While some SADC states have introduced measures aimed at boosting the level of women representation in government, the situation is far from achieving the 50 percent target for women in decision-making, as set by the sub-regional body.

The Management of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, the leading waste management company in the country has gone a step further in bringing to reality the adage that "what a man can do, a woman can do and sometimes do it better".

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has spoken optimistically about the future of Africa. Moved by the sight of hundreds of primary school students in Windhoek, Namibia's capital, the Liberian leader said seeing so many young people eager for education filled

Last week, a South African observer of the Zimbabwe general election, Kedibone Molema, of Southern Women in Dialogue, gave inspiring insights to the SABC Africa programme on events there. This discussion of the current electoral impasse is greatly indebted to

On Sunday afternoons, many parents like spending quality time with their children.