Southern African News Features

TANZANIA: STILL A MODEL FOR PEACE, STABILITY AND LEADERSHIP

by Phyllis Johnson This is the second in a four-part series on the forthcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in Tanzania. Tanzania, having played a key role...

SADC: BUILDING THE COMMUNITY ON MUSIC

by Simangaliso Ncube In a move to establish a strong regional community, southern Africa laid yet another building bloc when 386 musicians from 10 regional...

ISSUE OF RESOURCES DOMINATES BEUING CONFERENCE

by Virginia Kapembeza The Fourth World Conference on Women, like all other UN conferences, bas come and gone and the resolutions made now need to...

DEMOBILIZATION KEY TO PEACE IN ANGOLA

by Richard Chidowore Demobilization of Unita forces, already delayed by several months according to the time table the Lusaka Protocol agreed on in November last...

TANZANIA’S ELECTION: GHOSTS OF AFRICA

by David Martin in Dar es Salaam On the second floor of a building on Dar es Salaam's Samora Machel Avenue immediately above the offices...

SOLAR: ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF ENERGY?

by Maxwell Chivasa Zimbabwe hosts the biggest scientific event ever to be held on the Africa continent, the International Solar Energy Congress from September 11...

WOMEN’S ECONOMIC ROLE HIGHLIGHTED AT BEIJING

by Virginia Kapembeza This is the final in a four part series on the UN fourth world conference on women being held in Beijing, China...

SADC SUMMIT RESOLVES TO SHARE RESOURCES

by Simangaliso Ncube The regional integration process moved another step forward at the just-ended Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting of Heads of State and...

WOMEN TO SHAKE THE WORLD AT BEIJING

by Kudzai Makombe and Tamar Zere This is the third in a four-part series on the UN fourth world conference on women to be held...

REGIONAL SECURITY VITAL FOR DEVELOPMENT

by Richard Chidowore At a colourful ceremony in the Angolan capital Luanda, recently, Angolan children joined various cultural groups and began singing about their hope...

ABORTION: A QUESTION OF CHOICE

by Tamar Zere As South Africa paves the way for change, there is widespread belief that it is impossible to have a comprehensive family planning...

WOMEN’S POVERTY TOPS THE AGENDA FOR BEIJING

by Kudzai Makombe This is the second in a four-part series focusing on the Fourth World Conference on Women to be held in Beijing, China...