The Zambezi Volume 6 No 2
Cross-border movement of people –
defining moment for the Zambezi River
Basin
to make impact
- by Clever Mafuta
The recently signed protocol on the Facilitation of Movement of Persons in the SADC
region has much to offer the Zambezi River Basin where communities share assets,
cultural values, traditional leadership, economic opportunities and languages.
Editorial
As the most shared river basin in southern Africa, the Zambezi
provides the medium around which most regional protocols can be
tested. In particular, the envisaged free movement of people could
evolve around the river as it passes through eight of the 14 countries
in SADC.
Shared water resources critical to regional integration
- by Clever Mafuta
Southern Africa recognises the role that water plays in the process of
regional integration, with efforts towards sustainable and integrated
water management in the SADC region traceable to the establishment
of the SADC Water Sector in 1996.
Water is central to meeting the Millennium
Development Goals
- by Ronald Chawatama
Water is key to life as it supports the
three pillars of sustainable development,
namely social, economic
and environmental. Due to this critical role
water is also central to meeting the eight
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Conference discusses IWRM
issues in the Zambezi River Basin
The Zambezi Action Plan Project 6 Phase II (ZACPRO 6.2),
a SADC initiative, will host a conference of stakeholders to
discuss the management of water resources in the Zambezi
river basin.
Contribution of water towards meeting MDGs
The Zambezi offers hope in averting energy shortage in
southern Africa
- by Egline Tauya
Southern Africa could fail to meet its energy demands by
2007 if no significant investment in energy generation is
made.
Watering school fees in Salima, Malawi
- by Leonissah Munjoma
For every parent, one point of discussion when they meet
fellow parents is that of school fees for their children. For
those in the low income bracket, particularly living in the
rural areas, the major worry is how to afford the fees to ensure
their children’s education.
Mozambique reclaims Cahora Bassa
Mozambique has concluded an agreement with the
former colonial power, Portugal, to reclaim the giant
Cahora Bassa dam and guarantee economic independence
as well as control of one of the major sources of
electricity in southern Africa.
The Zambezi At A Glance
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