presence,
No.12 22 March 96: Joint military company; Savimbi plans alliances
in new government of national unity,
No.13 29 March 96: Savimbi wants active role for vice-president,
No.14 12 April 96: Boost to Cabindan oil output; De Beers gets
prospecting rights; Government plans offensive in south against
'bandits',
No.18 10 May 96: Speculation on health of president,
No.15 19 April 96: Talks soon on unity government,
No.16 26apr96: Government suspends joint talks,
No.19 17 May 96: Bid to regulate private security; Debt for equity
plan again mooted in Lisbon,
No.20 24 May 96: Breakthrough announced on armed forces integration,
No.21 31 May 96: Instability fears in Luanda,
No.22 7 June 96: Carcinogenic oil' sent to Angola; First Unita
officers join army; Mandela visit off as Dos Santos wrestles with
corrupt state,
No.23 14 June 96: Independent trade union formed; Reshuffle unlikely
to improve economic lot of citizens; Talks open with Savimbi on
diamond sector; Zambia repatriation delayed,
No.24 21 June 96: Demobilisation target met; More diamond talks
scheduled,
No.25 28 June 96: Half a million refugees; Savimbi's cabinet job
in unity government under discussion,
No.26 5 July 96: Massive integration of Unita forces into unified
army begins; Moco to head Lusophone group; Savimbi concedes on
PM's post; Truce with Cabinda rebels,
No.26 5 July 96: New economic crisis plan unveiled to dampen unrest,
No.27 12 July 96: UN seeks to establish unity government timetable;
Unita alleges mercenaries remain,
No.28 19 July 96: Summit meeting scheduled,
No.30 2 August 96: Cabinda truce talks break down; Government
discovers mass grave; Unita hands over heavy weapons,
No.31 9 Aug 96: Deal with Zambia on visas; Loy takes on reconstruction
job; Portugal eases travel,
No.32 16 Aug 96: Fresh delays to new army; Illegals repatriated
- at a cost,
No.33 6 Sept 96: Economy in serious condition; SADC's security
organ into play,
No.34 13 Sept 96: Fresh hopes for unity government as Unita generals
join army,
No.35 20 Sept 96: Deep mistrust as Luanda turns down Unita generals,
No.36 27 Sept 96: Demobilisation of Unita youths,
No.37 4 Oct 96: Savimbi thwarts SADC's bid to mediate summit meeting,
No.38 11 Oct 96: Unita rehashes unity government plan with fresh
suggestions,
No.39 18 Oct 96: All round diplomatic push to move Unita to final
hurdle,
No.40 25 Oct 96: SADC calls for more pressure; Unita generals
get new jobs,
No.42 8 Nov 96: Unita arms cache found,
No.43 15 Nov 96: Unita releases names of officials for government,
No.44 22 Nov 96: Unita concerned for ally as Zaire's military
crumbles,
No.45 29 Nov 96: Madeira autonomy model?; Unita seeks new summit
meeting as Savimbi spells out 'distrust',
No.47-8 13 Dec 96: Unita fears government encroachment on its
areas,
Botswana
No.08 23 Feb 96: Declining minerals hit economy; Diamond liaison
deal with Russia,
No.11 15 March 96: Dutch arms sales goes through,
No.14 12 April 96: Bushmen' fight government ,
No.15 19 April 96: World's highest per capita foreign reserves
announced,
No.16 26apr96: Troops deployed near island disputed with Namibia,
No.17 3May96: Plans to fence off Namibia border,
No.19 17 May 96: Poachers are the focus of BDF activity says Khama,
No.27 12 July 96: SA defence minister calls for stronger armies
in region,
No.29 26 July 96: Hardline position on ivory taken,
