Southern African News Features

END OF THE MOBUTU ERA, IMPLICATIONS FOR SADC

by Hugh McCullum Despite serious efforts at a number of different levels to end five months of fighting, Zaire, one of the continent's most strategic...

CONFLICT IN LESOTHO: BURDENED BY HISTORY AND INTRIGUE

by Phyllis Johnson Conflict in Lesotho is embedded in the politics of internal intrigue, but heavily burdened by the all-pervasive influence and history of neighbouring...

CALL FOR STATE PARTIES TO PUT CEDAW INTO PRACTICE

by Munetsi MadakufambaĀ  Advocacy for gender equality will fail unless governments fully commit themselves to international agreements aimed at the total elimination of all forms...

MAPUTO CONFERENCE “CLEARS LANDMINE-INFESTED ROAD” TO OTTAWA

by Caiphas Chimhete Southern African governments have pledged to take concerted steps to ban anti-personnel mines, thus continuing to build momentum toward the signing later...

BOOK CALLS FOR REDUCTION IN WATER POLLUTION.

by Tinashe Madava This is the last in a four-part series on water based on the book, Water in Southern Africa, published by SADC, IUCN...

WATER MANAGEMENT REQUIRES COLLECTIVE APPROACH

by Munetsi Madakufamba This is the third in a four--part series on water, based on the book Water in Southern Africa published by SADG IUCN...

SADC MOVES TOWARDS ADOPTING A GENDER POLICY

by Grace Kwinjeh It became a matter of principle and duty that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) place women on the agenda, during the...

SADC AGREES TO STRENGTHEN ITS COMPETITIVE POSITION

by Munetsi Madakufamba The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has agreed on strategies geared towards productivity improvement as this has become a must for economic...

DEATH PENALTY: WHICH WAY FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA?

by Tinashe Madava Southern Africa is at a crossroads as states differ on the use of the death penalty for certain capital crimes amid calls...

EDUCATION AND INDUSTRY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: THE MISSING LINK

by Munetsi Madakufamba As the number of unemployed school-leavers and college graduates increases progressively in a dynamic Southern African Development Community (SADC), so does the...

CONSIDER WATER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

by Caiphas Chimhete This is the second in a four part-series on Water, based on the book Water in Southern Africa published by SADC. IUCN...

PRIVATISATION GATHERS MOMENTUM IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

by Munetsi Madakufamba Privatisation in southern Africa has moved into top gear as governments seek to shed off loss-making state enterprises into private hands. Guided by...