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...
MKAPA LEADS IN TANZANIAN ELECTIONS
by David Martin in Dar es Salaam
This is the last in a four-part series on the presidential and parliamentary elections Tanzania.
With over two-thirds of...
ANGOLA’S 20TH ANNIVESARY: LOOKING BACK … AND AHEAD
by David Gonzalez
Angolans are poised to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of independence on 11 November with their fingers crossed. People hold their breath. Hoping...
MOZAMBIQUE: ONE YEAR AFTER MULTI-PARTY ELECTIONS
by Richard Chidowore
With the gradual normalisation of life in Mozambique, the nation has shifted its resources toward the improvement of the country's socioeconomic status.
According...
MANJINJI SALT PAN, A RESPECTED ISLAND OF WATER
by Maxwell Chivasa
The Manjinji Sanctuary Pan at Mabalauta is an "island of water" in the dry part of southern Zimbabwe that has been an...