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SADC PF Secretary General Ms Boemo Sekgoma briefed the Committee on efforts to deepen and broaden collaboration between the Forum and TRALAC, especially on developing a SADC Model Law on the digital economy.

The Minister noted that the security situation in Mozambique has been recognised in SADC (Southern African Development Community), leading to a declaration last week of "active solidarity with Mozambique", by the SADC defence and security body.

The Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation is established under the Sadc Treaty and Article 4 of the Sadc Protocol on Politics, Defence and Security.

SADC had voiced the same concerns before, only that this time the dispatch after the 39th SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government held in Dar es Salaam was immediately endorsed by the AU.

The adoption of a motion is a positive signal for the SADC Heads of State and Government to adopt a resolution for the protection of the vulnerable group against persons with albinism in the SADC region.

The march is in solidarity with President Mnangagwa for assuming the chairmanship of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence, and Security Cooperation at the just ended 39th SADC Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

This supported the deployment of the SADC Oversight Committee to the Kingdom of Lesotho and the team supporting the SADC Facilitator to assist in the national dialogue and the roadmap for reforms.

And President Edgar Lungu who is Chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) organ on Politics, Defence and security has appointed Justice Sakala to head the SADC election Observer Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

President Ramaphosa is the current Chairperson of SADC while President Lungu is the Deputy Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defense and Security.

President Ramaphosa will participate in the prize giving ceremony for the annual SADC Media Awards and SADC Secondary School Essay Competition.

SADC's failure to distance itself from the Mugabe government in Zimbabwe has diminished the number of opportunities for cooperation between the U.S. and SADC.

And Government has confirmed that President Hakainde Hichilema hired a private jet to attend this week’s SADC Troika summit in Namibia.

And President Hichilema said he has learnt with deep sadness, the passing on of Chief Inspector Evans Siame, a Zambia Police Service Officer deployed to the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM).

In an interview, Mandaza said the coming in of the Zambian leader will not result in any shift from SADC’s lukewarm policy towards the cycle Zimbabwe’s contested elections.

Kasukuwere said it is not necessary to divide SADC.

Luanda — The National Bank of Angola (BNA) is working on tools to enable the use of local debit card in the countries of the SADC region and in other countries with an international payment system.

Most SADC countries facilitated it and yet we deny them.

The Elections were observed in accordance with the revised SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections (2021) and the relevant laws.

The President’s visit to Lesotho underscores the commitment of SADC member states to fostering peace, stability, and political reforms in the region, addressing the pressing needs of their neighboring nations.

The SADC Ministerial meeting held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in August 2019 tasked the Secretariat to develop regional disaster preparedness and response mechanisms, including the establishment of SHOC to coordinate disaster risks.