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…
Kiddies on the African Killing Fields
By Andrew Field By late 2025, the African continent remains riddled with overlapping wars. Children are being pulled into armed conflict across Africa with a persistence that should shame the…
The Mountains All Around Us
Andrew Field, The mountains that ring Mutare are under systematic assault. Chinese-operated mining activity has encroached on slopes, ridgelines and catchments once considered the beautiful natural heritage of Mutare and…
Stagnation Malawi
By Andrew Field When the votes were counted, Malawi’s electorate chose the stable and well-trodden over the perhaps untested and experimental. This is a hallmark of southern African politics. Arthur…
A Lion Called ‘Blondie.’
Hannes Wessels, It was with dismay I read a recent report in ‘The Times of London’ about the recent killing in western Zimbabwe of a lion named ‘Blondie.’ Reading about…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Cyril is at it again. He is organising a talk-shop. A “National Dialogue” starting in August. To quote Ivor Vegter in the Daily Friend “If there…