Namibia

  • Jan 4, 2005
  • 6 min read

AFRICA: Global interest lifts local bourses

African stock markets posted strong returns in 2004 on the back of improving global and local...

Africa
  • Dec 23, 2004
  • 7 min read

PROSPECTS 2005: Trade talks key for Southern Africa

Political attention will focus mainly on parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe. Economically, the...

  • Nov 22, 2004
  • 6 min read

NAMIBIA: Pohamba in charge - with Nujoma looking on

Hifikepunye Pohamba was overwhelmingly elected president, and his South West Africa People's...

Namibia
  • Oct 21, 2004
  • 7 min read

AFRICA: Regulations fail to halt illicit diamond trade

International initiatives have been implemented in recent years to control the illicit trade in...

Africa
  • Oct 12, 2004
  • 7 min read

AFRICA: Continent is world's worst for business

The annual report benchmarks regulatory performance and reforms related to business environments...

  • Sep 24, 2004
  • 6 min read

SOUTH AFRICA: Empowerment targets stir up controversy

The Ministry of Agriculture recently published Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) targets for land...

South Africa
  • Aug 6, 2004
  • 7 min read

NAMIBIA: Ghost of Zimbabwe haunts land reform

There are parallels between the evolution of Namibian land policy and that in Zimbabwe in the...

Namibia
  • Jun 11, 2004
  • 7 min read

SOUTHERN AFRICA/UNITED STATES: Trade talk tensions

If successful, the negotiations will lead to the first free trade area (FTA) involving the United...

United States