AFRICAN BUSINESS

contents
January 1998

cover stories
Goto dots ZIMBABWE: Mugabe crosses the Rubicon
Goto dots S. AFRICA: Privatisation in South Africa
Goto dots KENYA: Nairobi's millionaire hawkers

business & finance

Goto dots COMMODITIES: Asian turmoil hits base metals
Goto dots INDUSTRY: Africa's detroit?
Goto dots MINING NOTEBOOK: Hunting the elephant
Goto dots CITYVIEW: Asian flu hits Johannesburg
Goto dots TELECOMS: Ethiopia's stone-age telecoms
Goto dots COMPUTERS: How to choose you best system
Goto dots LETTER FROM BRUSSELS: EU bails out Sysmin
Goto dots DATELINE USA: Interview with Joseph Wilson
Goto dots ESSAY: Something new out of Africa
Goto dots FINANCE: Securitisation
Goto dots TOURISM: United we stand

countryfile

Goto dots GABON: Kuwait of Africa?
Goto dots TOGO: Fertile phosphates
Goto dots LESOTHO: Double-headed monster

editorial

Goto dots Mother Nature's warning