No.31 9 Aug 96: EDF gives $25m for mining; Over 40,000 illegals
repatriated,
Lesotho
No.03 19 Jan 96: Period of uncertainty heralded by king's car
death,
No.07 16 Feb 96: SA police charged over killings,
No.09 1 March 96: Fewer go to the SA mines,
No.10 8 March 96: Calm after 'mickey mouse' coup;
No.12 22 March 96: Scotland Yard inquiry into death,
No.13 29 March 96: Treason charges for broadcast,
No.20 24 May 96: SA politicians fail to turn up,
No.25 28 June 96: Migrants seek permanent status,
No.33 6 Sept 96: Parastatals for privatisation,
No.35 20 Sept 96: Clashes on Highlands Scheme,
No.36 27 Sept 96: Probe announced into police shootings on Water
Project,
No.45 29 Nov 96: Mokhehle 'was member of SA police Vlakplaas unit',
No.46 6 Dec 96: PM 'didn't know' of Vlakplaas,
Malawi
No.01 5 Jan 96: Banda, Tembo acquitted; Billion dollars pledged,
No.04 26 Jan 96: Japan 'concerned at aid disbursement failure',
No.13 29 March 96: Good prospects for economy,
No.18 10 May 96: Vice-president resigns,
No.16 26apr96: 180 parastatals to be sold off,
No.19 17 May 96: 2m out of 10m will have HIV,
No.22 7 June 96: Opposition departure welcomed,
No.26 5 July 96: Banda wins on Press Trust,
No.29 26 July 96: Muluzi includes Aford ministers,
No.37 4 Oct 96: UK warns on state spending,
No.40 25 Oct 96: Probe sought into Banda's abuses,
No.43 15 Nov 96: State fraud on miners revealed; Stock exchange
starts up,
No.45 29 Nov 96: Dissidents group makes threat,
Mozambique
No.01 5 Jan 96: 40% of new budget to be funded by foreign aid;
Donors demand consensus between parties; Emergency provisions
declared; New land law proposed to resolve chaos over leasing,
No.04 26 Jan 96: Crackdown on Chimwenjes; US threatens to end
food aid because of theft,
No.05 2 Feb 96: Dissidents allegedly confirm links to Zimbabwe
opposition; Illegals 'still forcibly repatriated'; Scandal over
interior minister's prison remarks,
No.06 9Feb96: Company's drug link may embarrass prime minister;
SA announces land mine deal,
No.07 16 Feb 96: Deal on SA farmers finally agreed; Pension payments
in dispute,
No.08 23 Feb 96: Lonrho to explore for oil,
No.09 1 March 96: Muslims want property back; Tax on returning
miners,
No.11 15 March 96: Religious holidays furore,
No.12 22 March 96: Clearing banks to be privatised,
No.13 29 March 96: Riots by veterans in Beira,
No.14 12 April 96: Business angered by SA's share,
No.18 10 May 96: Corridor investment conference ends on high note;
Deal on SA farmers goes through,
No.15 19 April 96: Corruption pledge in Paris,
No.16 26apr96: Agriculture chief arrested; Dhlakama threatens
to pull officer; Mocumbi secures more aid than requested at Paris
donor meeting,
No.17 3May96: Cashew factories privatised; Muslim attack on Catholics,
No.19 17 May 96: Frelimo reveals sharp rift with its ministers
on policy,
No.21 31 May 96: New hydro stations planned; Police move onto
campus,
No.22 7 June 96: New trade arrangements set out,
No.23 14 June 96: Customs chief sacked; Increased co-operation
with Zimbabwe on Chimwenje fight; Too few bidders for state bank,
No.24 21 June 96: Claims of 2m mines disputed,
No.25 28 June 96: Conscription proposal defended; IMF money arrives
on basis of more privatisation; More SA farmers sought,
No.26 5 July 96: SA begins charges for visas,
No.27 12 July 96: Criminals 'take over police'; Dhlakama in talks
with Viljoen; Muslim holidays not promulgated,
