Peace & Security

Southern African leaders meeting in South Africa have resolved to provide “immediate military assistance” to the Democratic Republic of Congo where renewed fighting has displaced more than half a million people.

The regional leaders made the decision during a one-day Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit held on 9 November to come up with a regional solution to the current military and political problems in the DRC and Zimbabwe.

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By Lance Guma

SADC Secretary General Tomaz Salomao has finally admitted the power sharing deal signed on the 15th September was fraudulently altered before the signing ceremony and different from the one agreed to by the parties on the 11th September.

The Tsvangirai MDC initially raised the concerns in an interview with Newsreel in early October, complaining that ZANU PF had doctored the agreement to alter certain clauses in the document that was to be signed a few days ...

By Edwin Tshivhidzo, tel: (012) 314-2454

Cape Town – The country’s safety and security was assured on Friday with the display and introduction of the newly acquired Navy fleet to the Commander-in-Chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), President Thabo Mbeki during a Presidential Fleet Review.

The last Presidential Fleet Review was conducted in 1997 during President Nelson Mandela’s term, at that time, it coincided with the Navy’s 75th birthday. ...

Johannesburg - Government’s plan to reintegrate foreign nationals displaced during May’s attacks on people from other countries has taken a leap forward in Ekurhuleni.

On Wednesday, residents of the Gugulethu and Everest informal settlements in Springs and the displaced foreign nationals participated in a 1.5 kilometre “unity walk”.

The walk formed part of the Gugulethu/Everest Unity Games, reports the Gauteng Provincial Government.

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HARARE, 21 July 2008 (IRIN) - Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, and opposition leaders Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, signed a memorandum of understanding in the capital Harare today, paving the way for talks to resolve the country's political impasse.

South African President Thabo Mbeki, appointed last year by the Southern African Development Community to mediate in the crisis, presided over the ceremony at a Harare hotel. The memorandum "commits the negotiating ...