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/ 9 November 2008
Zimbabwe’s ruling party and opposition leaders looked set to dig their heels in on power-sharing demands ahead of a crunch summit.
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/ 7 November 2008
Southern African leaders will pile pressure on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition chief Morgan Tsvangirai at a summit on Sunday.
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/ 1 November 2008
SADC on Saturday declared that Zambia’s presidential election was free and fair, despite claims of vote-rigging by the opposition.
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/ 28 October 2008
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai faced mounting pressure on Tuesday to end their feud over forming a unity government.
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/ 28 October 2008
African leaders on Monday failed to break the deadlock in Zimbabwe talks, with a fight over the Home Affairs Ministry threatening to sink the deal.
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/ 27 October 2008
Leaders of a Southern African bloc met on Monday in Zimbabwe to press Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai to break an impasse over a unity government.
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/ 27 October 2008
Thabo Mbeki said on Monday he was confident a summit would salvage an agreement between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and the MDC opposition.
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/ 24 October 2008
South Africa’s new President Kgalema Motlanthe urged Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday not to boycott another summit.
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/ 22 October 2008
Leaders from three major African trading blocs met in the Ugandan capital on Wednesday met to push for a single market.
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/ 27 September 2008
Kgalema Motlanthe will find himself with a heavily laden in tray bequeathed to him by former president Thabo Mbeki.
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/ 26 September 2008
With the mediator’s future uncertain, Zimbabwe’s ground becomes even shakier for the MDC, Zanu‑PF and the ANC
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/ 25 September 2008
Migrant workers in the SADC region are being doubly punished when it comes to recouping social security, writes Stuart Rothgiesser.
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/ 19 September 2008
The legitimacy of Friday’s election is viewed with suspicion by a growing number of citizens.
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/ 17 September 2008
A regional tribunal on Wednesday dismissed the land claims of 343 black Zimbabwean farmers who argued they cannot move on to seized white-owned farms.
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/ 15 September 2008
Mediation between the Swazi government and labour movements and opposition parties is due to start within weeks.
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/ 5 September 2008
Mugabe this week gave Morgan Tsvangirai until Thursday to sign the proposed power-sharing agreement.
Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe has been pegged back in a week of setbacks, but is preparing to reverse his opponents’ gains in Parliament.
Botswana boycotted the SADC summit last weekend when President Seretse Khama Ian Khama did not take his place at the heads of government meeting.
Zambia faces uncertainty after the death of Levy Mwanawasa earlier this week, writes Robert Chisanza.
Zanu-PF leader Mugabe and Tsvangirai are digging in their heels, insisting they will not move from their closing positions in last week’s talks.
Gender activists breathed a sigh of relief when a long-delayed gender protocol was signed at the SADC summit in Johannesburg this weekend.
NGOs have put forward demands opposing the continuing talks on economic partnership agreements between the EU and African countries.
Zimbabwe’s opposition on Sunday said it is committed to reaching an agreement with President Robert Mugabe.
Southern African countries have launched a regional trade zone that aims to eliminate import tariffs, with plans for a common currency by 2018.
SADC has recognised that negotiations in Zimbabwe are continuing, but emphasised the urgency, President Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday.
Zimbabwe’s main rivals failed to reach a settlement on the final day of a regional summit where the country’s crisis was high on the agenda.
Zimbabwe’s opposition chief wants to be a powerful prime minister, but would leave the presidency — and command of the military — to Robert Mugabe.
Southern African leaders were to gather in Johannesburg on Sunday for the final day of a summit overshadowed by Zimbabwe’s crisis.
The end is in sight for negotiations between Zimbabwe’s rival leaders, President Thabo Mbeki told the SADC summit in Johannesburg on Saturday.
Zimbabwe’s main political rivals are in SA for a regional summit with negotiators expected to aim for a resolution to the country’s political crisis.
Negotiators from Zimbabwe’s rival parties are trying to reach a settlement before this weekend’s regional summit, a spokesperson said on Friday.
The latest deadlock has highlighted the tensions in the MDC. Some senior members were keen for Tsvangirai to sign the deal already on the table.