■ Options for South Africa: It has been a bad few weeks for the racialist South African rulers. The destruction of over £3m worth of oil-from- coal installation was the most successful act of sabotage ■ Problems that food aid creates: Alex Rondos analyses, with particular reference to the cases of Mali and Cape Verde. The relation between food aid and agricultural development ■ President Stevens reviews the year: President stake a Stevens of Sierra Leone at the state opening of parliament in Freetown on June 6, looked forward to the holding of the OAU summit ■ Mauritanian outlook: The author of this IMF Survey report feels that withdrawal from the Western Saharan conflict and an improvement in trade last year brightened the country’s prospects for 1980 ■ Books and publications: A dam mistake? The Volta river project, a case study in politics and technology's by David Hart ■ Problems of publishing in African languages: Hans M. Zell, editor and publisher of the African Book Publishing Record, delivered this paper to a meeting of the American African Studies Association in Los Angeles last November. ■ Four peoms by Demola Araoye: Reaction to the post-mortem; Elegg for the unsung heroes; Eko ( looking back from Yauri); Newsy silence ■ Economic and business news: Talking about trading: The annual general meeting of the London chapter of the Nigerian British chamber of commerce ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana: Limann stands firm on constitution: President Hilla Limann declared during a closed session of the People's National Party Congress in Kumasi that he had sworn before God and the nation to defend the constitution and would defend it.