Southern African News Features

Four polls in one day for Zimbabwe elections 29 March

by Bayano Valy - SANF 08 No 19 Zimbabwe is heading into the last days of campaigning for the 29 March harmonised elections, which will...

Battle for the urban voter in the Zimbabwe harmonised election

by Richard Nyamanhindi - SANF 08 No 17 As Zimbabwe approaches the national elections on 29 March, most political parties and independent candidates took their...

SADC mission urges media to be objective in coverage of Zimbabwe elections

SANF 08 No 15 The head of the main regional electoral observer mission deployed in Zimbabwe has urged the local and foreign media to be...

SADC Electoral Observer Mission will not anticipate Zimbabwe poll outcome

by Bayano Valy - SANF 08 No 14 The main regional electoral observer mission deployed in Zimbabwe will not anticipate the outcome of the forthcoming...

SADC launches mission to observe Zimbabwe elections

by Richard Nyamanhindi - SANF 08 No 11 The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has officially launched its mission to observe the forthcoming harmonized elections...

Zimbabwe electoral process in full swing

by Bayano Valy -  SANF 08 No 12 With less than two weeks left to the 29 March harmonised Zimbabwe elections, the presidential candidates, parties...

Investing in women and girls – key to women’s economic empowerment

by Patience Zirima - SANF 08 No 10 The provision of financial resources to implement programmes and projects towards the empowerment of women will be...

SADC Road Map to address power shortages

 SANF 08 No 09 A ministerial task force on energy established by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has adopted a road map to accelerate...

Towards seamless SADC infrastructure corridors

by Munetsi Madakufamba - SANF 08 No 08 With the impending Southern African Development Community (SADC) Free Trade Area to be launched in August 2008...

COMMUNIQUE* SADC ENERGY MINISTERIAL TASK FORCE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF POWER SECTOR PROJECTS GABORONE, BOTSWANA,...

The SADC Energy Ministerial Task Force (EMTF) on Implementation of Power Sector Programmes convened an emergency meeting at Boipuso Hall in Gaborone, Botswana on...

SADC energy ministers to discuss power sector projects

SANF 08 No 07 SADC energy ministers are meeting in Botswana this week to monitor progress on implementation of power sector projects. As southern Africa enters...

SADC region on high alert as more flooding is forecast

by Tigere Chagutah - SANF 08 No 06 Southern Africa has been warned to brace for more and heavier rains as the peak of the...