Index
Vol.12 1997
Issues 1-48, January 10 - December 19
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South Africa
SA development
No.01 10 Jan 97: Chiefs to lose out as former 'homelands' change
to freehold; Mine hostel system to end; New plans after 1,100
road deaths;
No.01 10 Jan 97: Russian mafias infiltrate SA while local criminals
move abroad;
No.02 17 Jan 97: 60,000 military jobs to go as SANDF restructures;
US jails model praised by minister;
No.03 24 Jan 97: AIDS breakthrough drug' queried; Cash-strapped
SABC may drop four languages, sell TV channel; Government to allow
sub-division of farm land; National health insurance, social security
planned;
No.04 31 Jan 97: Radical shift as government moves to expropriate
farms;
No.05 7 Feb 97: Bar on tests of AIDS drug; Mines may pay for pollution;
Private sector begins loans to crisis-ridden local authorities;
Swedes warn government to take responsibility for social goals;
No.06 14 Feb 97: 20% of SANDF personnel to go; Armscor boosts
black firms; Retrenchment mistakes admitted; SA employees more
negative now; Training after affirmative action;
No.07 21 Feb 97: Brain drain much worse than official figures
state; Mineral rights and urban land claims could bring massive
costs;
No.08 28 Feb 97: Education cuts bring riots; Farmers angered by
evictions law; Land mine ban welcomed; Meeting aims at easing
strains between ANC and civics;
No.10 14 Mar 97: Housing backlog up by 150,000 p.a.; Massive support
for mineshaft prisons notion;
No.11 21 March 97: Affirmative action ruled unconstitutional;
Bill will boost film industry; Farmers protest against killings;
Government keeps lid on council finances to hide lack of expertise;
Mine violence commission set up; More women seek death penalty;
Police plan to boost numbers; Special unit is set up to probe
R5bn official fraud;
No.12 28 March 97: Bisho massacre site marked; Major education
overhaul; Ship also considered as prison;
No.13 4 Apr 97: Hospitals renamed; Tourism rise creates 13,000
jobs; Township economies to get boost;
No.14 11 Apr 97: Local government teetering; More funds for NGOs;
Navy modernisation guaranteed; State land transferred; Tax base'
policy tested in court;
No.15 18 Apr 97: Call for declaration of emergency to counter
crime wave; Court decision ensures that wealthy suburbs will pay;
Doctors to train longer; Elections organiser warns on dangers
to 1999 poll; SABC on the ropes as audience leaves and staff prepares
for cuts; Tourism numbers fall;
No.16 25 April 97: Angry bankers seek top level meeting on robberies;
Broadcasting regulator slammed; Land Bank gets new head;
No.18 9 May 97: Killing of taxi chief sets back peace hopes in
industry; Minister holds emergency crime summit as police plans
falter; Troops may form union' as grievances stay unresolved;
No.19 16 May 97: 800,000 housing subsidies given; Applications
for asylum soar; No role for women in combat; Waste management
slammed;
No.20 23 May 97: Discrediting of IBA puts question mark over TV
channel; NGOs hope for rescue from new development agency; Sasco
criticises white paper;
No.21 6 June 97: Anti-crime strategy 'moving from theory to practice';
SABC claims 'no crisis' as senior TV staff pack their bags;
No.22 13 June 97: Call for radical rethink on entry of skilled
migrants;
No.23 20 June 97: Crime levels stay but clampdown announced on
figures; Ex IFP leader to control City Press; First co-ordinating
youth body; Government backtracks on farm worker security law;
Progress reported in taxi conflicts; Telkom rapped for Internet
bid;
No.24 27 June 97: Anti-crime blockade disregarded; DBSA raises
R700m for local infrastructure projects; Large increase in pay-outs
as police exodus swells; Security of tenure act 'more acceptable'
say farmers;
No.25 4 July 97: Crime stabilises says US business; Lower population
figures make problems less intractable; Olympic games 'overestimated';
Police agree on affirmative action;
No.26 11 July 97: Employers exploit illegals; House building target
'achievable';
No.27 18 July 97: ANC accepts 'patriotic bourgeoisie' notion;
Black economic empowerment aided by state tenders; Eastern Cape
kings want same pay as Zulu king; Government does about turn on
schools language policy;
No.28 8 Aug 97: Kahn outlines plans for police; More service cut-offs
ahead in bid to end non-payment culture; New law will harden up
affirmative action policy;
No.29 15 Aug 97: No full audit for RDP Fund; Tight control on
free-spending IBA;
No.30 22 Aug 97: Military seeks spending 'certainty'; Scientists
join brain drain; Study shows migrants create jobs;
No.31 29 Aug 97: Call for civil service to be slashed; IBA delays
TV deadline again; Northern Province growth plan;
No.33 12 Sept 97: Defence sums fail to add up; Drought committee
set up; Housing backlog figures doubled; Murder rate declines;
No.34 19 Sept 97: Channel aid directly to NGOs - NP; Housing delivery
increasing; Housing scandal led to sacking; Millions pumped into
East Rand; Tourism seen as jobs creator;
No.35 26 Sept 97: Deadline for land claims extended; Investor
conference for East Cape; Land planning to be reshaped; Megacity
referendum held;
No.36 3 Oct 97: Fresh attack on press by Mandela raises new fears
in media; New bail system tried; Tax relief for housing call;
West Cape reels in gang warfare;
No.37 5 Sept 97: Buthelezi criticised on immigration policy;
No.37 10 Oct 97: Violent crime higher than shown;
No.39 24 Oct 97: Controversial drugs bill gets initial go-ahead;
No.40 31 Oct 97: South Africans becoming 'more realistic' about
government;
No.41 7 Nov 97: Gender commission warning; Motheo only 'technically
illegal';
No.42 14 Nov 97: Afrikaner business apologises; Conciliation process
overwhelmed; Gangs rule most areas says report; Government refuses
to bail out near-bankrupt provinces; Union invests under new umbrella;
White business owes blacks;
No.43 21 Nov 97: Challenge to costly Liberian; Housing programme
'on track';
No.45 5 Dec 97: Domestic issues dominate popular thinking, survey
shows; Hints at mining redistribution; Serious crime levels 'stabilising';
