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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region is fairly stable and peaceful, despite some isolated challenges, particularly the terrorist insurgency in Cabo Delgado province of the Republic of Mozambique which has killed many people and displaced more than 850 000 others, said His Excellency Mr. Elias M. Magosi, the Executive ... read more

The Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), His Excellency Mr. Elias M Magosi, says he has embarked on paying courtesy calls on Heads of State and Government of SADC Member States to apprise them on the operations of the Secretariat, share his ideas about the Secretariat’s role ... read more

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) notes with great sorrow and sadness the devastating loss of lives and property that the region has suffered following the disaster events emanating from torrential rains and floods in Kwazulu Natal, and surrounding areas in the Republic of South Africa. Initial assessments indicate that ... read more

The climate smart agriculture project in Zambia has begun to bear fruit with close to 5 000 people in Mufumbwe District in the north-western parts of the country benefitting from tomatoes, green vegetables, egg plants, ginger, garlic, beans, groundnuts, potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions and bananas produced under the project. ... read more

The Ambassador-Designate of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Republic of Botswana, H.E. Mrs Maria Pavlova Tzotzorkava-Taymakthieva says the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is gaining increasing significance in maintaining peace and security within the region. The Ambassador-Designate said this during her courtesy call to the SADC Secretariat on 12 ... read more

SADC Secretariat wish to inform prospective applicants that the deadline for submission of entries for Annual Scholarships for 2022 has been extended to 31st May 2022. ... read more

The Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), His Excellency Mr Elias M. Magosi, on 11th April 2022, paid a courtesy call on His Excellency Mr Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Incoming Chairperson of SADC, at State House in Kinshasa, Democratic ... read more

1. The Extraordinary Summit of the Organ Troika of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) plus SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) Personnel Contributing Countries (PCCs) and the Republic of Mozambique, hereafter designated as Summit, was held virtually on 12th April, 2022. ... read more

Southern African Development Community (SADC) integration blueprint is guided by its Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) 2020-2030 which is premised on three priority areas, namely Industrialisation Development and Market Integration, Infrastructure Development in Support of Regional Integration, and Social and Human Capital Development, SADC Executive Secretary, His Excellency Mr. ... read more

The Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), His Excellency Mr Elias M. Magosi, on 07th April 2022, paid a courtesy call on His Excellency Dr Hage G. Geingob, President of the Republic of Namibia, and Incoming Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, ... read more

The President of Seychelles, His Excellency Wavel Ramkalawan, has called for the continued fight to eliminate violence against women not only in his country but throughout the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region. ... read more

The Support to Peace and Security in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Programme (SPSS) has recorded fundamental achievements in its four result areas and in getting the principal strategic policy documents and tools approved by the SADC policy making structures, Ms Linda Vuyolwethu Shongwe, the representative of South Africa, ... read more

The Guarantor Institutions of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework (PSCF) for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the region, signed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 24 February 2013, namely the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union ... read more

There is a need to increase regional and international cooperation to reduce vulnerability to climate change and ensure resilience, Ms. Sibongile Mavimbela, Southern African Development Community (SADC) Senior Programme Officer, Environment and Climate Change, has said. ... read more

The Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), African Development Bank (AfDB), Member States and implementing partners have launched the Programme for Improving Fisheries Governance and Blue Economy Trade Corridors (ProFishBlue) in the SADC region at a ceremony that was held in Gaborone, Botswana on 30 March, 2022. ... read more