No.29 26 July 96: Crown Agents take over customs; Islamic holiday
law goes to court,
No.30 2 August 96: Portuguese interests run bank,
No.31 9 Aug 96: Army trains with US commandos; Chimwenjes sentenced,
No.32 16 Aug 96: Gemstone mining attacked; Swiss give $15m,
No.35 20 Sept 96: Economy grows by 7.4%; Iran to help in mine-clearing,
No.36 27 Sept 96: BP secures oil prospecting deal; Military chief
calls for larger army; SA farmers arrive in Niassa; SA grants
some visa exemptions; Saudi's Yamani visits; US commercial food
aid again,
No.37 4 Oct 96: Cahora Bassa workers strike; Reconciliation failure
warning,
No.38 11 Oct 96: Donors concerned at crime wave; SA farmers miss
growing season,
No.39 18 Oct 96: Military in state of collapse,
No.41 1 Nov 96: Ground prepared for local elections,
No.42 8 Nov 96: Armed forces bill scrapped; New owners 'not monitored',
No.43 15 Nov 96: Chissano sacks interior minister,
No.44 22 Nov 96: Police propose armed vigilantes to counter crime,
No.46 6 Dec 96: Graca Machel declines; wins concessions from Paris
Club creditors,
No.47-8 13 Dec 96: Government does about-turn on local elections,
Namibia
No.01 5 Jan 96: EU puts money into NBC,
No.06 9Feb96: Support for Geingob's bid to halt growing corruption,
No.08 23 Feb 96: Growth crashes as key sectors fail; Nigerian
strongman to visit,
No.11 15 March 96: Angola may mediate on border; Deal struck with
'cultural body'; Swapo detainees issue finally goes public,
No.13 29 March 96: Despite Swapo's concern, dissidents debate
opens up,
No.14 12 April 96: Cabinet reshuffled,
No.18 10 May 96: Special border force trained,
No.16 26apr96: Garoeb goes as Swapo chief; Welcome for UN forces
on border,
No.17 3May96: PM says no to press curbs law,
No.22 7 June 96: Drought measures announced; Military deal signed
with Russia,
No.23 14 June 96: Plan to pipe water from Okavango; Regional power
treaty signed,
No.24 21 June 96: Suspicions mount over Botswana's intentions,
No.25 28 June 96: Tanks deal discussed in Bonn,
No.27 12 July 96: Germany reassures on Dutch sale of tanks to
Botswana; Nujoma in Spain for fishing talks,
No.30 2 August 96: Bid to cut drought fraud,
No.32 16 Aug 96: Fishing industry badly hit,
No.33 6 Sept 96: Warning on copper mine strike,
No.34 13 Sept 96: New style fishing agreement mooted with EU,
No.35 20 Sept 96: Nujoma reshuffles cabinet,
No.37 4 Oct 96: US gives drought aid,
No.38 11 Oct 96: Costliest strike at Tsumeb ends; New calls for
Truth Commission,
No.41 1 Nov 96: Brussels announces aid for trade; Housing construction
fraud,
No.43 15 Nov 96: Landmines killed ; Russians trawlers arrested,
No.44 22 Nov 96: Ports boost profits by 71%,
Region
No.01 5 Jan 96: Rains break drought,
No.02 12 Jan 96: SADC prepares to bring dispute with Comesa to
a head,
No.03 19 Jan 96: Uganda rejects call to join SADC,
No.04 26 Jan 96: New regional security structure; Over 28,500
border arrests,
No.05 2 Feb 96: Free trade agreement in August?,
No.06 9Feb96: SA criticised for sidelining neighbours,
No.07 16 Feb 96: Concern over unsupervised SA airstrips,
No.08 23 Feb 96: Agreement on island dispute; SA agrees to let
illegals stay; SADC to focus on poverty,
No.09 1 March 96: US agrees to boost SADC trade,
No.10 8 March 96: SA editors defend Zambian journalists under
attack;
No.12 22 March 96: Military discuss marine resources; SADC parliament
to debate rights,
