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South Africa could in future withhold aid from neighbouring countries if they go against issues South Africa feels strongly about. ... read more

DECLARATION ON THE SADC SOLIDARITY CONFERENCE WITH WESTERN SAHARA ... read more

26th March, 2019, Pretoria, South Africa: The Southern African Development Community (SADC) on 25-26 March, 2019 convened a Solidarity Conference with Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic/Western Sahara where participants expressed their unwavering commitment to stand in solidarity with the people of Western Sahara to attain their right to freedom and self-determination. ... read more

In support of the right to self-determination of the Saharawi people, consistent with the United Nations (UN) Charter and the Constitutive Act of the African Union (AU), the Southern African Development Community (SADC) held a Solidarity Conference with Western Sahara on 25 and 26 March 2019, in Pretoria, Republic of ... read more

Remarks by SADC Chairperson, H.E. Dr Hage G. Geingob and President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa on the Occasion of SADC Solidarity Conference with Western Sahara ... read more

The Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the European Union (EU) Delegation to Botswana launched a €9.0 Million Programme of Support towards operationalisation of the SADC Regional Agricultural Policy (RAP) in Gaborone, Botswana on 22 March 2019. ... read more

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Solidarity Conference with the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic kicked off on 25th March, 2019 in Pretoria, South Africa with a call for unity to ensure the right to freedom and self-determination of the people of the Western Sahara. ... read more

On the same day that SADC opened its summit on Western Sahara's independence, Morocco, which stands accused of denying Western Sahara of its independence, has opened its own conference. ... read more

Cuito-Cuanavele, Angola: Thirty One (31) years ago, the small town of Cuito Cuanavale of approximately 95,000 inhabitants and 35,610 square kilometres, in the Province of Cuando Cubango, southern part of Angola, was the epicenter of one the fiercest conventional battles of the African history, after the second World War. From ... read more

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) notes with great sadness the devastation caused by the recent tropical Cyclone Idai in the SADC region, in particular in the Republics of Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The economic cost and social impact of the Cyclone to the affected countries, and indeed the entire ... read more

STATEMENT ON THE PRESIDENTIAL AND REGIONAL ELECTIONS IN THE UNION OF THE COMOROS BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF SADC, HIS EXCELLENCY DR. HAGE G. GEINGOB, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA ... read more

23rd March every year marks the World Meteorological Day (WMD), commemorating the coming into force on 23 March 1950, of the Convention establishing the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The WMD is celebrated worldwide to showcase the essential contribution of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) to the safety and wellbeing ... read more

Today, 22 March 2019, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) joins the international community in commemorating the World Water Day under the theme: Leaving no one behind. ... read more

The Charge d’ Affaires of the Embassy of Zimbabwe to Botswana, Ms. Margaret Ruparanganda paid a courtesy call on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Executive Secretary, Her Excellency Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax on 19th March 2019, in Gaborone, Botswana, to formally introduce herself following her appointment on the 10th ... read more

19th March 2019, Gaborone, Botswana – The Southern African Development Community (SADC) will convene a Solidarity Conference with the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) on 25 – 26 March 2019 which will be hosted by the Republic of South Africa, in Pretoria. ... read more