Tighter administration ahead after Mbeki's take-over;
No.46 12 Dec 97: Large tracts of land to be transferred to the
poor;
No.47-8 19 Dec 97: Police restructuring plan;
SA economy
No.01 10 Jan 97: High risk' choice for investors; Trade talks
with EU to start;
No.02 17 Jan 97: Foreign borrowing falls with Rand; Manuel launches
charm offensive; Ramaphosa joins major bank; Skweyiya to be Worldwide
boss;
No.03 24 Jan 97: Agenda set for EU free trade talks; High growth
catch to black empowerment deal; Mabuza leads black directorships;
No.04 31 Jan 97: Malaysian firm to launch new daily newspaper;
Manufacturers lose ground to European competitors; Rand rises
as foreign banks express new confidence;
No.06 14 Feb 97: Business confidence surges back; Mass outflow
of funds planned; Mossgas redefines its output; Telecomms restructuring
begins;
No.07 21 Feb 97: Government says it will meet deficit squeeze
targets; Helicopter 'will create 6,000 jobs'; Sigcau rejects public
debate; Tax amnesty call rejected;
No.08 28 Feb 97: Industry fails to deliver despite favourable
economic climate; Rapid acceleration of RDP projects as fund is
boosted;
No.09 7 March 97: Exchange controls may clash with constitution
says bank; Malaysian-US group wins Telkom; Protests at retrenchment
plan;
No.10 14 Mar 97: Broad welcome for first ANC budget, misgivings
on jobs;
No.11 21 March 97: Doubts on wage discipline; Freeing of blocked
funds 'not considered'; Growth held back by 'lack of productive
behaviour'; Privatisation proceeds could be used to reduce debt;
No.12 28 March 97: New trade union body formed;
No.13 4 Apr 97: Battle for foreign direct investment still not
won; New mining chief seeks 'strategic accord' with unions; US
companies' social spending up;
No.14 11 Apr 97: Fewer work days lost; Foreign reserves rise;
Government shifts on airline sale; Labour questions savings; Major
battle' warning on wages;
No.15 18 Apr 97: No books kept in homeland; US debt maturities
shorten;
No.16 25 April 97: IMF gives gloomy growth forecast; Strike called
off - but quandary over job creation remains; Warning on gold
price as mines face falling profits;
No.18 9 May 97: Business optimism stays low; Electrification speeds
up, prices drop as parastatal delivers; Wage increases below inflation;
No.19 16 May 97: Call for 'small firms minister'; Government admits
it cannot meet its job creation targets; Mbeki suggests business
donates;
No.20 23 May 97: Mandela calls for debt relief; Summit announced
to work out employment strategy;
No.21 6 June 97: A third of Anglo's profits foreign; Uneven results
from strategy;
No.22 13 June 97: Manuel pleased after Edinburgh; New investment
at 15% of total; Signs of turn-around as search for foreign investment
continues;
No.23 20 June 97: BA may seek stake in SAA; Gencor to list subsidiary
in London;
No.25 4 July 97: Bated breath for exodus of capital as forex controls
go; Mine unions sign deal; More patience urged as job losses continue
to mount; Rate cut fall forecast;
No.26 11 July 97: Foreign direct investment up; Growth hopes dented
as gold price plummets; Nedlac eyed by neighbours;
No.27 18 July 97: Employment bill - government fires warning shot;
Malaysians launch new bank; Mines productivity deal agreed; One
percent rate cut anticipated;
No.28 8 Aug 97: Sub-texts reveal ANC battle lines on economic
policy;
No.29 15 Aug 97: Closer co-operation with Reserve Bank proposed
as indicators fall;
No.30 22 Aug 97: Business winning the argument;
No.31 29 Aug 97: Cosatu calls for more regulation; Employers may
draw on pensions; GDP grows but fears remain that economy is slowing
down;
No.33 12 Sept 97: Ministers acknowledge growth rates failing to
hit target;
No.34 19 Sept 97: Warning on growing underclass;
No.36 3 Oct 97: Gold miners to extend working; Reserves rise to
R26.5 billion; Strike activity hits seven-year low;
No.37 5 Sept 97: Exports move up on weak Rand; Malaysian investment
in Jo'burg;
No.37 10 Oct 97: Labour costs blamed for jobs lack; Mpumalanga
nets investment;
No.38 17 Oct 97: De Beers agrees deal with Russia; Mobil returns
after eight years;
No.39 24 Oct 97: Reserve Bank independence comes under scrutiny;
SA may mine in Guyana;
No.40 31 Oct 97: Economy's shallow foundations shudder in stock
market crash; Gold price tumbles again; No quotas to be set for
affirmative action; Optimism on growth prospects;
No.41 7 Nov 97: Labour bill set to be passed; R1bn for small business;
SE Asia fall-out to delay rate cuts;
No.42 14 Nov 97: Big business pioneered apartheid;
No.43 21 Nov 97: Battles continue over 'flexibility' in disputed
labour conditions bill; SE Asia crisis 'not serious for SA'; Signal
from finance ministry that deficit target will be missed; Unmanned
aircraft developed;
No.44 28 Nov 97: Manuel's ministry seeks to hold the Gear line
in cabinet; More job losses as gold crashes; Provinces 'get more
than share'; Trade surplus leaps ahead;
No.45 5 Dec 97: Forex reserves down; Gear targets revised down
in medium term plan; Unions slam Gear on job losses;
SA politics
No.01 10 Jan 97: Buthelezi rejects ANC proposal for KwaZulu amnesty
extension; Government castigates cabinet reshuffle reports; Holomisa
moves into TV business; Intelligence agencies slammed after bombings;
Intelligence job vacant again; PAC hopes rest with new leader;
Stofile set to take over East Cape;
No.02 17 Jan 97 SA Military Intelligence 'smeared' EO says mercenary
boss;
No.02 17 Jan 97: ANC seeks to woo revamped PAC into government;
Mandela hopes to mobilise the ANC around old theme; TRC at centre
of press row; Underground leader Nyanda groomed to be next SANDF
chief; US attack on Syrian arms deal exposes SA controls confusion;
Zuma moves to save embattled KZN amnesty plan;
No.03 24 Jan 97: 1,000 more amnesty pleas ahead; Mbeki takes charge
of economic plan; Modise's brother-in-law exposed ; PAC looks
set for cabinet post; Police 'hits' in Lesotho, Botswana; Political
parties scurry to find new allies before poll; SANDF chief 'third
force man'; TRC faces internal race row;
No.04 31 Jan 97: Casino boss may be extradited from US to face
