The flight of skilled manpower from southern African economies to the global market has reached critical levels, as Zimbabwe, South Africa and other countries in the region contemplate novel strategies to plug the brain drain and retain their best brains or at least maximise their earnings from remittances. The Southern Times looks at the Sadc region’s plans to curb the flight of skills and explores whether remittances will compensate the region for its lost skills.

By Tawanda Kanhema, Zimbabwe Bureau Chief, The Southern Timeswebsite: www.southerntimesafrica.com

Sub-Saharan Africa is on the militarisation path, as the United Sates rolls out a quasi-military command strategy aimed at pre-empting China’s growing political and economic influence in the region.The U.S recently announced the establishment of the United States African Command (AFRICOM or USAFRICOM), a special command [...]

A group of nuclear physicists, military experts and diplomats has warned the United States and its military allies against launching an Iraq-style pre-emptive war on Iran to cripple its purported nuclear arms programme, saying such an attack would escalate the global risk of a nuclear holocaust.

Journalists take time to chat to controversial politician and Mugabe critic Tekere after his public address at the Quill Club in Harare.

Africa is facing region-wide energy shortages as climatic changes intermittently turn off the switch on hydro-electricity generation and oil prices remain exorbitantly high. As regional energy powerhouse, South Africa, ponders uranium enrichment…

By Tawanda Kanhema in Harare

Africa is undoubtedly experiencing a renaissance in the nuclear energy and uranium mining sectors… There is a flurry of renewed interest in nuclear energy and uranium mining on the international front, and this seems to have spilled over onto Africa’s shores.
While everyone seems to be drooling for a piece of ‘yellowcake’ [...]