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Prospects for Southern Africa in 2018

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: PROSPECTS 2018
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: Southern Africa AF Angola Mozambique South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe Botswana Namibia PROSPECTS 2018

Topical: economy industry international relations politics social debt election fiscal government opposition protest corruption coup energy
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2017), "Prospects for Southern Africa in 2018", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB226182

Thursday, November 30, 2017

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Significant political transitions will take place in several states where longstanding rulers have either been ousted (Zimbabwe) or stepped aside (Angola). Meanwhile, fiscal crises are prompting growing popular dissatisfaction (Mozambique) and increasing government desperation for international financial assistance (Zambia). A new ANC leader in South Africa will have to arrest the party’s dwindling fortunes, while distancing him- or herself from the unpopular national president, Jacob Zuma.

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