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On this day, the 20th November, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region joins the rest of the world to commemorate Africa Industrialization Day, a day that was proclaimed by the 25th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) ... read more

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has recorded an increase in aquaculture production which rose to 100,950 tonnes in 2020, from 92,773 tonnes reported in 2019 ... read more

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) continues to seek ways of increasing power generation across the Region to surpass the 3,595 megawatts (MW), out of a targeted 4,000MW, contributed in 2019 by Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and the United Republic of Tanzania. ... read more

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has launched a US$20 million Regional Appeal for support to control the outbreak of the devastating African Migratory Locusts (AML) in the Region. ... read more

The Tripartite Transport and Transit Facilitation Programme (TTTFP), a programme funded by the European Union (EU) under the 11th European Development Fund, has developed a number of policy, regulatory and strategic framework documents which were approved by Ministers of Transport at their meeting in October 2019 to enhance efficient cross ... read more

The Southern African Development Community is exploring ways of harnessing the potential of the massive reserves of natural gas that exist in the Region following the development of Regional Gas Master Plan which seeks to unlock the potential of gas in Southern Africa. ... read more

His Excellency Dr John Pombe Joseph Magufuli, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, was on 5th November, 2020 inaugurated for his second five-year term following his landslide victory in the General Elections held on 28th October, 2020 in which he amassed 84.4 percent of the total valid votes cast. ... read more

Gaborone, Botswana: The Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is pleased to announce the launch of the 2021 SADC Secondary School Essay Competition. ... read more

In consideration of the challenges posed by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, SADC established virtual stakeholder engagement meetings with key electoral stakeholders in the United Republic of Tanzania. The engagements were aimed at assessing the country’s preparedness for the elections. ... read more

The Ministers Responsible for Energy, and for Water from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) met on 30th October 2020 through video conferencing hosted by the Republic of Mozambique. The Ministers deliberated on programmes of regional dimensions in support of the implementation of the recently approved SADC Regional Indicative Strategic ... read more

The 14th Bulletin of the SADC Regional Response to COVID-19 highlights the global and regional trends of the pandemic. Indications are that there is a decline in new cases and deaths in a number of countries. These are shown graphically in the sections that follow. The report also provides a ... read more

Phase Two of the SADC Standby Force Regional Logistics Depot in Rasesa village, near Mochudi in the Republic of Botswana, has commenced and involves major construction works namely the designs and construction of all the buildings and supporting infrastructure, SADC Executive Secretary, Her Excellency, Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax, has said. ... read more

The Republic of the Seychelles has a new President, His Excellency, Wavel Ramkalawan, who won 54.9% of the vote in elections held from 22nd to 24th October 2020 and in which the Southern African Development Community (SADC) had virtual engagements with electoral stakeholders. ... read more

The joint meeting of Ministers responsible for energy and water in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will take place on 30th October 2020 virtually and chaired by the Republic of Mozambique. Ministers will deliberate on programmes of regional dimensions in support to the implementation of the Regional Indicative Strategic ... read more

On 28th October, 2020, the people of the United Republic of Tanzania will vote in their General Elections mainly to elect the office bearers for the presidency, members of parliament and ward councillors. This will be the sixth General Election since first multi-party elections in 1995. ... read more