No.18 10 May 96: First multilateral police action,
No.15 19 April 96: Tazara workers reinstated,
No.16 26apr96: $10m facility for SA bank to export to Africa;
Human rights meeting attacks regional record; Maputo corridor
will widen to include neighbours; Wits to train in radiation,
No.17 3May96: EPZs blamed by ICFTU,
No.17 3May96: Regional security meeting,
No.19 17 May 96: Italian NGOs take most EU aid; Nujoma seeks SA
backing,
No.20 24 May 96: Mandela offers to mediate on Liberia dispute,
No.21 31 May 96: Namibian concern at Maputo Corridor project,
No.22 7 June 96: Illegals face tighter controls; UK plea for SA
to ease trade,
No.24 21 June 96: SA officers gear up for regional peacekeeping
role,
No.25 28 June 96: Lusaka tells SADC security summit not to discuss
crisis; Zambian is consensus candidate for ACP secretariat,
No.26 5 July 96: Concern over Burundi situation; SADC forms security
body with wide ranging objectives,
No.28 19 July 96: SA defence minister calls for arms build-up
in region; SA, Tanzanian navy chiefs meet; Suspicions grow that
Unita may be involved in Burundi,
No.29 26 July 96: Backing for Brazil's UN bid; SA agrees to cut
in tariffs; SADC meeting will seek to give muscle to Berlin accord;
Wrangling over Botswana tanks spreads to Europe,
No.30 2 August 96: Commission to probe arms smuggling allegations;
Failure again on easing tariffs; Germany weighs advantages of
mine clearing technology; SA becomes focus for solving Burundi
stalemate,
No.31 9 Aug 96: Mbeki strives for compromise political solution
in Burundi,
No.32 16 Aug 96: $5bn investment mooted for Maputo Corridor; Breakthrough
announced on SADC free trade deal; Confusion over call to NGO,
No.34 13 Sept 96: Mozambique gets most SA aid; SA military begins
preparations for regional peace role; Sierra Leone rebels launch
offensive against SA mercenaries,
No.35 20 Sept 96: SA military chief in Namibia,
No.36 27 Sept 96: SA may supply arms to Rwanda government,
No.37 4 Oct 96: Criticism mounts as SA agrees to sale of arms
to Rwanda,
No.39 18 Oct 96: US crisis force plan comes up against SADC suspicion,
No.40 25 Oct 96: Leaders seek to tie investment firmly to black
empowerment,
No.41 1 Nov 96: SA likely to grow more involved in Eastern Zaire
crisis; Zaire may not come apart,
No.42 8 Nov 96: Arms stopped at border; Colonial borders issue
opened; SA mercenaries may become involved in Great Lakes crisis;
Zaire crisis - SA prepares to send in thousands of troops,
No.43 15 Nov 96: Operation unlikely to restore peace after Mobutu
intervenes; SA troops in East Zaire will not be seen as neutral;
UN arms probe accuses Zaire,
No.44 22 Nov 96: Great Lakes crisis - logistical aid now likely
after refugees return; Mbeki's account of meeting countered by
'angry' Mobutu; Mercenary company admits approach from crisis
region,
No.46 6 Dec 96: SADC calls for open markets; Small force now planned
for Great Lakes conflict,
No.47-8 13 Dec 96: Angola had highest growth - and inflation -
rate; SA backs OAU chief Salim against French indications of a
veto; SADC to meet again on Great Lakes crisis,
Swaziland
No.02 12 Jan 96: Party warns of mass action, 2
No.03 19 Jan 96: Unions and opposition in call for mass action,
No.04 26 Jan 96: Mass strike brings pressure on region's last
feudalists, 1
No.05 2 Feb 96: Strikers return as king sends police and army
in, 1
