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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
A South African court has ordered the government to protect the land rights of its citizens in Zimbabwe, as well as to respect the rulings of the human rights court of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
One of the facilitators at the ongoing Southern African Development Community (SADC) workshop for visual artistes at Motse Lodge in Kanye has applauded Botswana government's policy to buy most of its art decorations from local artistes.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
THE Sadc Parliamentary Forum Regional Women's Parliamentary Caucus has expressed concern over the apparent decline in the number of women in decision-making positions in most African countries.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
SADC must support and strengthen genetically modified organism detection laboratories to curb the influx of undesirable GMO products and enhance the capacity of the region to verify the GM content of food imports and exports, scientists said yesterday.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Zimbabwe fully supports the transformation of the Sadc Parliamentary Forum into a full legislative organ with commensurate authority, President Mugabe has said.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
There will be at least two locally-organised observer missions for these elections, in addition to expected observer teams from the Southern African Development Community (SADC), SADC Parliamentary Forum, African Union and the United Nations.
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Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Lawmakers from Southern Africa are meeting in Zimbabwe’s resort town of Victoria Falls for the 26th Plenary Assembly of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Parliamentary Forum amid calls to transform the forum into a regional legislature. Delegates to the week-long conference are considering a proposal to model the SADC-PF along the lines of the Pan [...]
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
A senior World Bank official has said integration efforts for Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) requires a spending of 5.5 billion U.S. dollars over the next decade, the Zambia Daily Mail reported on Tuesday. Countries in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have been working at integrating...
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Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
THE partial immunity from prosecution granted to the Central Bank Governor Gideon Gono through amendments to the Reserve Bank Reform Bill "is a safe exit strategy" for a man under immense pressure to throw in the towel, political analysts said last week. Parliament passed the Bill after it was amended to include a clause that gives partial immunity to Gono or any employee of the bank "for...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
CONTESTING political parties and voters should bear in mind that elections are not a time to view each other as enemies, but as competitors because all involved in the elections are compatriots, the Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Tomas Salomao, said yesterday.
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The Bearded Man (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Howzit Just so you know, tomorrow's posting will be later than usual as I have an appointment with the ivory mechanic* early in the morning. I need to get the ball rolling to get my missing front tooth replaced... *dentist -o00o- I know that I have commented on this before - but this is serious - and for a change it is not ZANU PF that are delaying everything, it is the smaller faction of the MDC....
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Fresh negotiations to deal with the so-called outstanding issues in the unity government are expected to begin in earnest this weekend nearly two weeks after the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Troika directed at its meeting in Mozambique that Zimbabwe resolves its niggling issues within 30 days.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Some good news from Zimbabwe! Zimbabwe ratified the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Gender and Development, this month, becoming the second country after Namibia, to accede to this important regional instrument for advancing gender equality and women's rights.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Zimbabwe's feuding political parties look set to miss a monthend deadline set by the Southern African Development Committee (SADC) to conclude outstanding issues of their power sharing agreement as negotiators are yet to meet.