WATER MAY STRENGTHEN SADC COOPERATION
by Maxwell Chivasa
Threats of water scarcity may create further opportunities for strengthening regional cooperation among SADC member states in the 21st century as they...
SAPs AND WOMEN THE HIDDEN FACTS
by Munetsi Madakufamba
The design of economic structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) and assessment of their impact often take little cognisance of gender disparities that exist...
SADC BEGINS CONSULTATIONS ON LOME SUCCESSOR
by Munetsi Madakufamba
Wide-ranging consultations are on in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to find a new preferential trade and aid agreement with the...
HARMONISE PESTICIDE USE WITH ECOSYSTEMS: ENVIRONMENTALISTS
by Tinashe Madava
As southern Africa continues to use some banned pesticides in attempts to provide abundant agricultural products and effective disease control, environmentalists are...
SOUTHERN AFRICAN STATES TACKLE CORRUPTION
by Caiphas Chimhete
Governments in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region have vowed to stamp out corruption to safeguard national economies and instil confidence...
UNITED NATIONS SUPPORTS ANGOLA ON GURN
by Phyllis Johnson
The Angolan government and the United Nations have agreed that a Government of Unity and National Reconciliation (GURN) will be established on...
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL OUTLOOK: SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS
by Maxwell Chivasa
African government leaders face a multiple of challenges to rid the continent of poverty, and most importantly to avoid armed conflicts arising...
POLLUTION: PRICE FOR PROGRESS?
by Tinashe Madava
The pollution versus industrial development debate is on in southern Africa, as the region steps up economic growth amid calls to conserve...
SADC FOOD SECURITY PROSPECTS BRIGHT
by Virginia Muwanigwa
Food security prospects in most southern African countries are bright and the strategic reserve requirements may be substantially higher than last year...
UN BACKS SADC’S WATER SHARING EFFORTS
by Maxwell Chivasa
As southern African countries ponder ways to share the region's water, the United Nations is urging member states to find suitable measures...
LIBERATION OF EASTERN ZAIRE: OBJECTIVES, TACTICS, ALLIES
by Phyllis Johnson
As Laurent Kabila's forces sweep through eastern Zaire, a new perspective is emerging on his objectives, tactics and allies.
This perspective is viewed...
LANDMINES HINDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SADC
by Caiphas Chimhete
Landmines, a legacy of wars fuelled by South Africa during apartheid and the colonial wars in southern Africa, still disrupt social and...