bribery charges; Funding for parties 'next year'; Inkatha's leading
moderates resign as Buthelezi digs in; TRC breakthrough as Biko,
Goniwe killers seek amnesty;
No.05 7 Feb 97: Acid test of loyalty to Buthelezi looms for IFP
members; Alliances are cutting the NP out; Hani accusation raises
the prospect of poll dirty tricks; Holomisa presses ahead; Kingpin'
of secret chemical warfare programme arrested; Viljoen to seek
amnesty;
No.06 14 Feb 97: ANC women line up against Zuma; Biko family opposes
amnesty; Debt write-off follows riots - but underlying crisis
is unresolved; Former agent dies after 'accident'; Hani family
suspects ANC involvement in killing; IFP presents 'new image'
to voters; Mandela blames crime on massive police corruption;
More secrets revealed from chemical war files; Tension in the
ranks casts doubt on NP's restructuring; TRC budget slashed;
No.07 21 Feb 97: A quarter of blacks want a one-party state with
no opposition; Calls for military demonstration; Free State election
thwarts ANC national leadership; Killings linked to Vlakplaas;
KZN police team disbanded; League meeting postponed; Mass rallies
planned by Holomisa; NP to dissolve in favour of 'new political
movement'; Third force still operating; TRC must now give notice;
No.08 28 Feb 97: Breakthrough as ex-police minister seeks amnesty;
Disbanded unit is mobilising support for Holomisa; Government
on defensive over employment of Basson; Intervention in parks
scheme; NP wins small victory; PAC set out conditions;
No.09 7 March 97: De Klerk wants TRC to stress reconciliation
now; Democratic Party spurns offer; Mbeki warns new black elite
to avoid 'parasite' image; Muslim radio station accused; Tensions
resurface in PAC; TRC blocks bid to reveal 'government agent'
names; TRC, rates office damaged;
No.10 14 Mar 97: Cabinet to probe fundamentalists; Ethnic factor
may play larger role; Floodgates may open with revelations on
ANC agents; Former MK chief for top post; IFP march begins search
for revival outside heartland; Now CP plans new movement; Pik
Botha may be implicated; PW Botha will not be summoned;
No.11 21 March 97: ANC rolls out red carpet for Boesak ahead of
fraud trial; De Klerk bows out of Yale; Ex-spy 'foiled chemical
weapons'; New death squad revelations emerge from De Klerk's era;
Unions on confrontation course over labour laws, democracy;
No.12 28 March 97: ANC MPs and Cosatu agree to differ on budget;
Claim that Muslim vigilantes 'trained in Sudan'; Combative statements
'threaten spirit of reconciliation'; Court blames IFP for Shobashobane
massacre; No room for Holomisa says ANC; Overt third force' considered;
PAC leader upheaval continues; Sanco criticises ANC on crime;
Speculation grows after mystery death of top policeman; Story
of Pondo revolt finally told;
No.13 4 Apr 97: Auditor-general finds government finances in sorry
state; Battles ahead as SACP leaders launch broadside at ANC;
Claims of 'old boys club' in police; Cultural shock at festival;
KwaZulu-Natal amnesty discussed; Military chiefs demand guarantees
against extradition; PAC leadership tumult continues; TRC indictment
of De Klerk closer;
No.14 11 Apr 97: Chiefs warn of 'civil uprising'; Dispute between
minister and police chief highlights crime crisis; NP in discussions
with Holomisa; PAC suspends Makwetu; Shell House inquiry opens;
Unmasking of top ANC spy boosts 'third force' theory on violence;
Youth League votes against Zuma;
No.15 18 Apr 97: Afrikaner right regroups against affirmative
action and TRC; ANC closes ranks as spies scandal escalates amid
new revelations; Azapo splits with national leaders; Church concern
about labour law; Fresh testimony on Webster murder again pins
it on CCB; Underlying problems remain despite bid to soothe alliance;
No.16 25 April 97: AWB leader found guilty; Buthelezi seeks to
prevent rump party developing in KZN; Civics pledge support to
ANC - on condition RDP is followed; Intelligence chief's death
probe; Malan reverses position and agrees to testify to TRC; Women's
League battles ahead;
No.17 2 May 97: ANC's anxiety deepens after Women's League vote;
NP attacked for avoiding TRC; Poll shows Mbeki has not yet made
the grade; Viljoen welcomes Malan's decision to testify;
No.18 9 May 97: Confident De Klerk, Malan refuse amnesty chance,
but ANC applies; Just war' concept debated by Viljoen, Kasrils;
NP's modernisers sidelined as Meyer loses reorganisation job;
No.19 16 May 97: ANC's gesture removes individual leaders from
TRC limelight; Death threat' after Winnie challenged at congress;
IFP keeps door open; Kill the Boer' amnesties rejected; Malan
trial 'eases civil case'; Military chief 'tried to fund Basson's
defence'; NP in turmoil as Meyer prepares to jump ship; PAC expels
Makwetu;
No.20 23 May 97: Fresh calls for McNally to go; Kasrils could
face prosecution; Killer of councillor known; Mandela again hits
at black journalists; Meyer announces formation of new movement;
Tensions with Africanists in ANC are 'exaggerated'; TRC in quandary
over reparations to victims in neighbouring states;
No.21 6 June 97: ANC hands over names to TRC; Buthelezi's demands
dampen hopes for reconciliation; Chiefs may play alliance game;
Cosatu's strike was aimed at core government strategy; Newspapers
'appeased apartheid';
No.22 13 June 97: Boesak gets US church backing; Buthelezi may
elude ANC tactic to shift him upwards; Mbeki gives warning that
transition could fail; Meyer, Holomisa set up joint committee
for new party;
No.23 20 June 97: Another NP official leaves; Clash on defence
budget cuts; Cosatu decision casts doubt on future of Nedlac;
Doctors warned by TRC for apartheid era abuses; End to 'reconciliation
politics' signalled in language changes; Few fears of backlash
after AWB leader is sentenced; Staff at Foreign Affairs protest;
No.24 27 June 97: Anglo chief suggests piecemeal deal with labour,
praises economy; Buthelezi rules out alliances; Key union conferences
show SACP influence again on the rise; NP goes ahead with TRC
case; Reluctant ANC politician punted to avoid internal competition;
Strains show in ANC alliance over terms of IFP peace deal; TRC
