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DEVELOPMENT-SWAZILAND: Home-Grown Electricity Needed
A media scare in Swaziland about an imminent cut-off of the country's electricity by foreign suppliers has highlighted its near-total dependence on external power sources - and jump-started contingency plans to expand domestic power production.CULTURE-SWAZILAND: Making a Bull Market for Cows
When is a cow considerably more than the sum of its parts? When the animal happens to live in one of a good many developing countries, probably – not least Swaziland.ECONOMY-SWAZILAND: Small and Medium a Recipe for Big Hopes
For a country struggling with a stubborn unemployment rate of over 40 percent, the development of small and medium-sized enterprises seems a welcome solution to joblessness.RIGHTS-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Truckers Contribute to the Spread of AIDS
For years, health surveys in the wake of southern Africa's AIDS pandemic have shown that itinerate occupations like truck drivers and seasonal agricultural workers pose a greater risk for workers of contracting and spreading HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.HEALTH-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Teenage Suicides on Upswing
Passions of the heart rather than financial woes account for a growing number of suicides in Southern African nations as diverse as prosperous and well-developed South African and small, traditional Swaziland.RIGHTS: Help Is On the Way to Assist Swaziland’s Elderly Financially
Gogo (granny) Dube, a small but spry white-haired woman of 67, has had to raise five grandchildren since her daughter and son-in-law, the children's parents, died of AIDS-related illnesses within months of each other in 2000.ENVIRONMENT-SWAZILAND: Indigenous Trees Facing Extinction
Can carved masks, toy drums and grass baskets pull Swazis out of the chronic poverty that grips two-thirds of Swaziland's population?/CORRECTED REPEAT*/ENVIRONMENT-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Animal Wars Far From Over
The recent shooting death of an off-duty game ranger by poachers has reminded Southern African conservationists that the ''animal wars'' that peaked during the 1990s are far from over a decade later.ENVIRONMENT-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Animal Wars Far From Over
The recent shooting death of an off-duty game ranger by poachers has reminded Southern African conservationists that the ‘'animal wars'' that peaked during the 1990s are far from over a decade later.POLITICS-SWAZILAND: Only Int’l Pressure Can End Corruption
Sipho Shongwe, a traditional chief who last year was appointed by King Mswati as the minister in charge of health and social welfare, sounded shocked and wounded following his first encounters with the depths of corruption in government.
RIGHTS-SWAZILAND: “A Custom Tied to a Lifestyle That No Longer Exists”
The custom of paying a bride price – referred to in Swaziland as "lobola" – is a longstanding tradition in this Southern African country, which is also home to Africa’s last absolute monarchy.
RIGHTS-SWAZILAND: For Women, Constitution Is a Curate’s Egg
There are several reasons why women's rights activists might welcome Swaziland's new constitution, intended to replace the document that was suspended by King Sobhuza in 1973. Then again, there are also reasons why they might not.
EDUCATION-SWAZILAND: AIDS Orphans on (Somewhat) Firmer Ground
In May last year, IPS reported that teachers in Swaziland were at loggerheads with government over the delicate matter of admitting AIDS orphans to schools free of charge. With the new academic year looming, has the situation improved?
POLITICS-SOUTH AFRICA: Swaziland Seeks Border Adjustment
South Africa’s agreement to take seriously Swaziland’s claim to its national territory has implications for all of Africa, and the pledges African countries have made to honour boundaries drawn up during the colonial era, diplomats tell IPS.DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: Lack of Political Interests Hurting Agriculture
When African leaders met at an African Union summit in the Mozambique capital, Maputo last year, their pledges to improve agriculture in their countries rang sincere, but ran up against the immensity - some realists thought the impracticality - of their goals.
DEVELOPMENT-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Cassava – the New Flavour of the Month?
Cassava, a traditional West African crop, looks set to take root in Southern Africa.
WORLD AIDS DAY: In Swaziland, HIV Hides in Plain Sight
Read the obituaries in Swaziland, and you will discover that many people here die from unspecified "lingering illnesses".CULTURE-AFRICA: Publishing Takes on NEPAD
Many column inches have been devoted to the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) – a blueprint for using improved governance to attract more investment to the continent. However, it could be argued that the plan remains something of an enigma to many.ECONOMY-SOUTHERN AFRICA: A Peaceful Alternative for Tourists
Samao Zandamela of Maputo, Mozambique gazed out his taxi window at the towering bulk of the landmark empty shell of the Four Seasons Hotel, and said, ‘’When that is reopened, it will mean more business for me. More visitors, more passengers. Tourism will not make me rich, but it helps.’’
ECONOMY-SWAZILAND: A White Elephant for Those Jumbo Jets?
National airports are the primary gateways to countries today. From the design of a terminal building to the swiftness of baggage retrieval, airports give visitors an all-important first impression of a state’s modernity and capacity to provide services.ENVIRONMENT: Upgrading Southern Africa’s Weather Predicting Technology
Southern African meteorologists say regional residents can expect another year of mostly normal rainfall, but with drought-stricken areas repeating dry patterns that have persisted for years, and Indian Ocean nations subject to more cyclones.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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