Jacob Zuma wages war on South Africa’s institutions on July 3, 2017Jacob Zuma has tightened his grip on the finance ministry, the state prosecutor, the public protector and the tax authorities. All of them, to one degree or other, are amenable to his preferences. Now South Africa’s president is trying to go one better: he wants to take over the country’s money printing presses. Busisiwe Mkhwebane, […]
A green revolution would unleash Africas potential on May 22, 2017Beatrice Nkatha’s favourite expression is “sorghum is money”. Her ramshackle one-storey wooden store is packed from floor to ceiling with bags of seed, fertiliser and pesticide. Staff attend to customers who peer through a tiny hatch at the front. The cramped store in Mukothima, a sleepy town about 260km north-east of Nairobi, might not seem […]