may reveal truth around Winnie Madikizela-Mandela affair;
No.25 4 July 97: Emergency bill published; Ideological' strike
looms; IFP hopes for breakthrough after Mbeki's talks on Zulu
kingdom; Top ex-security chiefs to appear; TRC probes Paris assassination;
No.26 11 July 97: ANC centre learns from mistakes in Gauteng contest;
Buthelezi seeks crime beating role; DP warms to Meyer and Holomisa's
new party; Hijack' attempt on ANC politician;
No.27 18 July 97: Arms exports 'over emphasised'; Draft law to
ban mercenaries is finally published; Fears increase after attacks
on Jewish institutions; IFP official resigns to boost 'Afrikaner
trade union'; Political motive seen behind criminal destabilisation;
No.28 8 Aug 97: Amnesty for Coetzee contested; ANC leadership
accused of heavy-handedness in Gauteng election; Correction; Government
'committed to volunteer defence force'; New bid to stop chemical
war papers' release; Tension high as feud between ANC and NCF
escalates;
No.29 15 Aug 97: Battle with Mbeki gets under way for re-shaping
the ANC; Felgate, key constitutional negotiator, quits IFP for
ANC; Hani assassin gives details of foreign right-wing contacts;
Mass exodus from Richmond areas as clashes continue; Meyer whittles
away at NP base; Pagad 'more professional'; Threat to arms contracts
through media publicity feared; Warning of violence if growth
stays low;
No.30 22 Aug 97: ANC seeks fuel fund probe; ANC still deadlocked
on Sexwale's successor; CCB head refuses to reveal foreign operations;
Mbeki gives warning on mounting corruption 'crisis'; Meyer and
Holomisa to spell out new party timetable; Peace meeting goes
ahead in KwaZulu-Natal; Support for ANC government drops 10% from
election date; Unions in undercover deal despite mass protest
action;
No.31 29 Aug 97: De Klerk quits politics, tilts NP into crisis,
ends challenge to ANC; Further extension for amnesties; Probe
into De Beers' sought; Richmond impis feud on;
No.33 12 Sept 97: ANC quandary over Winnie returns amidst leadership
quest; ANC runs damage control after Winnie allegations; Possible
return to cabinet left hanging by new NP leader; Smit murders
to come before TRC;
No.34 19 Sept 97: ANC women nominate Winnie for deputy president;
Business unconcerned as Mandela yields to political expediency;
Concern that Nkabinde's arrest may not end violence; New bid to
end Transkei killings; NP and DP come closer to electoral understanding;
No.35 26 Sept 97: Cosatu postpones debates as struggle for clarity
continues; Government's promises stumble on provinces' inability
to deliver; New Meyer-Holomisa party stays vague on detailed policy;
NP and TRC reach settlement but concern grows for reconciliation;
NP launches discussion document; Relations with chiefs still vexed;
Tension with PAC leader denied;
No.36 3 Oct 97: Enthusiasm for new party at launches in Gauteng,
East Cape; Gauteng election shocks ANC leaders as manoeuvring
fails; Meeting to shore up alliance; Top apartheid leaders and
SSC to appear in final TRC act;
No.37 5 Sept 97: Alliance partners agree to disagree on economic
policy; Barnard held over Webster murder; IFP leader warned to
co-operate; Top black NP leader declines; TRC 'taking appeal court
rights';
No.37 10 Oct 97: Afrikaans TRC coverage attacked; Contralesa cuts
loose from ANC; Move to solve Heyns murder; New violence in Richmond;
NIS 'conspired to discredit SADF'; NP loses support in stronghold,
40% of voters undecided; Probe of police corruption probe; Right
and Left cross swords publicly over ANC alliance; TRC hears military
covert operations revelations; US joins opposition to Zuma bill;
No.38 17 Oct 97: Afrikaans business reparations; Cosatu strikes
set to go ahead; EO seeks regulation; Mbeki allows insights into
the future presidency; Probe into farm killings agreed; TRC hears
rhetoric and some candour from former NP ministers;
No.39 24 Oct 97: Aide claims he followed Boesak; ANC, IFP defend
clause preventing political defections; Bid for consensus on labour
bill; Death penalty 'not human rights violation' TRC told; Dispute
at diplomats' school; Maverick mine workers support for Holomisa
tested; Mbeki starts tightening organisational control on ANC;
Pagad 'not a political threat'; Posthumous readmission of Fischer
requested; SACP may launch youth league; Tutu commends NP ex-ministers;
Winnie slams opposition to bid;
No.40 31 Oct 97: Basson tells of foreign spy action; Battles loom
after TRC proposes reparations package; Farm killings 'organised
terrorism';
No.41 7 Nov 97: ANC and UDM in dirty tricks counter claims; ANC
youth divided on nomination; DP, NP in secret alliance talks;
Goldstone brought in to probe bizarre TRC accusation; Mbeki says
race riots ahead if whites fail to redistribute wealth; PAC to
interrogate former Apla commander;
No.42 14 Nov 97: Foreign planning unit to be set up; IFP seeks
alliances against ANC; Mangope moved R1.3m offshore; Relations
sour between government and business; TRC traces 195 shallow graves;
No.43 21 Nov 97: France denies assassination; IFP members killed
by ANC; Jews would support wealth tax says chief rabbi; UDM vies
for the floating voter; West Cape constitution approved; Winnie
opens her campaign by whipping up anger at ANC diktats;
No.44 28 Nov 97: ANC and nation battle to unravel their Winnie
dilemma; ANC suspends PAC MP for naming 'agents' in government;
Former guerrillas may be key to spate of farm killings; Subpoena
served on PW Botha;
No.45 5 Dec 97: Blanket amnesty for ANC leaders; Goldstone clears
truth commissioner of charges; Murders open way for right-wing
to mobilise again; Women's League opponents undermine Winnie's
bid;
No.46 12 Dec 97: ANC 'did not consult enough'; Intelligence services
undermined from within says Mandela; Judge finds no criminal liability
for Shell House deaths; KZN officials seek loans; Left caucus'
confident of making gains at ANC conference; New black police
body 'could unleash race divide'; Report completed on farm killings;
TRC pre-empts opposition by going to court on ANC amnesty; Winnie
still the wild card as ANC gears up for conference;
