Southern African News Features

SOUTH AFRICA PURSUES MIDDLE OF THE ROAD” POLICY

by Caiphas Chimhete South Africa successfully entered its second year under a democratic government last month. It did so against a background of an improved...

MALAWI OPENS UP TO THE WORLD

by Yvonne Chideme Malawians celebrated their first anniversary of multi-party democracy under a spirit of reconciliation despite astronomic economic problems. Immediately after being sworn-in on May...

ZAMBIA: DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES

In November 1991 when Frederick Chiluba was sworn in as President of Zambia's Third Republic there were those who believed his advent to power...

ANGOLAN PEACE PROCESS MOVES FORWARD

by Richard Chidowore The Angolan peace process, which stalled when Unita leader Jonas Savimbi disputed the September 1992 election results - declared free and fair...

SOUTHERN AFRICA: LOOKING AHEAD FOR INTEGRATION

by Rhoda Njanana Southern African heads of state, ministers, prominent business leaders and academics converged in Midrand, Johannesburg, from 11-12 May 1995 to determine and...

TRADITIONAL HEALERS INCREASE SEARCH FOR AIDS CURE

by Virginia Kapembeza In the absence of an effective cure of HIV/AIDS it has become imperative to enlist the support of traditional healers in education...

ANGOLA: PEACE BRINGS HOPE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

by Richard Chidowore The possible end of the war in Angola, following the recent signing of a peace accord by the MPLA-Ied government and Unita,...

SO YOU THINK GLOBAL WARMING IS A PROBLEM?

by James Mpinga Not everyone is convinced that global warming is a problem. Many people just don't believe in it, they see it as a...

CONFLICT RESOLUTION ON SADC AGENDA

by Richard Chidowore (This is a first in a four-part series on post-apartheid Southern Africa) South Africa will be formally accepted as the eleventh member...

POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

by Virginia Kapembeza The controversy surrounding the recent United Nations population conference in Cairo highlights the explosive nature of population control and the wide divisions...

STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

by Munyaradzi Chenje The environment has been identified as one of the many disparate strands to be woven together, like a basket, into a product...

SOUTH AFRICA’S ECONOMIC ROLE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

By Ronald Imbayago This is a second in a four-part series on post-apartheid Southern Africa As southern Africa moves toward fundamental political, social and economic...