No.06 9Feb96: SA gives oblique warning on involvement, 1
No.07 16 Feb 96: Relations with Pretoria chillier,
No.08 23 Feb 96: Unions call off action as king announces reform
process,
No.09 1 March 96: Pressure for reform from US, SA,
No.10 8 March 96: Tax changes in new budget, 26,
No.11 15 March 96: New opposition alliance adopts hard line against
king,
No.12 22 March 96: Opposition calls for formation of interim government,
4
No.13 29 March 96: Court action against unionists,
No.14 12 April 96: Demonstrations planned, 2
No.18 10 May 96: Mswati makes some changes,
No.17 3May96: SA rejects land claim,
No.24 21 June 96: Plea to students,
No.27 12 July 96: Teachers' strike continues as opposition demands
change,
No.28 19 July 96: Teachers' strike ends,
No.29 26 July 96: Emergency' meeting presses king,
No.30 2 August 96: Mswati drafts in oppositionists,
No.31 9 Aug 96: Conditional support for king's constitutional
reforms,
No.33 6 Sept 96: Opposition ditches 'reform' group,
No.35 20 Sept 96: Newspaper under threat, 2
No.36 27 Sept 96: Ex-police deny collaborator claim; Police deny
De Kock's collaborator claims,
No.40 25 Oct 96: IMF chief praises former colleague, 1
Zaire
No.01 5 Jan 96: Opposition party seeks ANC deal, 2
No.02 12 Jan 96: SA companies grab opportunities in Eastern Kasai,
No.09 1 March 96: SA firm may refurbish Kinshasa,
No.10 8 March 96: Civil servants return,
No.15 19 April 96: Elections timetable announced,
No.21 31 May 96: Mounting SA economic and political interest,
No.34 13 Sept 96: Mobutu health concern; Rwanda exiles 'may become
cheap labour', 2
No.39 18 Oct 96: Fears rise about ailing Mobutu as election hopes
recede, 1
No.45 29 Nov 96: Mobutu 'may not return' as rebels advance toward
Kinshasa,
No.47-8 13 Dec 96: Mobutu seeks to mobilise mercenary force against
rebels,
Zambia
No.01 5 Jan 96: Export guarantees proposed,
No.03 19 Jan 96: Fall-out feared after defection of North Korean;
Talks proceed with Anglo on Konkola take-over,
No.04 26 Jan 96: Still no deal with Anglo on copper,
No.05 2 Feb 96: Meridien payments begin, 1
No.07 16 Feb 96: SA offers protection to investors,
No.08 23 Feb 96: Venture capital fund started,
No.09 1 March 96: Civil servants in national strike; Power link
with Tanzania; World Bank blames management of copper mines,
No.12 22 March 96: Half voters fail to register, 4
No.13 29 March 96: Copper seizure complaint by Zaire; Money laundering
bill; Public service sackings stopped,
No.14 12 April 96: Donors accused of interference, 2
No.15 19 April 96: Chiluba gets court protection,
No.16 26apr96: Kaunda cannot contend,
No.19 17 May 96: Final constitution moves closer,
No.20 24 May 96: Law goes through on banning Kaunda as contender,
No.21 31 May 96: Approval for sale of ZCCM,
No.22 7 June 96: Kaunda's top officials arrested,
No.24 21 June 96: Soldiers held amid 'coup' fears,
No.25 28 June 96: Donor cuts will have severe repercussions says
UNDP,
No.27 12 July 96: MMD's mass base seems firm after local election
victories,
No.28 19 July 96: US cuts aid in protest,
No.29 26 July 96: IMF, World Bank pledge to continue support,
5
No.31 9 Aug 96: First private power station; Lonrho announces
investments,
No.32 16 Aug 96: Farmers' party formed,
No.33 6 Sept 96: Chiluba hints at concession to KK,
No.34 13 Sept 96: Chiluba turns down plea on KK,
No.35 20 Sept 96: Drug traffic 'alarming', 2
