Tutti i temi: Africa del Sud

30.03.2005 Obviously elections are not just about what takes place on the day, or two days, on which polling takes place. An election is a process that occurs within a political context. This report describes the electoral environment in Zimbabwe ahead of the parliamentary elections that are scheduled for March 31, 2005.

30.03.2005 Over the next few days please log onto Kubatana to see photographs of the Zimbabwe General Election 2005 as well as election results and breaking news. Please make sure to check the Elections sector under the Archive for a very comprehensive selection of opinion and articles on the Parliamentary Election.

30.03.2005 The Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe (MMPZ) has condemned in the strongest terms the deliberate jamming of SW Radio Africa's broadcasts, saying its an assault on freedom of expression.

30.03.2005 Maaliskuun viimeisen päivän parlamenttivaalien alla zimbabwelaisten elämään ilmaantui jälleen uusi ongelma. Maalla alettiin pelätä kaupungissa asuvien sukulaisten vierailuja, sillä hallitseva puolue leimasi nämä opposition kätyreiksi. Ihmisoikeusjärjestö Human Rights Watch kuvaa Zimbabwen vaalitaistelua ”epätasaiseksi pelikentäksi”.

23.03.2005 Zimbabwe's Media Monitoring Project (MMPZ) has described the alleged jamming of a London-based anti-government radio station, as the "latest deliberate assault on freedom of expression".

23.03.2005 Deepening poverty continues to complicate efforts by Swazi authorities to raise awareness of water resource management, officials acknowledged at a ceremony to mark World Water Day on Tuesday.

18.03.2005 Civil society groups and citizens from Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia participated in a unique demonstration of regional solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe on 12 March 2005.

18.03.2005 On the face of it, the new broadcasting regulations issued last month in Zimbabwe were groundbreaking. For the first time in the history of Zimbabwean elections, the opposition would be legally allocated time on state-owned radio and television in the run-up to a parliamentary poll, scheduled for Mar. 31.

09.03.2005 As coal and wood still remain an important fuel source at domestic level, the need for alternative energy sources is crucial to tackle climate change. The development of renewable energy sources is a priority in the new national strategy to guide South Africa's response to climate change.

09.03.2005 Celtel-Zambia has launched the provision of subsidised rural communities payphone services in partnership with PRONET and Computer connections.

09.03.2005 Southern African journalists reporting socio-economic development issues are invited to submit entries for the 2005 Southern African Development Community (SADC) Media Awards. The annual contest is administered by government communication agencies in each of SADC's 14 member nations.

07.03.2005 Botswana has one of the world's highest HIV rates, but universal access to treatment has made life after diagnosis possible. A beauty pageant for HIV-positive women aims to combat the stigma about the disease that keeps so many from learning their status and seeking treatment.

06.03.2005 The mortality rate is increasing dramatically in South Africa. Tuberculosis, influenza and pneumonia, and cerebrovascular diseases are listed in a recent government statistical report as the leading causes of death but the scale of recent mortality rates provides evidence of the prevalence of HIV/AIDS.

04.03.2005 SANGONeT Technology Services have developed a database-driven website with a content management system for Agenda, a South African-based feminist media project. The website is based on robust open source technology and features interactive polls and subscription-based access.

02.03.2005 The implementation of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) development strategy for 2005 is now in motion following approval of its annual budget and business plans by the Council of Ministers.

02.03.2005 The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) invites journalists to apply for the MISA John Manyarara Journalism Award, which recognises excellence in investigative journalism in Southern Africa.

01.03.2005 Katete is a small agricultural district in the Eastern Province of Zambia. But it is becoming increasingly important as the centre of cotton production. That is why it has attracted the attention of the Organisation Development and Community Management Trust (ODCMT), an NGO spearheading the fight for fair trade in Zambia.

01.03.2005 In attempts to appear balanced in their coverage of all political parties ahead of the March elections, as stipulated by the SADC guidelines on elections, state-owned Zimbabwe TV and Radio Zimbabwe have given the opposition Movement for Democratic Change(MDC) and ZANU very rare opportunities to talk on their preparations for the forthcoming poll. However, Zimbabwe's Broadcasting Holdings' pretence was fully exposed by the tone of their story, which was biased against the MDC.

01.03.2005 A free and fair election will be impossible this month if the current political climate is allowed to persist. All manner of Zimbabweans' fundamental human rights have been so badly eroded that most of their civil and political liberties exist only in the most vestigial form.

01.03.2005 The pleasure of every child is to wake up to the sound of mother and father's reassuring voice; to be congratulated after attaining good grades at school; to be protected from harm; to be loved and to be nurtured.