Southern African News Features

Zimbabwean journalist honoured in global competition for agricultural reporting

SANF 11 No 36 The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) has awarded six journalists for outstanding reporting on agricultural extension and advisory...

SADC deploys for DRC polls

by Kizito Sikuka - SANF 11 No 35 Southern Africa’s biggest-ever election observer mission will observe the 28 November general elections in the Democratic Republic of...

Agriculture support services are key to boosting food security

by Kizito Sikuka - SANF 11 No 34 Developing countries could achieve food security as well as promote rural development if the right agricultural policies...

COP17 Towards agreement on climate change

SANF 11 No 33 The climate change conference set for Durban, South Africa in November provides an opportunity for the global community to reach a...

Tripartite Summit to launch grand FTA negotiations

by Kizito Sikuka - SANF 11 No 32 First round of negotiations to establish a grand Free Trade Area covering 27 countries in eastern and...

China Africa Think Tank Forum aims to strengthen dialogue

By Joseph Ngwawi in Hangzhou, China - SANF 11 No 31 China and Africa have taken another step to strengthen relations with the launch of...

Seamless transport corridors key to regional integration

SANF 11 No 30B Southern Africa is investing in transport corridors to facilitate trade and economic liberalization by ensuring the smooth movement of goods and...

“He carried the torch that liberated Africa”

SANF 11 No 30A Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere was the father of southern African liberation, and one of the founding fathers of the Southern African...

Southern Africa ready for AFCON

SANF 11 No 29 Three southern African countries will raise the regional profile at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals to be co-hosted...

SADC, AfDB to strengthen food security in Okavango Basin

SANF 11 No 28 The Southern African Development Community and the African Development Bank (AfDB) are working on a project to improve water management and...

Zambia cabinet falls short of SADC gender threshold

SANF 11 No 27 The new Zambian cabinet announced by President Michael Sata fails to address the gender gap in terms of women’s participation in...

Sata wins Zambia’s presidential election

SANF 11 No 26 Former Zambian opposition leader Michael Sata of the Patriotic Front has been declared the winner of Zambia’s presidential election held on...