The AU is going to ratify a document
that could usher in a new age of democracy and accountability.
The MDC has been stung by the ANC’s public endorsement of President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party last weekend.
The bum-kissing pledge by Gwede Mantashe to support Zanu-PF during Zimbabwe’s polls next year has justifiably raised the ire of everyone.
The president’s international relations adviser, Lindiwe Zulu, on Malema, Zimbabwe and the United Nations.
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/ 11 November 2011
The South African Mint Company is exporting coinage across the globe.
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Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina bowed to foreign pressure and signed a political road map that allows for the return of Marc Ravalomanana.
Why did the SADC Tribunal have to die? Its former president tells the story of the demise of perhaps the region’s most important court.
President Jacob Zuma has been selected to chair the SADC organ on politics, defence and security, his office said on Wednesday.
<b>Rob Davies</b> sets the record straight on the South African government’s approach to the Southern African Customs Union.
After the year of the PIG the idea of a currency union, especially emulating the EU model, agreed to by SADC, does not look terribly clever.
Southern Africa must be on high alert as the region’s shipping lanes are increasingly vulnerable to piracy, Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says.
SADC justice ministers are meeting this week to discuss the amendment of the community’s legal instruments and their relationship with national laws.
The mediator in Madagascar’s long-running political crisis has said exiled former leader Marc Ravalomanana should be allowed to return home from SA.
The letter of protest by four judges of SADC tribunal about the tribunal’s suspension at a regional summit was described as "unprecedented".
The US ambassador to Zimbabwe has expressed deep concerns about reports that the military could seize power after the death of the octogenarian.
<i>M&G</i> readers weigh in on Trevor Manuel and the National Planning Commission, job creation, Popcru and more.
The <i>M&G</i>’s state-of-the-media round-up for SADC found things weren’t so pretty. Well, that is if you like your reporting served up free.
Madagascar’s security forces and de facto president Andry Rajoelina and SADC are facing off
Negotiations are under way to set in motion a long-term plan to boost trade among 26 countries around Africa, but analysts are sceptical about it.
Ineffective monitoring of mining operations and environmental factors have rendered mining a curse for the South African Development Community.
The standard story of personal loss on Zimbabwe’s farms is usually told by bitter white farmers; it is hardly ever told by the likes of Luke Tembani.
The SADC secretariat is widely understood to be ineffectual and disorganised.
Already widely regarded as powerless, the suspended regional court remains in limbo.
SADC leaders should make it clear that elections will not be held in Zimbabwe’s present climate, writes <b>Tiseke Kasambala</b>.
Madagascar’s feuding leaders have met for talks that mediators say are the last chance to resolve the crisis sparked by the Rajoelina coup in 2009.
SADC says its anxiously anticipated summit, at which its road map to free and fair elections in Madagascar are to be reviewed, will take place soon.
Swazi democracy activists are calling for artists and fans to boycott the country’s world-renowned Bushfire Festival later this month.
An agreement on a new road map for elections in Zimbabwe could be derailed by Zanu-PF’s refusal to yield on security reforms.
Only time will tell whether the rest of the community will end the era of appeasement, writes <b>Jason Moyo</b>.
<b>Sean O’Toole</b> and <b>Paul Botes</b> take a journey along the border from Pontdrift to south of Komatipoort to find the gaps in a broken system.
Attaining global success needs regional buy-in from Southern African countries and their leaders.
American President Barack Obama is expected to focus more on Africa in 2011. This comes none too soon, <b>Francis Kornegay</b>.