Southern African News Features

SOUTHERN AFRICAN TRANSPORTERS UNITED AGAINST DROUGHT

By Richard Chidowore As no late rains will improve the current drought conditions, the countries in southern Africa have been trying to maximize transport efficiency...

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

By Kudzai Makombe Second in a series on health in southern Africa.| With the World Health Organisation's (WHO) goal of "Health For All By The...

MOZAMBICAN REFUGEES IN MALAWI: WILL THEY EVER RETIJRN HOME?

By Masimba Tafirenyika Until a ceasefire agreement between the Mozambican government and the rebel MNR (Mozambique National Resistance) is signed during the Rome peace talks...

NEW THINKING IN ZAMBIA’S FOREIGN POLICY

By Masimba Tafirenyika When, on the eve of taking power in Zambia in 1991, the Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) started talking of introducing changes...

SWAZILAND’S OPPOSITION MAKES ITS PRESENCE FELT

By Fortune Ncube Outlawed opposition parties in Swaziland have taken a determined stand to challenge Swaziland's monarch, King Mswati III, to make changes in the...

DEMOCRACY CONTINUES TO ELUDE SOUTH AFRICA

by Rhoda Njanana The negotiation process in South Africa was dealt a serious blow on 23 June when the African National Congress (ANC) announced its...

THE DROUGHT SITUATION IN MOZAMBIQUE

By Tendai Msengezi Mozambique, like its neighbours, is faced with its worst drought this century and the people are justifiably frightened. Their com fields lie...

THE SITUATION IN MOZAMBIQUE – – an appeal to the international community–

The Index on Human Suffering, released last week by the Population Crisis Committee in Washington, lists Mozambique as the country with the highest level...

ROME ‘PEACE’ TALKS MAY FINALLY DISCUSS PEACE

by Phyllis Johnson There could be some new faces at the Mozambique peace talks in Rome scheduled to resume later this month, and the agenda...

OUTBREAK OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

By Tendai Mscngezi The third in a series on health in southern Africa. The Muloshi family sits in a circle outside their home in Lusaka...

The Earth Summit

by Tendai Msengezi Seen by many as the only chance to save the earth. The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), to be...

STREET KIDS – A MATTER OF SURVIVAL

By Kudzai Makombe Out of the dark shadows of the busy section of a street, a small figure emerges, hand outstretched to a passer-by. "Can...