No.47-8 19 Dec 97: ANC to oppose W. Cape cabinet; AWB reported
to have funded German neo-Nazis; Business 'must be socially accountable';
Corruption believed widespread; Mandela sets tone for hardline
Mbeki presidency;
Southern Africa
Angola
No.02 17 Jan 97: EU grants $17 million aid package;
No.03 24 Jan 97: Savimbi may be 'adviser' and opposition chief;
No.06 14 Feb 97: Unita expels leading economist;
No.07 21 Feb 97: Savimbi drops 'adviser' bid;
No.08 28 Feb 97: Fresh delays in formation of government of unity;
No.09 7 March 97: Fighting renewed in Cabinda;
No.10 14 Mar 97: Russians to help clear mines; Unita forces in
Zaire end myth of total demobilisation;
No.11 21 March 97: FNLA seeks recall of SA troops; Unita MPs arrive
but dispute continues on new programme;
No.12 28 March 97: Last hurdles to unity government overcome says
Savimbi;
No.13 4 Apr 97: Green light for unity government;
No.14 11 Apr 97: Way opens for new government;
No.15 18 Apr 97: Cabindans seek meeting on future; Demobilisation
of 100,000 begins; New cabinet appointed;
No.17 2 May 97: Debt issue looms large for new government;
No.21 6 June 97: Battle opens for Unita's smuggled diamond wealth;
No.22 13 June 97: Fighting intensifies in diamond province of
Lunda Norte;
No.23 20 June 97: Differing views on conflict in diamond province;
No.24 27 June 97: Demobilisation of Unita's 'hidden army' is sought;
No.26 11 July 97: Border situation 'tense'; Diplomatic ties with
Vatican;
No.27 18 July 97: Unita seeks international support;
No.28 8 Aug 97: Border security tightened north and south to isolate
rebels; Washington seeks to secure peace with lure of new diamond
wealth;
No.29 15 Aug 97: Unita in last-ditch sanctions offer;
No.30 22 Aug 97: Major oil find will boost government reserves;
Unita 'transferring military HQ out of reach' to near Zambia border;
No.31 29 Aug 97: Unita allows Luanda to take control of some of
its territory;
No.34 19 Sept 97: Arms build-up mounts as Luanda orders from East
Europe; Diamond plan discussed; Macro economic plans need access
to Unita territory;
No.35 26 Sept 97: Peace hopes hang on US diamond deal between
warring parties;
No.36 3 Oct 97: Deadline extended for Unita;
No.37 5 Sept 97: Mercenaries recruited' as Unita prepares again
for war;
No.38 17 Oct 97: Diamond deal gives chance for peace - but Luanda
jumps the gun; Portugal seeks oil for debt deal;
No.39 24 Oct 97: Congo take-over will ease Cabinda problem for
Luanda; Criticism ahead of PM's visit;
No.40 31 Oct 97: New Central African bloc may counter SA influence
in region; Unita sanctions to go ahead;
No.41 7 Nov 97: Tentative economic reconstruction plans; Unita
backs off from threat to abandon peace process;
No.42 14 Nov 97: Luanda gives warning to Zambia on Unita flights;
Summit 'by end of the month';
No.43 21 Nov 97: Pressure on Unita ally may cut off new diamond
route;
No.44 28 Nov 97: Savimbi maps out an ethnic political battleground;
Unita divisions become clearer under government provocation;
No.46 12 Dec 97: Unita urges supporters to close ranks behind
Savimbi; Savimbi again demands 'special status' in new government;
Botswana
No.06 14 Feb 97: Mining boosts growth hopes;
No.11 21 March 97: Tourism policy revisited;
No.18 9 May 97: Independent press council ahead;
No.26 11 July 97: Air ready for privatisation;
No.33 12 Sept 97: President reshuffles cabinet;
No.35 26 Sept 97: Debswana head slams policy;
No.36 3 Oct 97: New party faces uphill struggle;
No.37 10 Oct 97: Voting age lowered;
No.42 14 Nov 97: AIDS figures remain gloomy; Masire announces
retirement date;
Congo
No.20 23 May 97: France loses as new regional balance is worked
out; SA presses Kabila to join SADC regional grouping;
No.21 6 June 97: Massacres obstruct Kabila's bid for stability
and development;
No.22 13 June 97: Opposition parties join in condemnation of ban;
No.24 27 June 97: Anglo calls for restoration of 'transparent'
mine tendering; Kabila puts Belgian visit on hold; SA agents helped
smuggle out Mobutu hoard;
No.25 4 July 97: Kabila tries to secure buttress precarious stability;
No.26 11 July 97: Angola, Zambia to train police; Kinshasa cools
diplomatic relations with Brussels;
No.28 8 Aug 97: Discussions continue with De Beers on diamonds;
EU reopens relations;
No.29 15 Aug 97: Museveni talks of joint ventures;
No.31 29 Aug 97: Plotting' generals top SA agenda;
No.33 12 Sept 97: CIA gave $100m to Kabila;
No.34 19 Sept 97: EU aid made conditional;
No.35 26 Sept 97: Fighting continues against Rwandan-led forces;
Israel withdraws security;
No.36 3 Oct 97: Call for opposition conference; Development put
on hold with rights issue still unresolved;
No.37 5 Sept 97: Peace continues to elude Kabila;
No.37 10 Oct 97: US corporate giant to write reconstruction plan;
No.39 24 Oct 97: Kabila lobby on the Internet;
No.41 7 Nov 97: Assassination attempts' reveal turmoil in Kabila's
military ;
No.42 14 Nov 97: Mobutu's gold hoard discovered;
No.43 21 Nov 97: Bid to retrieve Mobutu gold; SA pleads for time
for Kabila to prove credentials;
No.44 28 Nov 97: Battle lines on human rights; Doubts over Bechtel's
reconstruction plan; Friends of ' meeting may not yield necessary
aid;
No.45 5 Dec 97: World Bank lays groundwork for economic reform
plan;
No.46 12 Dec 97: SA sends strong message of support for rehabilitation;
Lesotho
No.02 17 Jan 97: Leadership battle ends in court;
No.03 24 Jan 97: BCP faction fight intensifies;
No.05 7 Feb 97: BCP factions generate instability;
No.06 14 Feb 97: Armed stand-off between police;
No.07 21 Feb 97: Situation tense as Pretoria is accused of fanning
confrontation;
No.08 28 Feb 97: Mandela in talks with king and government ministers;
No.09 7 March 97: Political crisis deepens as Mokhehle is demoted;
No.10 14 Mar 97: Pretoria refuses to hand over police mutineers;
SA accused of delay on SACU;
No.11 21 March 97: Mass support for Mokhehle;
No.13 4 Apr 97: SA officials hold talks in Maseru;
No.16 25 April 97: Elections body agreed, PM to stay;
No.22 13 June 97: Fears of unrest after 'new' ruling party formed by Mokhehle;
No.23 20 June 97: Demonstrations amid constitutional confusion;
