TIME BOMBS FROM THE PAST
by David Gonzalez
On a deserted Mozambican road, a boy runs after a soccer ball. Suddenly, an explosion rocks the countryside. When the dust settles,...
SECESSION CLAIMS: AN OBSTACLE TO UNITY
by Virginia Kapembeza
At a time when integration throughout the Southern African region seems within reach, secession claims strike a hollow, yet disturbing ring.
In Zambia,...
RWANDAN REFUGEES ADD TO TANZANIA’S FOOD PROBLEMS
by Ronald Imbayago
Even without guests, Tanzania needs nearly half a million tonnes of cereal imports to make up for production shortfalls for 1994/95. Now...
SOUTHERN AFRICA: PRIVATIZATION BEHIND SCHEDULE
by Yvonne Chitiyo
Countries implementing economic structural adjustment programmes (ESAP) in southern Africa are finding it difficult to privatize their parastatals which have become targets...
CHALLENGES FACING MALAWI’S NEW GOVERNMENT
By Virginia Kapembeza
Malawi's new democratic government might regret the day it won the May elections now that the dreams of its more than nine...
CAMP OFFERS HAVEN TO MOZAMBICAN REFUGEES
by Alec Dowe
Mazoe River Bridge refugee camp, has for the past decade, provided sanctuary to many people who the war in Mozambique.
The camp is...
STREET CHILDREN SPEAK OUT
by Yvonne Chitiyo
This is the last in a four-part series on street children.
For 12-year old Sam Manuel, the day begins at Sam when the...
SOUTH AFRICA: OBSTACLES STALK THE ELECTIONS
by Richard Chidowore This is this is the first in a four-part series on South Africa elections
The date for South Africa's first all-race election...
SOUTH AFRICA: THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC BUDGET
by Ronald Imbayago
South Africa's first democratic budget has seen social spending emerge as a priority in the government's Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP). Out...
PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: WHY WEAPONS DON’T BUY PEACE
by James Mpinga
No amount of arms spending can buy any country, no matter how powerful, any peace. As countries, across the globe spend billions...
NEW ROLE FOR FRONTLINE STATES
by David Martin
The Frontline States (FLS) grouping of leaders of eight southern African countries, formed to pursue independence and majority rule, has adopted a...
PLANT SEEDS OF THE FUTURE
By Mutizwa Mukute
Along the lakeshore of Malawi, beautiful indigenous trees grow, right at the entrance of the Mangocha Hotel reception. These have been carefully...