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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Water "Undervalued and Not Treated With Respect"
By Lawrence Keketso
MASERU - A two-day conference on water issues in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which opened Wednesday in Maseru, Lesotho, has seen representatives of government, civil society, the private sector, donors and other groups discuss the likely effects of climate change on development in the region.
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DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: "Political Will" Needed To Address Food Crisis
By Kwamboka Oyaro
NAIROBI - The need to give agriculture top billing on governmental "to do" lists has been highlighted at a telephone briefing to discuss the current food crisis as it affects Africa.
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DEVELOPMENT-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Small Can Be Beautiful
By Stephanie Nieuwoudt
CAPE TOWN - Is small the new big when it comes to agriculture in Southern Africa? As rising food prices place this sector firmly in the spotlight, there are compelling examples at hand to make the case for greater investment in small-scale farming.
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DEVELOPMENT-ZAMBIA: Counting the Cost of Recent Floods
By Newton Sibanda
LUSAKA - Samson Mwenda, a farmer from Namwala in Zambia’s Southern Province, recalls with bitterness the massive floods of the 2007/2008 rainy season and the harsh consequences they had for his life.
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RIGHTS: In South Africa, Zimbabwean Refugees Find Sanctuary and Contempt
By Michael Deibert
JOHANNESBURG - As the autumn sun sets over South Africa's most populous city, the halls of downtown Johannesburg's Central Methodist Mission fill with weary figures, many far from home, seeking solace within its walls.
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Q&A: "We Mustn't Think as South Africans That We Have Won the Day"
By Interview with Paul Verryn
JOHANNESBURG - Bishop Paul Verryn, who directs the Central Methodist Mission in Johannesburg, South Africa, has long been on the frontlines of the country's political struggles.
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MOZAMBIQUE: Officials Master Floods - But Battle To Contain Diseases That Follow
By Steven Lang
GRAHAMSTOWN - More people have died of cholera following recent floods in Mozambique than the number of those who perished in the rising floodwaters. Most rivers in central and northern Mozambique burst their banks after heavy rains in December, January and February, and as a result of Cyclone Jokwe -- which hit in early March.
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Q&A: Labour "Has to Weigh Up the Trade-offs" in Acting to Protect Workers
By Interview with Steven Friedman
CAPE TOWN - Co-operation between the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Communist Party (SACP) and forerunners of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) goes back several decades to the early days of efforts to end racial discrimination in South Africa.
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Q&A: Circumcision an "Opportunity To Take Great Strides Forward" Against HIV
By Interview with Mark Heywood
JOHANNESBURG - Results from trials in South Africa, Kenya and Uganda in 2006 showed that male circumcision reduced the transmission of HIV from women to men by up to 60 percent. On the basis of these results, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World Health Organisation have recommended that countries encourage men to be circumcised.
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HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: Where Have the Piglets Gone?
By Kathryn Strachan
JOHANNESBURG - Each psychiatric patient leaving Tower Hospital in the Eastern Cape Province under a new project to integrate patients into the community is sent home with two piglets. While at the hospital, patients are trained to raise pigs, the hope being that they will use the piglets for breeding to develop a sustainable source of income once discharged.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Water Supply Proposal Sparks Controversy and Suspicion
By Steven Lang
GRAHAMSTOWN - A plan to increase the supply of potable water to two coastal towns in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province is provoking heated debate.
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