By Mpho Tebele Gaborone- The Democratic Republic of Congo and Madagascar are the only countries in SADC whose nationals are required to obtain visa to enter Botswana.…

By Moses Magadza Mahe, Seychelles – Africa will account for approximately 80 percent of the projected four billion increase in the global population by the year 2100,…

By Joseph Ngwawi Southern Africa has commenced the process of formulating a new cooperation and regional integration strategy to succeed the current development blueprint that is expected…

By Timo Shihepo EZULWINI – The Southern African region has identified challenges that are hindering the implementation of energy projects in the region and has come up…

By Gugu Mahlalela EZULWINI – Over 190 million people are in dire need of access to electricity in southern African region, the King of Swaziland, Mswati III…

By Magreth Nunuhe Windhoek – There is progress and achievement in a number of regional integration projects in the Southern African region, which are often not known…

We welcome efforts by SADC to address key infrastructural projects and economic enablers that would speed up the process of industrialisation, beneficiation of raw materials found in…

By Joseph Ngwawi in Ezulwini, Swaziland Efforts to achieve energy security in southern Africa appear to be achieving results as the region continues on a positive trajectory…

By Southern Times Writer WINDHOEK – The Namibian tourism sector is reaping the rewards of an interregional tourism boom with latest figures released by that country’s Ministry…

By Timo Shihepo Windhoek – The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is racing against time to install new energy projects needed to generate 35 000 MW in…

By Mpho Tebele Gaborone - Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe last week delivered an emotional farewell speech for Botswana’s second post-independence President Sir Ketumile Masire, describing him as…

By Kudakwashe  Ndhlukula The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region is endowed with abundant natural energy resources both renewable and non-renewable that are available to propel its…

By Jeff Kapembwa Lusaka – A paltry eight African have so far ratified the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) more than two years after it was launched in…

By Sechaba Mokhethi Maseru - While conceding defeat in the June 3 Lesotho elections, leaders of the outgoing seven-party coalition claim the entire electoral process was rigged,…

AS had been widely predicted, most SADC countries have come out of gripping drought experienced during the 2015/2016 season and are poised for bumper harvests this year,…

By Southern Times Writer WINDHOEK – Since the dawn of independence most Southern African Development Community (SADC) member countries saw the worse and worst in most State…

By  Sechaba Mokhethi MASERU – The Basotho nation voted a new coalition government projected to guide efforts to build strong, disciplined and inclusive national institutions to facilitate consensus…

By Timo Shihepo WINDHOEK – SADC has approved to give R20 million each to Madagascar and Seychelles to help the two island nations improve their participation in…

By Sechaba Mokhethi Maseru - The head of the Southern African Development Community Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM) to Lesotho, Pombe Mahinga, has warned of an uncompromising approach…

In one of the Namibian languages there is a saying that goes, ‘Omuntu omuntu molwaantu’ (in Shona and Zulu/Ndebele, it’s “munhu munhu nevanhu/umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu) which loosely…