The Illusion of Stability: Why the ZiG Is Not What It Seems
By Andrew Field Zimbabwe’s currency looks calm on the surface, but beneath it, the currents of mistrust run deep. There is a tendency within government to treat the apparent stability…
The Mirage of Muzarabani: The Distance Between Discovery and Delivery
By Andrew Field The Muzarabani gas discovery is being presented to Zimbabweans as a moment of arrival, a geological vindication that the country sits atop untapped energy wealth capable of…
Copper’s Double Edge: Zambia’s Sovereignty and Its Dependencies
By Andrew Field Zambia is once again being carried forward on the familiar promise that copper will lead the way in funding development. It’s a resource that will anchor sovereignty…
Zimbabwe’s Lithium Paradox: How an Export Ban Strengthened Foreign Control
By Andrew Field Lithium was once an afterthought; now it is the mineral that exposes Zimbabwe’s paradox of sovereignty and dependency. George Nolan’s discovery at Bikita in the early 1950s…
Uganda: Ritual Democracy and the Shadow of Succession
Andrew Field Uganda has voted again. The outcome is as predictable as gravity. Officially, a renewed mandate. Unofficially, a ritual long stripped of competition. The figures are tidy, the margins…
The Price of Silence in Angola
Andrew Field, Angola is the quiet giant of the Southern African Development Community (SADC); present but rarely centred, mighty yet oddly muted. Vast in territory, rich in oil, and anchored…
Power Without Prosperity: Southern Africa’s Year of Stagnation
Andrew Field, Southern Africa in 2025 was a region still caught in its own contradictions. Governments spent the year juggling conflict, corruption dressed as governance, and the maintenance of power,…
Rhodies at the Zambezi River Bar
Remember When Duncan Clarke Contents About the Author The heat coming off the Zambezi and in the valley that October evening was the sort that clung to the skin like…
Return to Cabo Delgado: Extraction, Insurgency, and the Crisis of African Sovereignty
By Andrew Field In northern Mozambique, the drama of conflict now takes on a deeper dimension than simply insurgents versus government troops. It is an allegory of Africa’s perennial dilemma:…
Tanzania: The Ballot and the Blood Trail
By Andrew Field Tanzania heads to the polls on 29 October 2025, but the mood is grim. The ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), has nominated President Samia Suluhu Hassan…