ANOTHER HITCH IN ANGOLAN PEACE PROCESS BUT OPTIMISM REMAINS
by Caiphas Chimhete
Steinburg was not purturbed by the delay and remain optimistic. He says “if it takes another month to ensure Unita is...
SOUTHERN AFRICA CAMPAIGNS FOR A MINE-FREE ZONE
by Caiphas Chimhete
Most countries in the southern Africa have joined the worldwide campaign for a complete ban on the production, stockpiling, transfer, sale and...
PRODUCTIVITY: KEY TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN SADC
by Munetsi Madakufamba
Productivity, the theme of this year's Southern African Development Community (SADC) Annual Consultative Conference (ACC), is crucial in preparing the region for...
ANGOLA PREPARES FOR GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY BUT REJECTS “LINKAGE
by Phyllis Johnson
Angola expects to swear in a Government of National Unity and Reconciliation (GNUR) on 25 January, a harbinger of the last phase...
VISION 2020: ANY HOPE FOR THE FUTURE?
by Caiphas Chimhete
After realising that previous short-term development strategies have met with limited success, some southern African countries have embarked on national long-term perspective...
THE SADC YEAR 1996 IN PERSPECTIVE
by Virginia Muwanigwa
With political stability having been consolidated in almost all the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries and peace prospects good in Angola,...
BEIRA CORRIDOR PUTS REGION ON THE ROAD TO PROSPERITY
by Munetsi Madakufamba
As each month passes, southern Africa makes more and more in-roads to becoming a bustling and self-sustaining regional economic network.
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PLUGGING RURAL COMMUNITIES INTO THE SUN
by Munetsi Madakufamba This is the last in a Jour-part series on Solar Energy
Although over two-thirds of southern Africa's combined population of more than...
WORLD SOLAR SUMMIT CALLS FOR SWITCH TO SUN ENERGY
by Maxwell Chivasa This is the first in a four part series on Solar Energy
Despite a poor turnout by only 11 heads of state...
WHO CONTROLS AFRICA’S NATURAL RESOURCES?
by Ma-xwell Chivasa
Nearly 100 years after colonisation, there is debate around who controls the continent's natural resources or who should sustainably: the private sector,...
CONCERN OVER FOOD INSECURITY AMID PLENTY
by Virginia Muwanigwa
The resolution to cut world starvation in half within 20 years is one of the outcomes of the recently ended World Food...
ZAMBIA: MMD WINS CONTROVERSIAL ELECTION
by Munetsi Madakufamba
Despite President Frederick Chiluba's recent re-election, it appears he has not derived much contentment from it, as evidenced by the crackdown on...