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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.
Southern African leaders gather for a summit where Zimbabwe’s crisis features high on the agenda — but Morgan Tsvangirai may not attend.
Zimbabwe authorities have confiscated the passports of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and other opposition officials at Harare airport.
SADC will render the assistance and support needed in Zimbabwe, Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said in Johannesburg on Thursday.
Mugabe said that negotiation was a different game which required compromise, ”Unlike in card games in negotiation you must be ready for compromise”
Despite mounting criticism of the African Union, pessimists simply cannot write off the Organisation of African Unity’s successor.
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has been admitted to intensive care in a Paris hospital but is in a stable condition.
Zambia’s President Levy Mwanawasa was rushed to hospital in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday after a health emergency.
Oh, for a sign of divine providence in the face of Robert Mugabe’s loony assertion that "only God" can remove him from office.
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa effectively put his head on the chopping block this week after he strongly condemned Robert Mugabe’s regime.
African pressure mounted on Wednesday to postpone Zimbabwe’s presidential run-off election set for Friday, but authorities said it would go ahead.