Swaziland’s King Mswati’s Election As Deputy Chairman Of SADC Raises Serious Legal Problem
The Southern African Development Community felt it was not its place to block Swaziland’s King Mswati III’s election as deputy chairman of the regional bloc as it would have meant intervening in the affairs of a nation that has “no problem” with their monarch, Deputy International Relations and Co-operation Minister Luwellyn Landers said on Wednesday. […]
Southern African Development Community Needs U.S $500 Million for Strategic Plan
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is seeking to raise about 500 million US dollars to finance implementation of its Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP), according to Mozambican Foreign Minister Oldemiro Baloi. Speaking to Mozambican journalists in the Botswana capital, Gaberone, Baloi stressed that the plan had been devised so that the SADC region […]
SADC Tenure Exposes President Robert Mugabe’s Fading Legacy
President Robert Mugabe’s leadership of the African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) has exposed how much the nonagenarian, once regarded as one of Africa’s statesmen, has lost respect and stature among the continent’s leaders. His tenure as Sadc chair comes to an end on Monday, but his leadership has hardly been […]
Southern African Development Community – Time to Open Up
For the second time this year, the Heads of State of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will meet at a regional forum. This meeting is the annual SADC Summit and it will take place in Gaborone, Botswana. The first was an Extraordinary Summit that was held in Harare at the end of April to […]
Ivory Coast President Ouattara Denies Mugabe Entry
ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe said that African leaders have refused to recognise his leadership on regional bodies at the prodding of the French government. Mugabe told the central committee of the ruling Zanu-PF party on Friday that he’s been snubbed by regional leaders while serving as rotating chairman of the African Union (AU) and the […]