No.24 27 June 97: SA prepared to mediate;
No.28 8 Aug 97: Mokhehle reveals election uncertainty;
No.37 5 Sept 97: Suspended MPs disrupt parliament;
No.45 5 Dec 97: AIDS cases to rise to 40,000;
Malawi
No.04 31 Jan 97: Senile Banda faces fraud trial;
No.08 28 Feb 97: Chief justice to be investigated;
No.13 4 Apr 97: Date set for Banda's trial;
No.17 2 May 97: Call for talks over strike;
No.18 9 May 97: Strikers return to work;
No.20 23 May 97: Civil servants' strike finally ends;
No.28 8 Aug 97: Court upholds Banda's acquital;
No.31 29 Aug 97: Shock AIDS fatality estimate;
No.41 7 Nov 97: New political party formed;
Mozambique
No.01 10 Jan 97: World Bank approves $100 million loan as investment, aid flows in;
No.02 17 Jan 97: Cashew industry jobs decimated;
No.03 24 Jan 97: More pay for ex-combatants; Renamo threatens poll boycott;
No.04 31 Jan 97: Opposition to developing Indonesian trade links; Renamo seeks more UN cash to pay election bills;
No.05 7 Feb 97: Germany to be main poll funder; Iranian submarine facility denied; Man who signalled revolt dies;
No.08 28 Feb 97: Cell phone contract won;
No.09 7 March 97: 60,000 flee severe flooding;
No.13 4 Apr 97: Delays raise doubts over poll date;
No.16 25 April 97: Government funds for Mosagrius; Renamo confirms participation;
No.18 9 May 97: Opening shots fired in local election campaign; Work on Maputo-Witbank private road in six months;
No.19 16 May 97: Agent held over Palme killing; Renamo threatens to take demonstrations into capital; US soldiers arrive for training;
No.20 23 May 97: $500m pledged in aid; A third of Frelimo's central committee to leave;
No.21 6 June 97: Smaller parties ally with Renamo;
No.22 13 June 97: Date given for first local elections; Germany pardons debt; Police co-operation ahead with SA;
No.24 27 June 97: SA's Gencor smelter will be largest private investment; Sweden cancels debt;
No.25 4 July 97: Peacekeeping role planned; Unita arms report played down;
No.26 11 July 97: Delayed land tenure law comes under the spotlight again; SA farm project begins;
No.29 15 Aug 97: Election registration postponed;
No.30 22 Aug 97: Crack down on passports racket; European aid for local elections; Joint steel project delayed; Unions seek migrant law changes;
No.31 29 Aug 97: Mass defection' from Renamo;
No.33 12 Sept 97: Debt relief expected;
No.34 19 Sept 97: Entry into club of poorest debtors; New SA farmers' trek stalled; Renamo official launches attack;
No.35 26 Sept 97: Cuba wants joint ventures; Lusophone military co-operation;
No.37 5 Sept 97: Call for sharper debt reduction; Last commercial bank privatised;
No.37 10 Oct 97: Conscription law coming soon;
No.39 24 Oct 97: Renamo closes down private radio;
No.40 31 Oct 97: Anti-corruption bill rejected; Unexpected surge in growth;
No.41 7 Nov 97: Levitation allegations;
No.42 14 Nov 97: Local election date finally given;
No.43 21 Nov 97: Cholera epidemic fears;
No.46 12 Dec 97: Attorney-general dismissed; Renamo predicts power sharing;
Namibia
No.02 17 Jan 97: Bushman arrested in Etosha;
No.04 31 Jan 97: Moscow meeting to develop military pact; US backs investment in Walvis Bay free trade zone against SA;
No.08 28 Feb 97: R1.2bn debt write-off;
No.09 7 March 97: Documents go to World Court; Rains bring hope as budget aims for deficit target;
No.12 28 March 97: Russians discuss co-operation;
No.13 4 Apr 97: Nigerian military officials visit;
No.15 18 Apr 97: Executive Outcomes denies subversion claim;
No.20 23 May 97: Transit agreed for Angolans;
No.21 6 June 97: Swapo congress endorses third term for Nujoma;
No.22 13 June 97: Military co-operation deal with SA;
No.23 20 June 97: Chiefs lobby in Europe;
No.25 4 July 97: Former guerrillas in battle for jobs;
No.26 11 July 97: Closer links with Kinshasa after Kabila visit;
No.27 18 July 97: Opposition slams presidential ban;
No.30 22 Aug 97: Genocide suspect for extradition;
No.37 10 Oct 97: SA security team deported;
No.40 31 Oct 97: Pressure on media set to increase;
No.41 7 Nov 97: Ex- fighters demonstrate;
No.44 28 Nov 97: Lubowski inquest date set; Overspending puts additional strain on economy;
No.47-8 19 Dec 97: Nujoma reshuffles his cabinet;
Region
No.01 10 Jan 97: Angolan government to block Zairean rebel bases; Savimbi agrees to SA peace role after meeting Mandela; Zambia screens Zairean refugees;
No.02 17 Jan 97: Zambian-based Katangans prepare for Zaire invasion;
No.03 24 Jan 97: SA mercenaries on UN agenda;
No.04 31 Jan 97: ANC leaders met with mercenaries over Angola deal; SA police in regional stolen car recovery operation;
No.05 7 Feb 97: Sugar war hots up;
No.07 21 Feb 97: Hopes that Mandela's influence will break Zaire deadlock; Sudan's leaders reported to be seeking arms in SA;
No.08 28 Feb 97: Sudan leader cancels visit; Zimbabwe exercise prepares SA for regional peace keeping role;
No.09 7 March 97: EU fishing call resisted; Sudanese rebels use SA arms;
No.11 21 March 97: SA arms 'used in coup bid';
No.12 28 March 97: Eminent persons' to mediate; SA ahead as Zaire crisis shakes up regional balance; Troops gather for peace exercise; Unita says rebel advance threatens Angolan peace;
No.15 18 Apr 97: Comesa sacks chief; al force backed by Britain;
No.17 2 May 97: Fears expressed as SA's trade surplus with SADC increases; SA hints at military involvement; Zaire war may crack open fragile unity government in Luanda;
No.18 9 May 97: SA moves to tighten border controls with neighbours;
No.21 6 June 97: Mugabe, Annan clash on rights; OAU meeting in Harare changes focus to development; SA mercenaries offered ousted Sierra Leone government deal;
No.22 13 June 97: Resting place for Mobutu sought;
No.23 20 June 97: Partial change on ivory trade; US investment fund set up;
No.24 27 June 97: SADC will suffer a cereal;
No.25 4 July 97: US initiates its crisis force;
No.28 8 Aug 97: Province seeks links with Namibia; SADC fails to agree;
No.29 15 Aug 97: Mandela prestige helps in Sudan; Plotting' generals to be checked;
No.31 29 Aug 97: Bitterness boils over at SA's industrial dominance; Business concerned at Mbeki's 'favouritism' in Congo scramble;
