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Contents African business june 2009

14 CovER SToRy

66 World Economic Forum implications of the global crisis

Editorial 13 The other side of the coin

Cover Story Zuma era begins 14 A practical, pragmatic cabinet 20 I am a man of the people 28 Zuma – the man inside 32 Election satire

Spotlight 34 Apar theid victims sue multinationals

Cityview 40 Aid flows under threat

Special report Ports in Africa 42 African por ts thrive despite economic gloom 46 Bolloré launches Pointe-Noire

upgrade 48 Vital Nor th-South Corridor gets

go-ahead 52 The Beira Corridor 56 Matching rail and por t capacities 60 How to cut cross-border costs

42 Ports in Africa African ports thrive despite economic gloom

The World Economic Forum 66 Implications of the global crisis 72 Making sure Africa is heard

Forum 80 Unscrambling Africa

Events 84 AfDB Dakar meeting ‘most critical in

a decade’

Letter from East Africa 86 The myth of the African brain drain

Countryfile 88 Zimbabwe: Indigenisation triggers

mining dispute 90 Ghana: Piracy killing music industr y 92 Ghana: Economy wobbles

Reviews Book/Music 96 It’s Our Turn to Eat 98 Fondo