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Contents

NEW AFRICAN The bestselling pan-African magazine, founded in 1966 NOVEMBER 2008 ISSUE 478 WWW.AFRICASIA.COM

Jacob Zuma Domino or dynamo?

8President Thabo Mbeki has been forced out of office by his ruling ANC party. A caretaker president, Kgalema Motlanthe, has been put in place. But Jacob Zuma remains the heir apparent, ready to take office after next April’s general elections. But what kind of president will Zuma be? Would he be domino or dynamo?

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NigeriaSqualid end to Empire

We first reported it in May 2005, now we have British government confirmation. Nigeria’s independence elections were rigged by the British for the Northerners! Read it all here.

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GhanaElection fever

Who will become the new president of Ghana on 7 December – the ruling NPP’s Nana Akufo-Addo or the opposition NDC’s John Atta Mills?

Letters 4 Your news and views

Cover story South Africa 8 Jacob Zuma: Domino or dynamo? 12 The fall of Thabo Mbeki

Lest We Forget 18 Obama is not (yet) Africa’s prodigal son

Features 20 Nigeria: Squalid end to empire 26 Angola: MPLA - A Decisive victory 32 Ghana: Election fever grips 36 Ethiopia: We want our looted artefacts back!

40 Liberia: Fireworks at the TRC 44 Somalia: Rising piracy threatens global trade

Under the Neem Tree 46 Think about something positive Special Report - Oil & Gas 48 Delta woes threaten Nigerian success NA Markets 52 African Banker Awards 54 CDE: supporting SME's in Africa 58 Credit Crunch: End of free market? Not in Black or White 66 I will miss George Bush

Diaspora 68 Decision time in America 72 Why I won’t vote for Obama