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.
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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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.