JOSHUA MQABUKO NKOMO, SYMBOL OF UNITY IN SADC
by Tinashe Madava
"A leader is he who expresses the wishes of his followers. No sane leader can disregard the voice of his people...
CHILD ABUSE RAMPANT IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
by Winnet Mutimbe
Amid reports of increasing cases of child abuse in the region, law enforcement agencies are lobbying for the establishment of victim-friendly...
NEED TO TAKE LAND POLICY DEBATE TO THE PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
by Diana Mavunduse
The failure to include civil society in land policy formulation has resulted in policies that do not respond to fundamental issues...
AIR POLLUTION DEBATE DRAGS ON
by Tinashe Madava
As the Kyoto United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference on emissions reductions was being concluded in Japan two...
THE CHANGING FACE OF BEAUTY PAGEANTS
by Diana Mavunduse
Beauty pageants are no longer about modelling half-naked in catwalk styles, but a life-time opportunity for young women to become ambassadors...
WATER DEVELOPMENT: KEY TO SOUTHERN AFRICA’S ECONOMIC BOOM
by Tinashe Madava
"Water could become for southern Africa what steel and coal was for the European integration process." Dr Kaire Mbuende, SADC Executive Secretary,...
THE IDEOLOGY OF MILITARISM
by Fernando Goncalves
Scholars have in recent years tried to grapple with the question of re-defining the concept of security, in an attempt to...
RENAISSANCE BEGINS WITH THE ABUJA-PRETORIA AXIS
by Phyllis Johnson
The African leadership renaissance has begun, in two related events that took place within days of each other in different parts...
WOMEN IN POLITICS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
By Diana Mavunduse
Gender equality in politics is not only about the access of women to leadership positions, but also about equal opportunities in...
MALAWI: INVESTORS PLAY A WAIT-AND-SEE GAME AHEAD OF ELECTION
By Munetsi Madakufamba
Investors in Malawi remain cautious ahead of the country's second democratic elections scheduled for 15 June this year.
Fred Kanjo, the Head of...
WAR AND DISEASE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: THE MISSING LINK
by Tinashe Madava
"War results in more disease. More people died in the First World War from typhus and lice than from bullets."
This was...
RESCUING AFRICA’S CHILD SOLDIERS
by Antonio Gumende
"Children make good fighters because they are young and want to show off. They think it is all a game, so...