SADC attains free trade milestone
by Munetsi Madakufamba - SANF 08 No 54
The launch of the SADC Free Trade Area by southern African leaders this week marks the attainment...
Zimbabwe talks progressing well: Mbeki
by Kizito Sikuka - SANF 08 No 50
The southern African brokered talks between Zimbabwe’s main political parties are progressing well and heading for a successful...
Cushion poor against high power tariffs: RERA
by Richard Nyamanhindi - SANF 08 No 49
The regional energy regulatory association has called on southern African countries to adjust electricity tariffs bearing in...
AU Summit Resolution On Zimbabwe
2 July 2008
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
The African Union Assembly, meeting in its 11th Ordinary Session held on June 30 to July 1, 2008 in...
Slow progress on phasing out leaded petrol in SADC
SANF 08 No 46
A Majority of southern African countries are still using leaded petrol after expiry of the agreed deadline to use more environmentally...
Justice ministers consider SADC gender protocol
by Patience Zirima - SANF 08 No 47
Justice ministers from southern Africa met recently to consider the regional draft Protocol on Gender and Development...
Cahora Bassa refurbishment means more power to the region
SANF 08 No 48
Mozambique’s Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), the company running the Cahora Bassa dam, has finished refurbishing the power station, which will...
Zimbabwe’s presidential run-off to proceed on 27 June
SANF 08 No 38
Zimbabwe’s presidential run-off will proceed on Friday 27 June despite a UN Security Council resolution suggesting that conditions do not exist...
MDC withdrawal from the presidential run-off unconstitutional – ZEC
SANF 08 No 39
Zimbabwe’s opposition withdrawal from the presidential election run-off is unconstitutional, the Zimbabwe electoral body has said.
The chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral...
Zimbabwe government open to talks after the 27 June election
SANF 08 No 42
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has said he is open to negotiations with anyone after the 27 June elections, following completion...
OFFICE OF THE AU OBSERVERMISSION TO THE PRESIDENTIAL RUN-OFF AND HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY BY-ELECTIONS...
In response to an invitation from the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Jean Ping, appointed...
African environment ministers launch “Environment Atlas”
by Clever Mafuta - SANF 08 No 44
African ministers of environment recently launched the Africa: Atlas of Our Changing Environment, which shows a rapidly...