ANGOLAN PRESIDENT TAKES ACTION TO HALT SLIDE TO CHAOS
by Phyllis Johnson and Virginia Kapembeza Muwanigwa This is the first in a series of four articles on the current state of the Angolan...
THE REALITY IN ZANZIBAR
by a correspondent
Following the Zanzibar revolution on 12 January 1964, the first President, the late Abeid Amani Karume said in an interview that there...
POLITICAL TENSION LOOMS AS ZAMBIA RACES TO THE 1996 ELECTIONS
by Barbara Lopi
"Zambians should not be too expectant of the document because there is no constitution that does not discriminate. I have never heard...
KARIBA DAM REPRESENTS THE IRONY OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
by Maxwell Chivasa
Lake Kariba, one of the most beautiful holiday resorts in Africa, presents contrasting irony of development in southern Africa.
Families displaced by the...
SOUTH AFRICA: SOCIAL EQUITY REMAINS UNFINISHED BUSINESS
by Virginia Kapembeza Muwanigwa
"We have, at last, achieved our political emancipation. We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of...
PREGNANT STUDENTS: SHOULD THEY REMAIN IN SCHOOL?
by Barbara Lopi
At 17, Maureen, a former pupil at a high school in Zambia's capital, Lusaka, faces a bleak future because she has been...
POSITIVE RESPONSE TO MOZAMBIQUE’S APPEAL AT PARIS GROUP MEETING
by Munetsi Madakufamba
Mozambique took a strong stand during negotiations with donors at the World Bank's ninth Consultative Group meeting in Paris and secured pledges...
SOUTH AFRICA: CRIMINALS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TRANSITONAL LOOPHOLES
by Caiphas Chimhete This is the second in a jour-part series on crime in South Africa.
The South African Government of National Unity (GNU) increased...
SADC URGED TO ENHANCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
by Virginia Kapembeza Muwanigwa
Southern Africa faces major challenges in addressing social development and should put in place institutional frameworks for enhancement.
This was recommended at...
SADC COUNTRIES DISCUSS STRATEGIES FOR WOMEN’S ADVANCEMENT
by Barbara Lopi
Women in SADC member states will continue to be marginalised, if their plight is not made known and information on their status...
CRIME AND VIOLENCE TN SOUTH AFRICA: PROBLEMS DEFYING SOLUTIONS
by Caiphas Chimhete ,"This is the first in a four-part series on crime in .J I South Africa."
Crime and violence - legacies of apartheid...
UNIFEM COLLOQUIUM CALLS FOR UNITY AMONG WOMEN MPs
by Grace Kwinjeb
Women in southern Africa should unite and speak with "one voice" regardless of party affiliation, to strengthen women's empowerment at policy decision-...
