GATT: SHOULD AFRICA JOIN THE CELEBRATIONS?
by Masimba Tafirenyika in New York
While industrial nations were toasting the successful conclusion of the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade (GAIT), African diplomats...
AFRICA TACKLES HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
by Richard Chidowore
The African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR), since its formation seven years ago, has tried to provide a channel for...
AFRICA URGED TO ADDRESS ROOT CAUSES OF DISPLACEMENT
A conference to discuss the protection of African refugees and internally displaced persons ended on 18 February in Harare with concrete proposals to African...
ZAMBIA’S NEW DOMESTIC POLICY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
By Tendai Msengezi
The one-year-old government of President Frederick Chiluba in Zambia is grappling with a new and potentially explosive situation - that of a...
LESOTHO ELECTIONS – ARE THEY FINALLY HERE?
by Richard Chidowore
After 22 years of strong-arm politics the people of Lesotho are calling for free and fair elections "now" to determine their future.
Elections...
CAN SOUTHERN AFRICA MEET TI1E DEMAND FOR WATER?
by Mutizwa Mukute
While thirsty Southern Africa struggles to meet the current water needs of its drought-stricken people, water managers and planners are concerned about...
NYERERE VISITS SARDC
Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, chairman of the South Commission and former President of Tanzania, today visited the Harare-based Southern African Research and Documentation centre (SARDC)
of...
SOUTH AFRICA’S AMNESTY BILL: WHAT END DOES IT SERVE?
by Rhoda Njanana
"There are no criminals in my government, if there are any, I am not aware of them," President F.W. De Klerk of...
ANGOLANS VOTE FOR A PEACEFUL FUTURE
by Phyllis Johnson
When Angolans went to the polls in national elections last month, they voted for a peaceful future.
The mood at polling stations was...
GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
by Mutizwa Mukute (This is the second in a series of four articles about water problems in the region)
People in south-east Zimbabwe are taking...
THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF DROUGHT ON INDUSTRY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
By Tendai Msengezi (This is a last in series of four articles about the drought in southern Africa and its implications)
"Water crisis forces businesses...
NATIONAL RESPONSE TO THE RIO EARTH SUMMIT: TAKING POSITIVE STEPS
by Costa Chisvo
Zimbabwe is the first country to organise a national response to the United Nations Earth Summit which took place in June in...