TANZANIA’S ELECTION: GHOSTS OF AFRICA
by David Martin in Dar es Salaam
On the second floor of a building on Dar es Salaam's Samora Machel Avenue immediately above the offices...
SOLAR: ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF ENERGY?
by Maxwell Chivasa
Zimbabwe hosts the biggest scientific event ever to be held on the Africa continent, the International Solar Energy Congress from September 11...
WOMEN’S ECONOMIC ROLE HIGHLIGHTED AT BEIJING
by Virginia Kapembeza
This is the final in a four part series on the UN fourth world conference on women being held in Beijing, China...
SADC SUMMIT RESOLVES TO SHARE RESOURCES
by Simangaliso Ncube
The regional integration process moved another step forward at the just-ended Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting of Heads of State and...
WOMEN TO SHAKE THE WORLD AT BEIJING
by Kudzai Makombe and Tamar Zere
This is the third in a four-part series on the UN fourth world conference on women to be held...
REGIONAL SECURITY VITAL FOR DEVELOPMENT
by Richard Chidowore
At a colourful ceremony in the Angolan capital Luanda, recently, Angolan children joined various cultural groups and began singing about their hope...
ABORTION: A QUESTION OF CHOICE
by Tamar Zere
As South Africa paves the way for change, there is widespread belief that it is impossible to have a comprehensive family planning...
WOMEN’S POVERTY TOPS THE AGENDA FOR BEIJING
by Kudzai Makombe
This is the second in a four-part series focusing on the Fourth World Conference on Women to be held in Beijing, China...
DROUGHT DISASTER HITS ZIMBABWE
By Joshua Chigodora and Munyaradzi Chenje
Maria Kudzingwa vividly remembers the years of plenty in Nhekairo village, in Wedza. The rains were more reliable and...
BUDGET DEMANDS CUTS IN MINISTERIAL SPENDING
by Simangaliso Ncube
The new Zimbabwean Minister of Finance, Ariston Chambati presented his maiden national budget for the 1995/96 fiscal year against the adverse impact...
STRUGGLING FOR WOMEN’S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
by Kudzai Makombe
Parliamentary elections taking place in southern Africa over the last two years - and still to come - are making women's participation...
MOZAMBIQUE: TWENTY YEARS OLD
by David Martin
Mozambique, at 20, can at last begin to plan a post-independence future that will enable it to become a contributing partner in...
