Southern African News Features

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...

DROUGHT DISASTER HITS ZIMBABWE

By Joshua Chigodora and Munyaradzi Chenje Maria Kudzingwa vividly remembers the years of plenty in Nhekairo village, in Wedza. The rains were more reliable and...

BUDGET DEMANDS CUTS IN MINISTERIAL SPENDING

by Simangaliso Ncube The new Zimbabwean Minister of Finance, Ariston Chambati presented his maiden national budget for the 1995/96 fiscal year against the adverse impact...

STRUGGLING FOR WOMEN’S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION

by Kudzai Makombe Parliamentary elections taking place in southern Africa over the last two years - and still to come - are making women's participation...

MOZAMBIQUE: TWENTY YEARS OLD

by David Martin Mozambique, at 20, can at last begin to plan a post-independence future that will enable it to become a contributing partner in...

PARLIAMENTARIANS CALL FOR INFORMATION NETWORKING

by Richard Chidowore Parliamentarians, researchers and independent information-providers from six southern African countries assembled in Harare recently and agreed to assist legislators to deal with...

CONSOLIDATED DROUGHT APPEAL LAUNCHED BY SADC

by Virginia Kapembeza The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has made an appeal to the international community for aid to avert the effects of drought...