PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES HOLD THE FUTURE
By Maxwell Chivasa
With today’s prevalent droughts and the general decline in rainfall in arid and semi-arid parts of southern Africa, coupled with environmental degradation...
INSTITUTION BUILDING IN SADC FOOD SECTOR
by David Gonzalez
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) continues to evolve from a coordinating body the original Southern African Development Coordinating Conference (SADCC) --...
1996: YEAR OF OPPORTUNITY AND CHANGE FOR SADC ECONOMIES
by Virginia Kapembeza
Positive developments during 1995 have created more awareness within SADC of the need for regional cooperation and integration as a more effective...
ZIMBABWE: IN PARTY POLITICS
by David Martin
The loss of a single seat bringing to three the tiny number now occupied by the opposition in Zimbabwe's Parliament may, at...
A FIGHT FOR THE LAST DROP OF WATER
by Munyaradzi Chenje
At a time when there are bleak predictions that rising demand for water worldwide, coupled with growing scarcity will ignite wars among...
TANZANIA: AN ‘AWESOME’ CHALLENGE FOR THE NEW PRESIDENT
by David Martin in Dar es Salaam
Tanzanians often refer to their country as 'Bongoland', using this pejorative word to explain that a person must...
SADC MAY BREAK CITES BOTTLENECKS
by Maxwell Chivasa
The Southern African Development Community member states may break the bottlenecks posed by the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species...
50 YEARS OF THE UN – A SOUTHERN AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE
by Richard Chidowore and David Gonzalez
Five decades after the end of the 2nd World War, Southern Africa emerges at last from conflict and apartheid...
SADC GRAPPLES WITH INCREASING DRUG PROBLEM
by Richard Chidowore
A teenage girl was recently placed in solitary confinement at a Malawi hospital. She was recovering after reportedly being given an overdose...
MAURITIUS: COUNTRY PROFILE
By Yvonne Chideme
The Republic of Mauritius has a population of 1.1 million people and covers 1,860 square kilometres. Its main languages are English, French,...
“MARSHALL PLAN” AID FOR MOZAMBIQUE’S AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
by Simangaliso Ncube
The call to reconstruct the economy of Mozambique has been answered by a unique kind of investors from South Africa -- the...
CHILD LABOUR RAMPANT IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
by Caiphas Chimhete
Allan Mubvumbi, aged 14 years, spends 12 hours a day moulding bricks for his employer. After the day's work he helps his...