No.33 12 Sept 97: Botswana rejects non-interference; Congo wins membership in sudden expansion of SADC;
No.33 12 Sept 97: Regional force discussed in Bonn;
No.35 26 Sept 97: SA companies get guarantees to invest in risky regions;
No.35 26 Sept 97: Thousands killed in Rwanda;
No.36 3 Oct 97: Cross border anti-crime pact;
No.37 5 Sept 97: SA law will have little effect on demand for private armies; Storms ahead for free trade talks at SADC summit and in Brussels;
No.37 10 Oct 97: Kenyan arms request vetoed; Zimbabwe to use Zambezi water;
No.38 17 Oct 97: Angolan military intervention unsettles Central African stability; Modise sees regional instability ahead, calls for boost to military;
No.39 24 Oct 97: Illicit arms sales to region; Pretoria reveals policy confusion over Brazzaville events; Upgraded power for Caprivi;
No.40 31 Oct 97: US wants international Great Lakes conference;
No.41 7 Nov 97: Territorial dispute in Caprivi;
No.42 14 Nov 97: SA promises to boost ACP case; SA supplied helicopters and pilots to Lissouba in Brazzaville;
No.43 21 Nov 97: SA railways lead the way in expansion north;
No.45 5 Dec 97: AIDS figures revised upwards in dismal picture for region; Unita's new links in the north bode ill for peace;
No.46 12 Dec 97: Rights group confirms SA mercenary involvement in Burundi;
No.47-8 19 Dec 97: Arrested Mobutuist generals 'met with Unita in central Angola';
Swaziland
No.05 7 Feb 97: SA unions back arrested colleagues as crisis deepens;
No.06 14 Feb 97: Workers shot as crisis deepens;
No.07 21 Feb 97: Unions still taking hard line;
No.08 28 Feb 97: Government calls in old debts;
No.09 7 March 97: SA unions trumpet blockade success as strike ends;
No.10 14 Mar 97: Mswati yields to pressure in review of party ban;
No.12 28 March 97: Dismal economic picture painted in wake of strike; Trade unionists to sue;
No.14 11 Apr 97: Fears mount over SA-EU trade;
No.16 25 April 97: Hopes rise for gaining Taiwan's SA investment;
No.18 9 May 97: State will 're-design' editorial;
No.19 16 May 97: Senate threatens to close paper;
No.22 13 June 97: SA help on constitution offered;
No.26 11 July 97: GDP falls under impact of unrest;
No.34 19 Sept 97: Anger at Mandela's 'interference';
No.35 26 Sept 97: Malaria and AIDS to create crisis; SA still seeks reforms;
No.37 10 Oct 97: Legislation to control media;
No.38 17 Oct 97: Strike collapses;
No.39 24 Oct 97: Cosatu meets trade unionists after failed strike;
No.41 7 Nov 97: ANC officials 'banned';
No.44 28 Nov 97: Parliament defers media bill;
No.46 12 Dec 97: Claim laid on part of Mozambique;
Zaire (name changed to DR Congo after rebel take-over in May)
No.04 31 Jan 97: French, Belgian fascists lay claim to mercenary offensive;
No.05 7 Feb 97: Rebels advance as Mobutu's 'counter-offensive' fails;
No.06 14 Feb 97: US urged to take stand on government's use of mercenaries;
No.08 28 Feb 97: Cloak of silence over peace manouevres;
No.09 7 March 97: Angolan forces are fighting alongside rebels says Unita;
No.10 14 Mar 97: France threatens to enter conflict as regional forces gear up;
No.11 21 March 97: Rebels target Lumbumbashi as government crumbles;
No.13 4 Apr 97: Kabila's rebel forces face revolt from their own side;
No.14 11 Apr 97: Concern mounts that foreign troops may enter fray; SA seen as displacing former Belgian, French colonists;
No.15 18 Apr 97: Tensions emerge between Shaba opposition and rebel leader Kabila; Zimbabwe accused of supplying rebels with arms;
No.16 25 April 97: France calls for transitional government, seeks to limit losses; Mbeki warns against threat of secession in deals with Kabila; Museveni's relative 'seeks mining concessions';
No.18 9 May 97: Diplomatic rifts may loom over US covert support for Kabila; Mobutu 'threatens Angolan oil installations with rocket attack';
No.19 16 May 97: Denard's involvement in mercenary operation confirmed; Katangese Gendarmes chief indicates rifts ahead; Pressure on Swiss banks grows; Rebels fear military victory will be thwarted by foreign troops;
Zambia
No.01 10 Jan 97: Newsweek' libel case for trial;
No.02 17 Jan 97: Barotses 'plotting secession';
No.09 7 March 97: Anglovaal bids for ZCCM copper;
No.10 14 Mar 97: Plea for aid for Zaire refugees;
No.13 4 Apr 97: Cuban doctors to be invited; Hopes for gold mining boom;
No.15 18 Apr 97: Government drops media bill;
No.16 25 April 97: Faction fights inside Unip;
No.24 27 June 97: Emergency call rejected;
No.27 18 July 97: Donors renew aid, conditionally;
No.31 29 Aug 97: Kaunda capitalises on wounding;
No.34 19 Sept 97: 27% will have AIDS in 1998;
No.35 26 Sept 97: Do not press democratisation; News agency to be disbanded; Saudi Arabia plans bank;
No.36 3 Oct 97: Public service strike disrupts;
No.37 5 Sept 97: China's opens first African bank;
No.40 31 Oct 97: Coup bid undermines tales of regional stability;
No.41 7 Nov 97: Chiluba uses coup bid to crack down on opposition;
No.42 14 Nov 97: Donor meeting postponed;
No.44 28 Nov 97: Ex-Zaire soldiers seek to escape;
No.45 5 Dec 97: Chiluba appoints new vice-president, defence minister;
Zimbabwe
No.01 10 Jan 97: Government to seize white farms;
No.02 17 Jan 97: Zim-SA traffic increases;
No.04 31 Jan 97: Government begins land take over;
No.06 14 Feb 97: Bid to control NGOs thwarted;
No.07 21 Feb 97: Freer tariff regime leaves out SA;
No.08 28 Feb 97: Accusation undermines Mugabe; Thousands clamour for army jobs;
No.10 14 Mar 97: Cellphone scandal deals blow to state's commercial reputation;
No.11 21 March 97: Affirmative action legislation plans criticised as racist; Courts rule no ID cards needed; Reformist newspaper chief sacked; World Bank brings no new cash;
No.13 4 Apr 97: Breakthrough on textile tariffs;
No.14 11 Apr 97: Bishops suppress atrocities report; Bulawayo to get water pipeline; Zanu claims it is infiltrated;
No.17 2 May 97: New tax proposed on idle land;
No.18 9 May 97: Leak of massacre report 'harms reconciliation';
No.19 16 May 97: Inquiry into housing fund; Minister's wife in 'rigging' group;
No.20 23 May 97: Mandela pours cold water on trade deal hopes; MP refuse to ratify airport loans;
