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Category: Southern Africa

Southern Africa, southernmost region of the African continent, comprising the countries of Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Malawi Chiefs OP-ED Southern Africa 

Traditional Chiefs Contributing to Political and Economic Crisis in Malawi

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Politics of Malawi has raped and defiled traditional powers of chiefs as chiefs have been reduced to victims of abuse and manipulation by state political powers. While politicians are voted into power chiefs are born as such. The role of traditional chiefs from paramount, senior, traditional authority, group village headman to a mere village headman has been misinterpreted. Our chiefs… Read More
Lazarus Chakwera OP-ED Southern Africa 

Malawi Chiefs Castigating Opposition is a form of Censorship?

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Sentiments by a segment of Malawi chiefs castigating leader of opposition in the country cannot go without being vindicated. The platform that Lazarus Chakwera took is an appropriate podium because both Peter Mutharika and leader of opposition answers to the public. For chiefs to instigate that Lazarus Chakwera committed treasonous crime when he was doing his rightful obligations explains the… Read More
Human Rights South Africa 

SONKE STUDY REVEALS ALARMING LEVELS OF MEN’S VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

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Results just released from a study conducted by the University of Witwatersrand and Sonke Gender Justice with 2600 men in Diepsloot, a peri-urban settlement north of Johannesburg,  reveal some of the highest levels of men’s violence against women ever recorded in South Africa. These levels of violence represent a state of emergency for women in Diepsloot. Our study shows that… Read More
Elizabeth Taylor to fight AIDS in Malawi Investments Leaders Southern Africa 

Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation launch $4 million toward controlling the AIDS epidemic in Malawi

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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF) today announced a $4 million, two-year partnership to accelerate progress toward controlling the AIDS epidemic through innovative strategies to reach men aged 25-40 with HIV prevention and treatment services in Malawi. Read More
Opinions Southern Africa 

Zimbabwe: Dangers of an Exclusively Religious Nation

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I was born and raised in Zimbabwe and I never got to witness the struggle that brought my country independence. I grew up enchanted by stories of the liberation struggle and as a child, one of my many ambitions was to become a soldier…apart from being a superhero with super powers. Like everyone else born after independence, I was referred… Read More
Peter Mutharia Decision Makers Southern Africa 

Malawi bucks trend says it will remain in International Criminal Court (ICC)

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BLANTYRE: Malawi government to the chagrin of many African Union Members, has received much applause from the international organization for making a decision to remain a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at a time many African countries are withdrawing their membership from the body seen as biased against them. According to the Maravi Post the government officially communicated… Read More
ANCYL official Patrick Wisani guilty Southern Africa 

Judge Finds Patrick Wisani guilty of murdering his girlfriend Nosipho Mandleleni by beating her to death

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Yesterday, in the Randburg High Court Judge Mohammed Ismail found former ANCYL official Patrick Wisani guilty of murdering his girlfriend Nosipho Mandleleni by beating her to death with a sjambok and a broomstick on the night of Saturday 5th of September, 2015. Wisani was also found guilty of assaulting Nosipho’s twin sister Siphokazi and a friend of hers in an… Read More
Tobacco Farming in Malawi Green Tech Health Advice Southern Africa 

Efforts of the Tobacco Industry in Southern Africa to Support Sustainability

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The production and consumption of tobacco and tobacco products are firmly in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) regulatory crosshairs and with good reason; however, this is not likely to prevent people from smoking. While the WHO is welcome to put forward arguments and provide evidence on the dangers of exposure to tobacco smoke and use of tobacco products, it remains… Read More
Dzaleka refugee cam Southern Africa 

Malawi: Refugees Soon To Have A New Home In Katuli, Karonga

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The United Nations Refugee Agency in Malawi, UNHCR has said preparations for the moving of Dzaleka refugee camp in Dowa to Katuli in Karonga District is at an advanced stage. UNHCR Country representative Mornique Ekoko said in an interview on the sidelines of a donation of medical drugs and equipment worth over K33 Million at the camp’s health Centre on… Read More
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