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...
AND BE PARDONED URGES TRUE COMMISSION
By Yvonne Chitiyo
An intense debate is currently underway in South Africa following a decision by the Government of National Unity (GNU) to establish a...
WORLD BANK REFORMS “SKATE ON THIN ICE.”
by Simangaliso Ncube
After nearly a decade of implementing externally designed economic reforms, some African countries now want a chance to pursue their own economic...
TIME BOMBS FROM THE PAST
by David Gonzalez
On a deserted Mozambican road, a boy runs after a soccer ball. Suddenly, an explosion rocks the countryside. When the dust settles,...
SECESSION CLAIMS: AN OBSTACLE TO UNITY
by Virginia Kapembeza
At a time when integration throughout the Southern African region seems within reach, secession claims strike a hollow, yet disturbing ring.
In Zambia,...
RWANDAN REFUGEES ADD TO TANZANIA’S FOOD PROBLEMS
by Ronald Imbayago
Even without guests, Tanzania needs nearly half a million tonnes of cereal imports to make up for production shortfalls for 1994/95. Now...
SOUTHERN AFRICA: PRIVATIZATION BEHIND SCHEDULE
by Yvonne Chitiyo
Countries implementing economic structural adjustment programmes (ESAP) in southern Africa are finding it difficult to privatize their parastatals which have become targets...