Critics have castigated President Robert Mugabe and the Zimbabwean government for imprinting Zanu-PF values on the theme of the SADC summit.
South Africa is now the stabilising factor among the ‘frontline states’ that opposed apartheid.
Will the president tone down his rhetoric to heal the rift with the Southern African Development Community?
This weekend’s Robert Mugabe-chaired pow-wow has drawn fire for ignoring the region’s political crises.
The Southern African Development Community’s guidelines lean towards election observation rather than election management, writes Webster Zambara.
The Zimbabwean president is keen to improve his image as the mooted new chair of the regional body, but critics are worried.
Malawi, Botswana, Mozambique and Namibia will hold crucial polls this year, writes Webster Zambara.
Young people in Southern Africa face more than economic challenges.
SADC diplomats fear Zimbabwe may abuse its new positions to settle old scores with Europe, at the expense of the continent.
Jacob Zuma has reiterated at a joint SADC and Great Lakes Region summit that "security and stability" in the areas are integral to the meeting.
A comment by Qondile Khedama, the general manager: communications for the Mangaung Metropolitan Municpality.
Swaziland’s enviable location in southern Africa makes local and international trade with the country simple.
The Tripartite Free Trade Area to be established by 2015 will enable greater intra-African trade, writes Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.
With kisses, laughs and even jokes about lobola, Robert Mugabe’s rehabilitation among his regional peers was sealed at the SADC summit in Lilongwe.
SADC has called for the West to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe as it sealed its approval of his election victory.
This is no time for SADC to stand idly by or blindly to disregard its own guiding principles, writes Kerry Kennedy.
A diplomat in Harare says the SADC meeting will assess Zimbabwe’s level of preparedness for the polls and funding.
Analysts say the country still needs economic and political support from the regional bloc.
Southern African leaders have gathered to address tension between President Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai ahead of Zimbabwe’s general election.
The Southern African Development Community’s summit to discern Zimbabwe’s readiness to hold legal and fair elections has been postponed.
The Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee’s proposal to oversee polls has Zanu-PF insisting its role in the government must end.
Mugabe is adamant the vote will take place on June 29, but Tsvangirai and Ncube say this will be impossible.
As Zimbabwe gears up for elections, Zanu-PF is snubbing South African President Jacob Zuma’s facilitation team, the SADC and the United Nations.
SA’s gold mines are estimated to have the highest number of new TB cases in the world, making the disease a leading export to neighbouring countries.
The MDC has written to the Southern African Development Community (SADC), urging it to call for a summit on police intimidation.
The United States Africa Command says it will respect African countries that do not wish to have American soldiers operating from their countries.
Southern African health officials and international agencies will sign an agreement in Swaziland to reduce TB and HIV in the region’s mining sector.
The spotlight has fallen on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s ability to hold free and fair elections.
The increased political violence in Zimbabwe could force the SADC to convene a special summit ahead of the country’s elections.
President Jacob Zuma will be attending a summit this weekend that will focus on the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The mobility of miners and prevalence of HIV has rendered a large-scale drugs project ineffective.
A complex matrix of issues stymied Dlamini-Zuma’s bid for Africa’s top job.