No.21 6 June 97: First evening paper launched;
No.22 13 June 97: Presidential interference thwarted by independent judiciary;
No.23 20 June 97: Calls for anti-corruption body;
No.24 27 June 97: Cone assets sold to Iranians;
No.27 18 July 97: Industrial boiling point reached as different sectors strike; Official silence greets report;
No.28 8 Aug 97: World Bank relents on aid after budget deficit pledge;
No.29 15 Aug 97: Government targets white farms;
No.30 22 Aug 97: Mugabe bends as pressure against Zanu fraud mounts; World Bank resumes funding;
No.31 29 Aug 97: Government capitulates to war veterans' demands;
No.33 12 Sept 97: Arms ship 'disappears'; Court cuts off Zanu funding; Military wing challenges civilians in ruling party;
No.34 19 Sept 97: New blow as World Bank retreats;
No.36 3 Oct 97: Farm workers strike over pay; German military aid announced;
No.37 5 Sept 97: Higher threshold for investors; Top Zanu member speaks out;
No.37 10 Oct 97: Fresh borrowing for new items;
No.39 24 Oct 97: Tenders invited for mine-clearing;
No.40 31 Oct 97: Mugabe opens quest for finance;
No.42 14 Nov 97: War of words over trade imbalance flares again;
No.43 21 Nov 97: Government goes ahead with land seizure plan despite crisis; IMF set to bale out government;
No.44 28 Nov 97: Mugabe suggests war veterans get paid in bonds; Sithole pleads not guilty to plotting to kill Mugabe;
No.45 5 Dec 97: SA indicates concern over Mugabe's land take-over; Unions protest against vets' levy;
No.46 12 Dec 97: Mugabe makes u-turn after massive one-day strike;
No.47-8 19 Dec 97: Mugabe again dismisses appeal;
International
No.01 10 Jan 97: CIA chief wanted SADF backing in Afghanistan, Nicaragua;
No.03 24 Jan 97: Mandela slams US warning on Syrian arms deal;
No.04 31 Jan 97: SA-EU free trade deal likely, but on European terms; US-SA relations set to improve as Armscor case is settled;
No.05 7 Feb 97: Controversial foreign arms sales make up for local orders; Mandela defiant on Syrian arms;
No.06 14 Feb 97: Gore seeks to convince unions to come on board Gear; Syrian arms deal leaked by foreign affairs department?;
No.07 21 Feb 97: ANC gives support to Labour; SA in talks on Hong Kong office; US and SA gloss over foreign policy embarrassments;
No.08 28 Feb 97: EO prepares for fighting in PNG;
No.09 7 March 97: EO force in Bougainville said to include Namibians; Indian Ocean group formed; Nzo presses for deal on Lockerbie;
No.10 14 Mar 97: Asian drive will net R1bn; Beef war with Brussels may sour wider trade talks; First foreign helicopter sale ahead; Swiss give SA tariff preferences;
No.11 21 March 97: EU to boost KZN democracy; Mercenaries eye Middle East; SA government backs off from Syrian arms deal;
No.12 28 March 97: Way opens for SA to join Lome Convention;
No.13 4 Apr 97: India, SA agree on 'strategic partnership', focus on UN; UK is favourite for arms resupply;
No.14 11 Apr 97: SA takes high profile as NAM seeks restructured UN;
No.16 25 April 97: SA hopes for massive helicopter order from Turkey;
No.18 9 May 97: Conflict management conference; French help over illegal fishing;
No.19 16 May 97: SA's N. Ireland talks bid flounders;
No.20 23 May 97: Cuba decorates SA priest;
No.21 6 June 97: N. Ireland relations fail to thaw;
No.22 13 June 97: Closer SA-Libya economic ties;
No.24 27 June 97: EU trade talks creak into motion again after SA presents offer;
No.25 4 July 97: Iranian oil storage 'unlikely'; SA hopes to compensate at WTO for concessions in EU talks;
No.26 11 July 97: France sets about changing its Africa policy; SA hopes for Czech arms trade; SA needs to 'flex its muscles'; SA upgrades links with Algeria;
No.27 18 July 97: Britain, SA set up bilateral forum; EU asked to pay for damage trade deal will cause to region; Mandela baulks at involvement in East Timor issue; NP to help form conservative African grouping;
No.28 8 Aug 97: Gaffes almost sink Mandela's peace initiative; Media wins battle to name Saudis;
No.29 15 Aug 97: Portugal's anger may hit EU deal;
No.30 22 Aug 97: Denial of Iran nuclear claim;
No.33 12 Sept 97: Mandela urges Timor autonomy; SA seeks Brazilian trade; SA visit to Ukraine tied to expanding military links;
No.34 19 Sept 97: Lome ratification now sought; Saudi arms deal may herald end of benefits from regional wars;
No.35 26 Sept 97: Arms will be bartered for Saudi oil; SA slams US proposals on UN; Swiss helped SA buy chemicals;
No.36 3 Oct 97: German visit will inaugurate new bi-national commission; SA military chief visits Saudi;
No.37 10 Oct 97: Bi-national commission in Bonn; Carolus given London posting; German crash was of 'secret surveillance aircraft'; No lobbying for UN seat; Priority for arms counter trade; Question mark over use of Kasrils name in FBI sting;
No.38 17 Oct 97: Empowerment not a priority; EU Christian Democrat institute for Cape Town; Malaysian donations stay secret; Massive Indian arms deal denied;
No.39 24 Oct 97: Algeria asks for helicopter demo; SA flouts US anger, calls for lifting of Libya sanctions; Spain joins offers of counter-trade arms supply deals;
No.40 31 Oct 97: Mandela and Manuel signal unease about neo-liberal policies; Military sale to Algeria casts doubt on arms committee; SA misses out on Lome pact's business opportunities; SA-EU trade talks 'on track';
No.41 7 Nov 97: Chinese visit heralds rapid rise in trade, investment; Despite US disfavour SA agrees to boost Iran links; EU accepts SA's deadlock breaking mechanism in trade talks; FIS appeals for arms block; UK funds boost ANC; Varied finance part of UK offer;
No.42 14 Nov 97: Chinese in deals worth $540m; EU trade talks 'most difficult'; French 'involved in assassination';
No.43 21 Nov 97: East Timorese hopeful for change after Suharto's visit; Saudi oil and arms deal will placate Washington;
No.44 28 Nov 97: Blair and Mbeki agree; Iran 'seeks nuclear technology';
No.46 12 Dec 97: Russia seeks joint deal on upgrading MiGs for Africa;
No.47-8 19 Dec 97: Asian financial crisis will have investment
knock-on effects; China ships out N-plant parts
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