Informal and Cross-border Trade in the Southern African Development Community
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Fresh negotiations to deal with the so-called outstanding issues in the unity government are expected to begin in earnest this weekend nearly two weeks after the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Troika directed at its meeting in Mozambique that Zimbabwe resolves its niggling issues within 30 days.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Some good news from Zimbabwe! Zimbabwe ratified the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Gender and Development, this month, becoming the second country after Namibia, to accede to this important regional instrument for advancing gender equality and women's rights.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Zimbabwe's feuding political parties look set to miss a monthend deadline set by the Southern African Development Committee (SADC) to conclude outstanding issues of their power sharing agreement as negotiators are yet to meet.
The Bearded Man (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- It isn't very often that household names stand up and are counted - especially when the person that they are standing up against is Robert Gabriel Mugabe. " Peter Gabriel, Susan Sarandon, Cyndi Lauper, and Citizen Cope have signed a petition calling on Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Morgan Tsvangirai, to help end politically motivated violence against...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
THE Southern African Development Community (Sadc) has observed that the management of the Ministry of Home Affairs does not reflect the spirit of the inclusive government. The candid assessment will pile pressure on MDC-T co-Minister of Home Affairs Giles Mutsekwa on the back of calls by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) for him to resign.
The Bearded Man (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated. -o00o- Perhaps I spoke to early. The email I sent to the BunduBlog webmaster bounced - so I have performed the sad task of removing the link from this page. Obviously, if the situation resolves itself, I will reinsert it and advise accordingly. -o00o- And to temper the bad news, here's a video track done by David Scobie and Brigitte Rodriguez (known as Brogue)...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
A SOUTHERN African Development Community (Sadc) ministerial team that assessed the implementation of Zimbabwe's troubled power-sharing arrangement recommended that Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono should be reassigned to save the coalition government from collapse.
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
President Ian Khama of Botswana gave the simmering Zimbabwe crisis a stir on Friday with a state of the union speech in which he accused the ZANU-PF party of President Robert Mugabe of violating the 2008 Global Political Agreement for power-sharing in Harare and suggesting that new elections in Zimbabwe may be required to end a power stalemate. In his address to Botswana, Mr. Khama voiced concern at...
The Bearded Man (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Howzit Mugabe has made no secret of his dislike for Ian Khama, President of Botswana. Mugabe has even gone so far as to say that Khama is an objectionable man because he is of mixed race (his father was Sir Seretse Khama and his mother was a white English woman) and that is why his views and opinions are skewed. How his race is a cause for Mugabe's dislike, I don't know - but Mugabe hates him! "...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party has set the tone for inter-party negotiations with the two MDC factions as they seek to resolve outstanding issues in the country's Global Political Agreement (GPA). The state controlled Herald newspaper on Friday gave an account of Mugabe's presentation at the heads of state summit of the SADC troika on politics, defense and security held in Maputo...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
AFTER the Sadc Organ on Politics, Defence and Security met in Maputo on October 29 to deliberate on how best to alleviate the political impasse in Zimbabwe, one would have been permitted to be optimistic. The optimism would have been premised on a seeming shift in Sadc's approach to issues that the three political parties have defined as "outstanding" with regards to the Global Political...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
THE Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC has publicly attacked Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara and his party for siding with President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF during last Thursday's Sadc Organ on Politics, Defence and Security mini-summit in Maputo. Addressing a rally on Sunday at Chibuku Stadium, Chitungwiza, Tsvangirai and his party's secretary-general Tendai Biti took turns to lambast Mutambara for...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Setting a deadline for Zimbabwe’s politicians to settle their differences AT LAST the Southern African Development Community (SADC), an influential club of 15 countries that has overseen the regional diplomacy intended to solve Zimbabwe’s troubles, is showing signs that it may be prepared to squeeze President Robert Mugabe a bit harder. As the supposed guarantor of a power-sharing pact...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
THE removal of some exchange control regulations will have advantageous tax-planning consequences for companies investing in Southern African Development Community (Sadc) countries.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Intervention by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to resolve a dispute between Zimbabwe's unity government partners has highlighted the redundancy of an oversight body specifically established to smooth the road of political reconciliation.
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