SOUTHERN AFRICASADC Summit a success - Cabinet Cape Town: Cabinet has described the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit held at the weekend, a success, noting the launch of the Free Trade Area (FTA) and the adoption of the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development as some of the key highlights of the summit. 21 Aug 2008 09:32
SOUTHERN AFRICAJet honours Namibia and Botswana's community heroes Southern Africa's premier grassroots awards programme, the Jet Community Awards, has honoured five outstanding community-based organisations from Namibia and Botswana as the first regional winners were announced at an open event at the Jet store in Southgate in Johannesburg last week. 19 Aug 2008 10:02
SOUTHERN AFRICAFree Trade Area officially launched for SADC region [Bathandwa Mbola] Johannesburg: The Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states officially launched a Free Trade Area (FTA) for the region at the weekend, ushering in a new era of economic integration. 18 Aug 2008 12:10
SOUTHERN AFRICABodyform pledges to support women in Zimbabwe Bodyform announced yesterday, 14 August 2008, a pledge of fundraising and marketing support to help provide vital sanitary supplies to the women of Zimbabwe, in partnership with ACTSA (Action for Southern Africa) and its 'Dignity! Period.' campaign. 15 Aug 2008 14:37
SOUTHERN AFRICAZimbabwe: New forms of "money" Zimbabweans are turning to fuel coupons as a new form of "currency" after struggling to find local money, which continues to lose its value steeply. 15 Aug 2008 06:50
SOUTHERN AFRICAZimbabwe: Dashed hopes all round Harare: Abigail Mukurazhizha, 35, a stockbroker in Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, was among the scores of people jostling each other to buy a copy of The Herald, the official newspaper, with the headline proclaiming "Deal Sealed" above a story on the crucial talks to resolve the political crisis. 14 Aug 2008 09:28
SOUTHERN AFRICAZim's insurance industry reaches for a lifeline [Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's insurance companies, which have grappled with a major marketing nightmare posed by the fast erosion of the country's domestic currency, are reportedly battling to reach for a new lifeline in the form of foreign currency-denominated policies. 11 Aug 2008 11:34
SOUTHERN AFRICAZimbabwe: Banks run out of money Attempts to tame Zimbabwe's multi-million percent annual inflation rate had an inauspicious beginning on 1 August when banks turned customers away after running out of cash. 5 Aug 2008 06:57
SOUTHERN AFRICAZimbabwe: Govt calls emergency meeting as prices skyrocket [Dumisani Ndlela] Government, today moved swiftly to curtail a rapid escalation of prices which threatened to erode the embattled new currency introduced on Friday. 4 Aug 2008 11:50
SOUTHERN AFRICAZimbabwe: Banks move towards automating payments system [Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe' banks have moved significantly towards automating the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system, as the sector sought to curtail delays associated with manual and human intervention. 31 Jul 2008 14:30
SOUTHERN AFRICAZimbabwe: Children follow shoppers to South Africa Musina: Zimbabwean children are being drawn to South Africa to run errands and perform piecemeal jobs for shoppers from their own country - who are heading south because of the unavailability of basic goods in their own country. 31 Jul 2008 12:18
SOUTHERN AFRICAHigh import tariffs holds up growth [Michael Appel] High import tariffs, trade barriers and a culture of protectionism impedes economic growth, says Department of Trade and Industry Director General Tshediso Matona. 28 Jul 2008 12:35
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Bodyform announced yesterday, 14 August 2008, a pledge of fundraising and marketing support to help provide vital sanitary supplies to the women of Zimbabwe, in partnership with ACTSA (Action for Southern Africa) and its 'Dignity! Period.' campaign. 15 Aug 2008 14:37
Zimbabweans are turning to fuel coupons as a new form of "currency" after struggling to find local money, which continues to lose its value steeply. 15 Aug 2008 06:50
Harare: Abigail Mukurazhizha, 35, a stockbroker in Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, was among the scores of people jostling each other to buy a copy of The Herald, the official newspaper, with the headline proclaiming "Deal Sealed" above a story on the crucial talks to resolve the political crisis. 14 Aug 2008 09:28
Attempts to tame Zimbabwe's multi-million percent annual inflation rate had an inauspicious beginning on 1 August when banks turned customers away after running out of cash. 5 Aug 2008 06:57
Musina: Zimbabwean children are being drawn to South Africa to run errands and perform piecemeal jobs for shoppers from their own country - who are heading south because of the unavailability of basic goods in their own country. 31 Jul 2008 12:18
