Southern African News Features

Election fever grips Angola

SANF 12 No 32 Peace, security and the economy were major issues for all political parties as Angolans voted in parliamentary elections on 31 August....

SADC forges ahead with its common agenda

by Joseph Ngwawi - SANF 12 No 31 Southern Africa has taken a significant step forward in its quest for deeper regional integration following the...

Communique of the 32nd SADC Summit

SADC Communique FINAL COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE 32ND SUMMIT OF SADC HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE AUGUST 18, 2012 1. The 32ndSession of the Summit...

SADC creates fund to accelerate infrastructure development

by Joseph Ngwawi - SANF 12 No 30 Southern Africa is taking steps to accelerate investment in infrastructure, considered one of the key facilitators of...

Energy access crucial for attainment of MDGs

SANF 12 No 29 Access to energy is widely regarded as the “missing” Millennium Development Goal (MDG) and debate among development experts is that poverty...

SADC lures investors for ZiZaBoNa energy project

by Kizito Sikuka - SANF 12 No 28 At least five investors have expressed interest in developing an electricity transmission interconnector linking Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana...

Beijing Declaration of the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation

Beijing Declaration Beijing Declaration of the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation 1. We, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Ministers in charge...

Signing of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Agreement

BY DR. TOMAZ AUGUSTO SALOMÃO THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMESA-EAC-SADC PRESS RELEASE SIGNING OF THE COMESA-EAC-SADC TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT FOR THE JOINT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMME ON...

China, Africa review plans and deepen cooperation

SANF 12 No 27 Chinese and African ministers meet in Beijing this week to review cooperation and prepare a new development plan for the next...

Packed agenda for AU Summit

SANF 12 No 26 African leaders are meeting next week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to review the political and socio-economic situation on the continent in...

SADC infrastructure plan ready for approval

SANF 12 No 25 Southern Africa’s long-awaited regional infrastructure development master plan is now ready for approval by the SADC Heads of State and...

Advisory council to encourage adherence to SADC election principles and guidelines

SANF 12 No 24 The SADC Electoral Advisory Council (SEAC) has been tasked with encouraging adherence to principles and guidelines governing the conduct of elections. The...