VISION 2020: ANY HOPE FOR THE FUTURE?
by Caiphas Chimhete
After realising that previous short-term development strategies have met with limited success, some southern African countries have embarked on national long-term perspective...
THE SADC YEAR 1996 IN PERSPECTIVE
by Virginia Muwanigwa
With political stability having been consolidated in almost all the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries and peace prospects good in Angola,...
BEIRA CORRIDOR PUTS REGION ON THE ROAD TO PROSPERITY
by Munetsi Madakufamba
As each month passes, southern Africa makes more and more in-roads to becoming a bustling and self-sustaining regional economic network.
This was said...
PLUGGING RURAL COMMUNITIES INTO THE SUN
by Munetsi Madakufamba This is the last in a Jour-part series on Solar Energy
Although over two-thirds of southern Africa's combined population of more than...
WORLD SOLAR SUMMIT CALLS FOR SWITCH TO SUN ENERGY
by Maxwell Chivasa This is the first in a four part series on Solar Energy
Despite a poor turnout by only 11 heads of state...
WHO CONTROLS AFRICA’S NATURAL RESOURCES?
by Ma-xwell Chivasa
Nearly 100 years after colonisation, there is debate around who controls the continent's natural resources or who should sustainably: the private sector,...
CONCERN OVER FOOD INSECURITY AMID PLENTY
by Virginia Muwanigwa
The resolution to cut world starvation in half within 20 years is one of the outcomes of the recently ended World Food...
ZAMBIA: MMD WINS CONTROVERSIAL ELECTION
by Munetsi Madakufamba
Despite President Frederick Chiluba's recent re-election, it appears he has not derived much contentment from it, as evidenced by the crackdown on...
CENTRAL AFRICA’S TRIANGLE OF TERROR: THE TENTACLES REACH SOUTH
by a Special Correspondent
The aftermath of Rwanda's 1994 genocide, four years of creeping civil war in Burundi between Hutu and Tutsi extremists, and the...
SOLAR OPTION” SOLUTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
by Caiphas Chimhete This is the third in a four-part series on Solar Energy
As natural forests and woodlands continue to be depleted in southern...
THE ELUSIVE DOVE OF PEACE STILL OVERFLIES ANGOLA
by Phyllis Johnson
This month, November, is significant for Angola, as the deadline for rebel forces to disarm and dismantle their command posts.
The leader of...
SADC STATES CAN BE THE “LIONS OF AFRICA”
by Munetsi Madakufamba
With southern Africa now enjoying relative peace and stability, there is need to re-Iocate resources toward promotion of increased regional trade and...