No.36 27 Sept 96: Tensions rise as Kaunda announces boycott of
election, 2
No.39 18 Oct 96: Election date is withheld; Human Rights body
on the way, 1
No.40 25 Oct 96: Kaunda repeats boycott threat; World Bank disburses
$45m,
No.41 1 Nov 96: Presidential contenders are announced,
No.42 8 Nov 96: Kaunda arrest threat,
No.43 15 Nov 96: Mandela gives Chiluba ultimatum,
No.44 22 Nov 96: Chiluba snubs Mandela's advice, secures massive
win,
No.45 29 Nov 96: Opposition warns of military take-over if unrest
spreads; Parties represent ethnic groups,
No.46 6 Dec 96: Chiluba adopts hard line,
No.47-8 13 Dec 96: Refugees from Zaire screened for possible 'mercenaries',
Zimbabwe
No.01 5 Jan 96: 10% increase in foreign holdings; French delegation
to visit; Presidential poll date announced, 2
No.02 12 Jan 96: Confrontation with IMF admitted; EU aid for landmine
clearing; World Bank to lend $69m, 2
No.03 19 Jan 96: First salvo fired in presidential electioneering,
No.04 26 Jan 96: Threat to divert cargo to Beira, 1
No.08 23 Feb 96: Independent MP calls for boycott; NGO law to
be revisited,
No.09 1 March 96: Rains to boost growth to 6%,
No.10 8 March 96: 800,000 jobs lost, 26,
No.12 22 March 96: Mugabe's hollow victory may defeat economic
reforms,
No.13 29 March 96: Border security stepped up,
No.14 12 April 96: Zanu concern at voter apathy, 2
No.18 10 May 96: Cell phone deal nullified; Chimwenje border alert,
No.15 19 April 96: Banks argues against IMF views; Chinese president
to visit; Companies send funds abroad; Fresh call for constitution
talks; New finance minister soon,
No.17 3May96: A million face famine; Unions seek 30% of firms,
No.19 17 May 96: Finance ministry post occupied,
No.20 24 May 96: Child labour threat to exports,
No.20 24 May 96: More Chimwenji movement,
No.21 31 May 96: Chinese aid for steel mill; Mugabe threatens
trade war; Para regiment cut down,
No.23 14 June 96: Belgrade investment sought; UK to give provisional
aid,
No.24 21 June 96: Mugabe accuses Lonrho,
No.25 28 June 96: SA agents to remain in jail,
No.26 5 July 96: Privatisations soon says Mugabe; Reserve army
to be started; Textile firms concede on tariffs,
No.27 12 July 96: Chimwenje threat discussed amid reports of 'offensive',
No.28 19 July 96: Black empowerment groups warn against expatriates;
Mugabe ensures successor vacuum remains,
No.29 26 July 96: Army cut by 12,; Government bans gays again,
No.30 2 August 96: Court rejects government gay ban; Highest growth
predicted in budget after bumper crops,
No.31 9 Aug 96: Deal on tariffs is finally struck, 3
No.32 16 Aug 96: Bank warns on domestic debt,
No.33 6 Sept 96: Civil servants take on government,
No.34 13 Sept 96: Meeting on land reform,
No.35 20 Sept 96: Malaysia power station deal; Solar summit plea,
2
No.38 11 Oct 96: Mugabe rides roughshod over opposition to Malaysia
contract; Weekly AIDS toll leaps,
No.39 18 Oct 96: Parliament seeks to overcome rubber-stamp history,
1
No.40 25 Oct 96: Health workers fire warning shot; SA tightens
visa restrictions,
No.41 1 Nov 96: Malaysian company secures logging rights; Zanu
drops Marxism-Leninism tag,
No.43 15 Nov 96: End heralded to media monopoly; IMF rules out
further aid,
No.45 29 Nov 96: Trade talks with SA reopen,
No.46 6 Dec 96: Beira corridor investment planned; Calls for lower
SA tariffs; Media new guard thwarted,
No.47-8 13 Dec 96: Mugabe rejects MPs' hopes for constitutional
reform,