http://www.sardc.net Updated every week eng Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:59:00 GMT http://www.sardc.net/images/sardc2.jpg http://www.sardc.net The implementation of the SADC Trade Protocol has been a long and painstaking regional process that will continue beyond the formal launch of the Free Trade Area at the SADC Summit in mid-August. http://www.sardc.net/Editorial/Newsfeature/08520808.htm Thur, 14 Aug 2008 14:46:00 GMT Southern African leaders will launch the regional free trade area this month, signalling the creation of one of the largest free trade zones on the African continent with some 250 million people. http://www.sardc.net/Editorial/Newsfeature/08510808.htm Thur, 7 Aug 2008 12:55:00 GMT The southern African brokered talks between Zimbabwe’s main political parties are progressing well and heading for a successful conclusion, according to the facilitator. http://www.sardc.net/Editorial/Newsfeature/08500808.htm Fri, 1 Aug 2008 14:45:00 GMT The regional energy regulatory association has called on southern African countries to adjust electricity tariffs bearing in mind the potential negative impact this may have on the more vulnerable members of society. http://www.sardc.net/Editorial/Newsfeature/08490808.htm Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:25:00 GMT Mozambique’s Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), the company running the Cahora Bassa dam, has finished refurbishing the power station, which will enable it to increase the electricity output it sells to the regional countries. http://www.sardc.net/Editorial/Newsfeature/08480708.htm Thur, 17 Jul 2008 11:45:00 GMT Justice ministers from southern Africa met recently to consider the regional draft Protocol on Gender and Development in the last stage of consultations before it is presented to Heads of State and Government at their Summit in August. http://www.sardc.net/Editorial/Newsfeature/08470708.htm Thur, 10 Jul 2008 12:05:00 GMT A Majority of southern African countries are still using leaded petrol after expiry of the agreed deadline to use more environmentally friendly fuels by the beginning of 2006. http://www.sardc.net/Editorial/Newsfeature/08460708.htm Tue, 8 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT African leaders have deferred their discussion of a union government until January next year after failing to reach a consensus at their Summit in Egypt this week. http://www.sardc.net/Editorial/Newsfeature/08450708.htm Thur, 3 Jul 2008 14:45:00 GMT The African Union Assembly, meeting in its 11th Ordinary Session held on June 30 to July 1, 2008 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, http://www.sardc.net/Editorial/Newsfeature/ausumzim.htm Thur, 3 Jul 2008 11:52:00 GMT African ministers of environment recently launched the Africa: Atlas of Our Changing Environment, which shows a rapidly changing landscape, prominent of which is the disappearance of glaciers on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and the Ruwenzori Mountains on the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda. http://www.sardc.net/Editorial/Newsfeature/08440608.htm Tue, 1 Jul 2008 12:20:00 GMT In response to an invitation from the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Jean Ping, appointed and sent an Observer Mission to Zimbabwe to observe the Presidential Run-off and House of Assembly by-elections conducted on 27 June 2008. http://www.sardc.net/Editorial/Newsfeature/auom.htm Tue, 1 Jul 2008 09:20:00 GMT Robert Mugabe has been sworn into office for another five-year term as President of Zimbabwe following the contested presidential election run-off on 27 June. http://www.sardc.net/Editorial/Newsfeature/08430608.htm Tue, 1 Jul 2008 09:20:00 GMT On 2 May 2008 the results of the Presidential election were finally announced. None of the four candidates received an outright majority required by the Electoral Act. Accordingly, on 19 May 2008, ZEC announced that a run-off election would be held on 27 June 2008 between the candidates of the MDC, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai and the ZANU-PF, Mr Robert Gabriel Mugabe, who had secured 47.9 percent and 43.2 percent of the votes respectively. http://www.sardc.net/Editorial/Newsfeature/seom.htm Tue, 1 Jul 2008 09:20:00 GMT President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has said he is open to negotiations with anyone after the 27 June elections, following completion of the legal process. http://www.sardc.net/Editorial/Newsfeature/08420608.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:50:00 GMT The launch of a SADC Free Trade Area in August this year will usher in a new era of economic integration with an enlarged market of more than 200 million people. http://www.sardc.net/Editorial/Newsfeature/08410608.htm Thur, 26 Jun 2008 11:60:00 GMT Regional election observers will remain in place in Zimbabwe for the presidential election run-off on 27 June, despite the withdrawal announcement by the opposition leader. http://www.sardc.net/Editorial/Newsfeature/08400608.htm Thur, 26 Jun 2008 09:15:00 GMT Zimbabwe’s opposition withdrawal from the presidential election run-off is unconstitutional, the Zimbabwe electoral body has said. http://www.sardc.net/Editorial/Newsfeature/08390608.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:40:00 GMT Zimbabwe’s presidential run-off will proceed on Friday 27 June despite a UN Security Council resolution suggesting that conditions do not exist for a "free and fair" election. http://www.sardc.net/Editorial/Newsfeature/08380608.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:25:00 GMT 2008 SADC Year of Free Trade http://www.sardc.net/Editorial/sadctoday/index.asp Fri, 7 March 2008 08:50:00 GMT Action on climate change to advance sustainable development in the Zambezi Basin http://www.sardc.net/imercsa/zambezi/zambezi/eng/index.asp Thur, 20 September 2007 16:55:00 GMT Acção sobre mudanças climáticas para a vançar o desenvolvimento sustentável na bacia do Zambeze http://www.sardc.net/imercsa/zambezi/zambezi/port/index.asp Thur, 20 September 2007 16:55:00 GMT The SADC Gender Unit has a plan in place for consultations throughout the region on the draft gender protocol to enable the involvement of all stakeholders. http://www.sardc.net/widsaa/gad/index.asp Fri, 25 April 2008 16:30:00 GMT