Full Coverage: Southern Africa

27.04.2008 Abahlali baseMjondolo, the South African shackdwellers' movement, gives a reminder that the structures of apartheid are still thriving in South Africa.

22.04.2008 Tourist lodges requiring large amounts of water are to be built on the land of the Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana – but the Bushmen are not allowed to pump water from their single borehole, says an organisation supporting tribal peoples worldwide.

18.04.2008 An urgent application has been made to suspend a transport permit allowing arms from China -- currently anchored in a South African harbor -- to be conveyed to the government of Zimbabwe.
From: Business Day

09.04.2008 The judge hearing the Zimbabwean opposition's case demanding the immediate release of presidential election results has said he will deliver his judgment on Monday.
From: Mail & Guardian

08.04.2008 Amidst conern about the increasing possibility of violence in the wake of Zimbabwe's unresolved election, the Zimbabwe Christian Alliance is sending delegations to request intervention by the Southern African Development Community and the African Union.