MOZAMBICAN REFUGEES IN MALAWI: WILL THEY EVER RETIJRN HOME?
By Masimba Tafirenyika
Until a ceasefire agreement between the Mozambican government and the rebel MNR (Mozambique National Resistance) is signed during the Rome peace talks...
NEW THINKING IN ZAMBIA’S FOREIGN POLICY
By Masimba Tafirenyika
When, on the eve of taking power in Zambia in 1991, the Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) started talking of introducing changes...
SWAZILAND’S OPPOSITION MAKES ITS PRESENCE FELT
By Fortune Ncube
Outlawed opposition parties in Swaziland have taken a determined stand to challenge Swaziland's monarch, King Mswati III, to make changes in the...
DEMOCRACY CONTINUES TO ELUDE SOUTH AFRICA
by Rhoda Njanana
The negotiation process in South Africa was dealt a serious blow on 23 June when the African National Congress (ANC) announced its...
THE DROUGHT SITUATION IN MOZAMBIQUE
By Tendai Msengezi
Mozambique, like its neighbours, is faced with its worst drought this century and the people are justifiably frightened. Their com fields lie...
THE SITUATION IN MOZAMBIQUE – – an appeal to the international community–
The Index on Human Suffering, released last week by the Population Crisis Committee in Washington, lists Mozambique as the country with the highest level...
ROME ‘PEACE’ TALKS MAY FINALLY DISCUSS PEACE
by Phyllis Johnson
There could be some new faces at the Mozambique peace talks in Rome scheduled to resume later this month, and the agenda...
OUTBREAK OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
By Tendai Mscngezi The third in a series on health in southern Africa.
The Muloshi family sits in a circle outside their home in Lusaka...
The Earth Summit
by Tendai Msengezi
Seen by many as the only chance to save the earth. The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), to be...
STREET KIDS – A MATTER OF SURVIVAL
By Kudzai Makombe
Out of the dark shadows of the busy section of a street, a small figure emerges, hand outstretched to a passer-by. "Can...
BOTSWANA: DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT AT WORK
By Tendai Msengezi
In this era of multi-party politics and economic reforms, one question is often asked: is democracy along western lines an essential tool...
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION TRIPARTITE CONFERENCE ON SOUTHERN AFRICA HELD...
1. Good relations should prevail between all states in the sub-region, founded on the principle of mutual respect between sovereign states. The Conference calls...