Southern African News Features

SADC energy ministers address power situation in the region

by Kizito Sikuka in Johannesburg, South Africa - SANF 15 no 33 Electricity is a common challenge. Whether one is in a posh hotel in...

Tanzanian presidential candidate to walk in Nyerere’s footsteps

by Phyllis Johnson - SANF 15 no 32 The longest serving political party in government on the African continent has chosen its next leader to...

COMMUNIQUE Meeting of SADC Ministers Responsible for Water

  COMMUNIQUE  Meeting of SADC Ministers Responsible for Water  29th June – 3rd July 2015  Meikles Hotel, Harare, Zimbabwe   Ministers responsible for the Water Sector from the Southern African...

Communique Extraordinary summit of the Double Troika

  COMMUNIQUE EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT OF THE DOUBLE TROIKA 3 JULY 2015 PRETORIA, REPUBIC OF SOUTH AFRICA The Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the...

Tanzania’s CCM party meets to choose presidential candidate

by Phyllis Johnson - SANF 15 no 31 Tanzania’s main political party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), will choose its presidential candidate by mid-July to contest...

SADC ministers to review regional energy programme

 by Kizito Sikuka - SANF 15 no 30 A comprehensive and consolidated agenda on how southern Africa could fully harness its renewable energy potential is...

SADC Ministers Responsible for Water to Meet in Harare, Zimbabwe this week

  Media Release SADC Ministers Responsible for Water to Meet in Harare, Zimbabwe this week HARARE, 30th June 2015 – Ministers responsible for Water from the 15...

Historic launch of largest integrated market in Africa

by Kizito Sikuka - SANF 15 no 29 The historic launch of the largest integrated market covering 26 countries in eastern and southern Africa, is...

Communique of the 3rd COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Summit

COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE THIRD COMESA-EAC-SADC TRIPARTITE SUMMIT Vision: TOWARDS A SINGLE MARKET Theme: Deepening COMESA-EAC-SADC Integration 10 June 2015 Sharm El Sheikh, Arab Republic of Egypt The Heads...

SADC Gender Ministers review progress on gender protocol targets

by Nyarai Kampilipili - SANF 15 no 28 SADC Ministers responsible for gender and women affairs met in Harare to review targets of the SADC...

AU – Towards financial independence, self-sufficiency

by Kizito Sikuka  - SANF 15 no 27 African leaders are meeting next week to chart the continent’s development agenda, including deliberation on the implementation...

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED – Julius K. Nyerere, the Liberation Committee, and Mt Kilimanjaro

SANF 15 no 26 - by Phyllis Johnson Mwalimu Julius Nyerere spoke of lighting a candle on top of Mt Kilimanjaro “which would shine beyond...