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REFUGEES-ZAMBIA: Making a Home For Themselves By Danstan Kaunda LUSAKA - Zambia is home to over 90,000 refugees, many of whom have been in the country for up to 15 years. A voluntary repatriation programme is now drawing to a close, but many of the refugees will likely remain in a country where they have established themselves. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT-ZAMBIA: Sharing the Copper Windfall By Danstan Kaunda LUSAKA - Australian mining giant Equinox Minerals is developing the Lumwana Copper Mine (LCM) to take advantage of strong prices for copper on the international market. When it opens later this year, the mine will be the largest in Africa, but critics say Zambia's share of the profits of minerals is smaller than it should be. MORE >>
ZIMBABWE: Farmers Can't Afford to Leave Markets -- Literally By Tonderai Kwidini HARARE - It is a wintry Tuesday evening at one of the tobacco auction floors in the Zimbabwean capital Harare. A group of small-scale tobacco farmers are preparing food for the night. MORE >>
POLITICS-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Ground-breaking Gender Protocol Signed By Zahira Kharsany JOHANNESBURG - Gender activists breathed a sigh of relief when a long-delayed gender protocol was signed at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit this weekend. Women bear the brunt of social injustice and problems on the African continent, ranging from access to clean water, poor health care, access to economic opportunities or adequate protection before the law. MORE >>
POLITICS-ZIMBABWE: Civil Society Demands More From Talks By Stanley Kwenda JOHANNESBURG - A barrage of banners denouncing Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe greeted passersby in the well-manicured gardens of Johannesburg's Sandton Convention Centre, where that country's political crisis is high on the agenda of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit. MORE >>
POLITICS-SOUTHERN AFRICA: SADC Summit Under Way By Zahira Kharsany JOHANNESBURG - A free trade agreement is one of the main points on the agenda at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit presently under way in Johannesburg, South Africa. The summit will also discuss political problems in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Lesotho and consider protocols on gender and poverty eradication. MORE >>
ZIMBABWE: No Joy As Talks Drag On By Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO - As Zimbabwe's tripartite talks dragged on this week, the public remained in the dark about progres. Frustration is running high on the streets as protracted talks could mean further tough times ahead as the economy continues its free fall. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: Retailer Creates Jobs With Green Practices By Johan Eybers JOHANNESBURG - Seven years ago, 54 subsistence farmers in the Umbumbulu district on the KwaZulu-Natal coast of South Africa were struggling to feed their families. They could barely pay their children’s school fees. MORE >>
POLITICS-ANGOLA: Ambitious Plans For Women's Participation By Louise Redvers LUANDA - Nearly a third of candidates in Angola's upcoming parliamentary elections are female, thanks to a new quota imposed by the government. The 30 percent rule was designed to bring more women into the country's parliament, but as campaigning gets under way, women continue to stay in Angola's political shadows, barely visible at rallies and with few holding senior party positions. MORE >>
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Digging for Hope in Land Reform By Stephanie Nieuwoudt CAPE TOWN - Through the difficulties facing the land reform process in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Namibia, glimmers of hope are emerging. The challenge now is to seek lessons which enable newly settled farmers to create a livelihood. MORE >>
TRADE: Malawi Still Hopeful That Investment Will Come By Pilirani Semu-Banda LILONGWE - Malawi is on the prowl to extend its trade connections to different corners of the world, west and east. The small southern African country is hoping foreign investment will help it to become a producer and exporter rather than a consumer and importer economy, as is presently the case. MORE >>
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