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The SADC Secretariat, with the financial support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) convened a second capacity building programme workshop aimed at aligning industrialisation strategies of member states to SADC’s industrialisation strategy 2015-2063 using the ‘Enhancing the Quality of Industrial Policies’ (EQuIP) methodology. The workshop was convened ... read more

Today, 21st September, SADC joins the international community to commemorate the International Day of Peace. The day was set aside by the United Nations in 1982 to among others recognize the efforts of those who have worked hard to end conflict and promote peace. The day is commemorated on 21st ... read more

The Ministers responsible for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Public Information, Transport and Meteorology from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) met on the 19th and 20th September 2019 in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, and deliberated on several issues of importance to the region in the four ... read more

16.09.2019 Introduction UONGOZI Institute invites applications for a partially-funded one-year Executive Programme, Postgraduate Diploma in Leadership from Tanzanian Senior Leaders in the Public, Private and Civil Society Organisations. The Programme, undertaken in collaboration with Aalto University Executive Education of Finland (Aalto EE), includes 10 modules that are run over the ... read more

16th September 2019- Gaborone, Botswana: The Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is pleased to announce the launch of the 2020 SADC Media Awards competition in the four categories namely; Photo, Print, Television and Radio Journalism. The SADC Media Awards are open to journalists from the SADC Member ... read more

The Ambassador of the Netherlands to Pretoria and SADC, H.E. Han Peters presented his letters of credence to SADC Executive Secretary Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax on 13 September 2019 at the SADC Secretariat in Gaborone, Botswana. Ambassador Peters thanked Dr. Tax for affording him the opportunity to present his letter ... read more

The SADC Electoral Advisory Council (SEAC) and the SADC Mediation Reference Group (MRG) held a Mediation and Conflict Prevention workshop in Lusaka, Zambia from 1 - 4 September 2019. The theme of the workshop was “Strengthening SADC’s Capacity to Prevent and Manage Electoral Related Conflicts”. The workshop was also attended ... read more

The SADC Executive Secretary, Her Excellency, Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax, on 6th September 2019 received a courtesy visit from the American Ambassador to Botswana, His Excellency Craig Cloud, at the SADC Secretariat. ... read more

The Ambassador of Chile to South Africa, also serving as non-resident Ambassador to Angola, Botswana, Namibia and Mozambique, and Representative of the Republic of Chile to Southern African Development Community (SADC), His Excellency, Francisco Berguno Hurtado, presented his letters of credence to the SADC Executive Secretary, Her Excellency Dr. Stergomena ... read more

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat has learnt, with great shock, of the sudden and untimely death of Major General Trust Mugoba, who was the Chief of Staff of the African Standby Force (ASF) at the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ... read more

The SA Communist Party says the recent spate of violence in South Africa is a reflection of deeper challenges in the entire South African Development Community. ... read more

The first Ambassador of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic/Western Sahara to Botswana and Permanent Representative the Southern African Development Community (SADC), His Excellency Mr Malainin Mohamed on 6 August, 2019, presented his letters of credence to the SADC Executive Secretary Her Excellency Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax. ... read more

Our heartfelt condolences to the Mugabe family, Government and people of Zimbabwe, on the passing of Former President Robert Gabriel Mugabe. SADC will always remember President Mugabe as an icon and son of Africa who, through fighting tirelessly and selflessly, liberated Zimbabwe. He believed and struggled for total liberation of ... read more

The twenty-third meeting of Southern African Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF-23) was held in Luanda, Republic of Angola, on the 28-30 August 2019. ... read more

Southern African nations are threatening to quit the global wildlife trade regulator after it refused to relax restrictions on trade in ivory and rhino horn and imposed a near total ban on zoos taking African elephants captured in the wild. ... read more