Agriculture: Breadwinner Or Basket Case?
By David Martin - SANF 04 no 10
“While the developed countries are forging ahead harnessing the application of modern technology to increase productivity in...
Full Election Calendar For Southern Africa In 2004
By Munetsi Madakufamba - SANF 04 no 09
Six SADC countries are preparing for elections during the course of the year as the region’s democracy...
Will Tanzania meet the 2005 regional gender target?
By Priscilla Mng’anya - SANF 04 no 08
In 1997 the SADC Heads of State and Government signed the Declaration on Gender and Development at...
Full house at the world’s cheapest destination
By David Martin - SANF 04 no 07
An African diplomat in early December 2003 tried to make a reservation for Christmas or New Year...
WSIS Action Plan A “Living Document” To Build SADC Information Society
By Phyllis Johnson - SANF 04 no 06
The SADC Executive Secretary, Dr Prega Ramsamy says the plan of action for technology development approved by...
Water, Energy And Transport Development A Priority For SADC
By Phyllis Johnson - SANF 04 no 05
Water resources management remains a major challenge and priority in 2004 for the SADC region, which is...
Charter On Fundamental Social Rights A Milestone
By Chengetai Madziwa - SANF 04 no 04
The SADC region has made milestone advances toward social and human development challenges in the past year, including...
SADC On Track For “Free Trade” By 2008
By Chengetai Madziwa - SANF 04 no 03
The SADC region is on track towards meeting the major objective of its trade protocol which is to...
Food security remains the major priority for SADC
By Chengetai Madziwa - SANF 04 no 02
The regional food security situation has improved and SADC is working towards long-term strategies to avoid future shortages,...
A VOICE FROM THE DARK PAST
by David Martin in Kilwa, Tanzania
"We are going to re-colonize this place," a white South African Afrikaner from Durban told me bluntly in the...
A CANDLE ON KILIMANJARO
by David Martin in Dares Salaam
"We, the people of Tanganyika, would like to light a candle and put it on top of Mount Kilimanjaro...
500 DANCERS BUILD SADC’s CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH DANCE
by Jabulani Sithole and Nyasha Kumbawa
The SADC Dance Festival opens in Harare from 11 to 22 September, using the theme "Building SADC through Dance."
The...