Southern and eastern African countries are moving toward a free trade agreement that is about development, opening borders and dropping tariffs.
Southern African leaders are due to meet to lay out a plan to guide Zimbabwe toward elections, which could settle a debate within Zanu-PF.
A tougher stance already taken by regional leaders toward reforms on Zimbabwe can prevent a repeat of bloody, disputed elections.
SA and SADC cannot ignore the tight link between Zanu-PF’s behaviour and its control of Marange
Zimbabwe’s foreign minister on Friday denied his government had attacked SA President Jacob Zuma and SADC following criticism of Robert Mugabe.
As water resources in Southern Africa come under pressure from growing population, economic accounting for water could aid better management.
The crisis in Zimbabwe goes beyond the disputed elections and is more about the division of opinions, the Zimbabwe Institute said on Monday.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai warned on Friday that Zimbabwe could slide back to "dark days" of violence.
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/ 22 November 2010
The South Gauteng High Court is expected to deliver judgement on an application by Zimbabwe to stop AfriForum from
Morgan Tsvangirai’s party has applauded calls by regional leaders for partners in Zimbabwe’s unity government to iron out differences within a month.
SADC leaders on Tuesday gave themselves six months to review a stand-off between Zimbabwe and a regional court that ruled against land reforms.
Zimbabwe’s refusal to obey rulings by a regional court, relating to land reform, looks set to win a pass as a SADC summit wraps up Tuesday.
Leaders from 14 Southern African countries on Monday began a two-day meeting to discuss regional integration on the 30th anniversary of SADC.
Southern African leaders meet on Monday in Namibia’s capital, Windhoek, to discuss Zimbabwe’s strained unity government.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe should not be allowed to continue to flout the basic legal principles of SADC, the DA said on Monday.
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/ 15 January 2010
Southern African leaders have urged the international community to reject plans by Madagascar’s Andry Rajoelina to ignore power-sharing talks.
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/ 14 January 2010
Key Southern African leaders will hold a special summit on Thursday to discuss the crisis in Madagascar and the power-sharing government in Zimbabwe.
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/ 4 December 2009
The parties in Zimbabwe are trying to gauge the attitude of Zuma’s new mediation team.
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/ 2 December 2009
Security plans for the Fifa World Cup meet international standards and have been used as a benchmark by the UN, Bheki Cele said on Wednesday.
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/ 1 December 2009
Namibia’s general elections last week were ”free and fair”, observers from neighbouring countries said on Monday.
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/ 4 November 2009
Zimbabwean civil society leaders are calling for immediate action to implement a SADC-brokered global political agreement and halt violence.
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/ 2 November 2009
Mozambique will host a regional summit on Zimbabwe on Thursday in the hopes of breaking a deadlock that threatens Harare’s fragile unity government.
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/ 28 October 2009
Robert Mugabe may appoint acting ministers in place of officials from the MDC who are boycotting Cabinet meetings, Zimbabwe’s media said on Wednesday.
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/ 15 September 2009
Women are well represented in newsrooms but struggle to find a place in senior management or on boards, according to a study by Gender Links.
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/ 9 September 2009
A regional call for sanctions to be lifted against Mugabe is not to protect him but to promote investment, Kgalema Motlanthe said on Wednesday.
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/ 9 September 2009
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has scored a diplomatic triumph after regional leaders called for sanctions against him to be lifted.
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/ 8 September 2009
Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai on Tuesday called on SADC to closely monitor the progress of his power-sharing deal with Robert Mugabe.
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/ 8 September 2009
Zimbabwe has made progress towards ending its political crisis as its once feuding leaders learn to bury their differences, Jacob Zuma said on Monday.
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/ 7 September 2009
African leaders will step up calls on Monday for an end to Western sanctions against Zimbabwe and urge SA to plead Harare’s cause within the G20.
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/ 1 September 2009
Southern African leaders must pressure Zimbabwe’s unity government to make greater political reforms, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.
Zimbabwe’s prime minister will on Monday brief Jacob Zuma on how Zimbabwe’s six-month old unity government is faring.
Zimbabwe on Thursday urged a regional court not to step into a dispute with a black farmer who has accused the government of wrongly seizing his land.