http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/alec_russell en http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2008/04/mugabe-zimbabwe-mdc http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2008/04/mugabe-zimbabwe-mdc Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT Alec Russell The "Big Man", last of the independence leaders, never seriously contemplated defeat writes Alec Russell. Plus read Stephen Chan's take

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2007/10/south-africa-black-game-world http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2007/10/south-africa-black-game-world Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMT Alec Russell Observations on South Africa

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2007/07/south-africa-party-anc-mbeki http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2007/07/south-africa-party-anc-mbeki Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:00:00 GMT Alec Russell Observations on South Africa

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/life-and-society/2007/05/south-africa-black-world http://www.newstatesman.com/life-and-society/2007/05/south-africa-black-world Mon, 07 May 2007 12:00:00 GMT Alec Russell South Africa is booming. The economy is enjoying its biggest surge since the Second World War - and for once it is not just whites who are prospering.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2007/04/south-africa-zimbabwe-border http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2007/04/south-africa-zimbabwe-border Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GMT Alec Russell As Zimbabwe descends into chaos, its border has become the focus of the fastest-growing movement of people in sub-Saharan Africa.

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]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200312010009 http://www.newstatesman.com/200312010009 Mon, 01 Dec 2003 12:00:00 GMT Alec Russell Observations on the special relationship

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