NEW ROLE FOR FRONTLINE STATES
by David Martin
The Frontline States (FLS) grouping of leaders of eight southern African countries, formed to pursue independence and majority rule, has adopted a...
PLANT SEEDS OF THE FUTURE
By Mutizwa Mukute
Along the lakeshore of Malawi, beautiful indigenous trees grow, right at the entrance of the Mangocha Hotel reception. These have been carefully...
NEW APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
by James Mpinga
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has put forward radical, new approaches to development cooperation, seeking, of all things, to replace horse-and-rider...
DONORS ACCUSED OF BLACKMAIL
by James Mpinga and Simangaliso Ncube
"If you do not know where you are going, all the roads will take you there." That old Zambian...
NON-FOOD REQUIREMENTS IN ANGOLA
By Virginia Kapembeza
The provision of food aid has not been so much of a problem in Angola, but the same cannot be said for...
INKATHA FINALLY JOINS THE ELECTIONS RACE
by Richard Chidowore
Inkatha's last minute decision to participate in South Africa's first all-race elections is seen as a breakthrough not only for South Africa,...
SOUTH AFRICAN POLLS HOLD HOPE BEYOND VIOLENCE
by Rhoda Njanana
This is the second in a four-part series on South African elections In another fortnight, the South African electorate will put an...
NATIONAL PARTY HAUNTED BY TERROR SQUADS REVELATIONS
by Richard Chidowore
This is the last in a four-part series on South African elections
Widely publicized revelations implicating top South African Police (SAP) generals in...
SADC ENCOURAGING THE CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY
by Phyllis Johnson
This is part of a series on regional integration.
Perhaps the most sensitive issue facing the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is not...
GERMAN RADIO FOR RENAMO TILTS THE BALANCE
by David Martin in Maputo
As the Western demand for political plurality gusts through one African country after another, donors increasingly insist on the "need...
TRAINING OF MOZAMBICAN TROOPS TO START
by Ronald Imbayago
A new Mozambican army is expected to start training on 4 April and the recent approval of a new military wage scale...
IN SEARCH OF EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
by Munyaradzi Chenje
Providing effective environmental education in southern Africa seems to be a multiple choice quiz for educators, curriculum developers and environmentalists in the...