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Southern African Development Community

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/ 7 November 2008

African leaders to pile pressure on Mugabe

Southern African leaders will pile pressure on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition chief Morgan Tsvangirai at a summit on Sunday.

By Griffin Shea
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Article
/ 1 November 2008

SADC declares Zambia’s election free and fair

SADC on Saturday declared that Zambia’s presidential election was free and fair, despite claims of vote-rigging by the opposition.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 28 October 2008

Urgent African summit called to rescue Zim deal

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai faced mounting pressure on Tuesday to end their feud over forming a unity government.

By Staff Reporter
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Africa
/ 28 October 2008

Zim summit fails to break impasse on unity pact

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.

By Godfrey Marawanyika
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/ 27 October 2008

African leaders meet to rescue Zim accord

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.

By Staff Reporter
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Africa
/ 27 October 2008

Leaders try to end Zimbabwe impasse

Thabo Mbeki said on Monday he was confident a summit would salvage an agreement between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and the MDC opposition.

By Nelson Banya
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Article
/ 24 October 2008

Motlanthe urges Zim opposition not to boycott summit

South Africa’s new President Kgalema Motlanthe urged Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday not to boycott another summit.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 22 October 2008

African leaders push for single market

Leaders from three major African trading blocs met in the Ugandan capital on Wednesday met to push for a single market.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 27 September 2008

The full in tray –

Kgalema Motlanthe will find himself with a heavily laden in tray bequeathed to him by former president Thabo Mbeki.

By Mandy Rossouw
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Article
/ 26 September 2008

Mbeki’s fall rocks Zim talks

With the mediator’s future uncertain, Zimbabwe’s ground becomes even shakier for the MDC, Zanu‑PF and the ANC

By Jason Moyo
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Africa
/ 25 September 2008

Social insecurity

Migrant workers in the SADC region are being doubly punished when it comes to recouping social security, writes Stuart Rothgiesser.

By Stuart Rothgiesser
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Africa
/ 19 September 2008

Swaziland’s political farce

The legitimacy of Friday’s election is viewed with suspicion by a growing number of citizens.

By Bongani WakaMsuthu
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Article
/ 17 September 2008

Black Zim farmers lose bid to move on to white farms

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.

By Staff Reporter
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Africa
/ 15 September 2008

Swazi mediation on the cards

Mediation between the Swazi government and labour movements and opposition parties is due to start within weeks.

By Mandy Rossouw
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Africa
/ 5 September 2008

‘You don’t negotiate with a gun’

Mugabe this week gave Morgan Tsvangirai until Thursday to sign the proposed power-sharing agreement.

By Mandy Rossouw and Jason Moyo
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Africa
/ 29 August 2008

Mugabe prepares for next move

Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe has been pegged back in a week of setbacks, but is preparing to reverse his opponents’ gains in Parliament.

By Jason Moyo
‘People should choose, not political leaders’
Africa
/ 24 August 2008

‘People should choose, not political leaders’

Botswana boycotted the SADC summit last weekend when President Seretse Khama Ian Khama did not take his place at the heads of government meeting.

By Mandy Rossouw
Death of a president
Africa
/ 22 August 2008

Death of a president

Zambia faces uncertainty after the death of Levy Mwanawasa earlier this week, writes Robert Chisanza.

By Robert Chisanza
MDC: Brown’s Trojan horse?
Africa
/ 22 August 2008

MDC: Brown’s Trojan horse?

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.

By Jason Moyo and Mandy Rossouw
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Africa
/ 19 August 2008

Groundbreaking gender protocol hailed

Gender activists breathed a sigh of relief when a long-delayed gender protocol was signed at the SADC summit in Johannesburg this weekend.

By Zahira Kharsany
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Article
/ 19 August 2008

‘An injury to one market is an injury to all’

NGOs have put forward demands opposing the continuing talks on economic partnership agreements between the EU and African countries.

By Stanley Kwenda
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Article
/ 18 August 2008

MDC still committed to deal with Mugabe

Zimbabwe’s opposition on Sunday said it is committed to reaching an agreement with President Robert Mugabe.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 18 August 2008

Southern African free trade zone launched

Southern African countries have launched a regional trade zone that aims to eliminate import tariffs, with plans for a common currency by 2018.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 17 August 2008

Mbeki: Zim talks to continue ‘urgently’

SADC has recognised that negotiations in Zimbabwe are continuing, but emphasised the urgency, President Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday.

By Denise Williams
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Article
/ 17 August 2008

Yet again, no deal for Zimbabwe

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.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 17 August 2008

Tsvangirai wants to be prime minister

Zimbabwe’s opposition chief wants to be a powerful prime minister, but would leave the presidency — and command of the military — to Robert Mugabe.

By Donna Bryson
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Article
/ 17 August 2008

Zimbabwe looms over SADC summit

Southern African leaders were to gather in Johannesburg on Sunday for the final day of a summit overshadowed by Zimbabwe’s crisis.

By Justine Gerardy
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Article
/ 16 August 2008

Zim talks: End is in sight, says Mbeki

The end is in sight for negotiations between Zimbabwe’s rival leaders, President Thabo Mbeki told the SADC summit in Johannesburg on Saturday.

By Staff Reporter
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Africa
/ 16 August 2008

Zim on agenda as heads of state gather

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.

By Justine Gerardy
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Article
/ 15 August 2008

Zim rivals seek deal before summit

Negotiators from Zimbabwe’s rival parties are trying to reach a settlement before this weekend’s regional summit, a spokesperson said on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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Africa
/ 15 August 2008

MDC hoping to return stronger

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.

By Mandy Rossouw and Jason Moyo
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Africa
/ 14 August 2008

Zim’s woes to dominate SADC meet

Southern African leaders gather for a summit where Zimbabwe’s crisis features high on the agenda — but Morgan Tsvangirai may not attend.

By Alexandra Lesieur
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