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Coronavirus sharpening hunger in southern Africa, says SADC
Some 8.4 million children are likely to suffer from acute malnutrition across the region in 2020, of whom 2.3 million will require life-saving treatment, the...
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Lesotho PM Majoro arrives in Pretoria for courtesy visit to Ramaphosa
The visit is expected to discuss the two countries’ COVID-19 response, stability in the kingdom and the recent clashes of transport operators at the borders of the two countries
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Radebe meets Mnangagwa, Masisi over political tensions in Lesotho
The political and security situation in the mountain kingdom has deteriorated again, and the country’s Prime Minister Tom Thabane has been criticized for putting the army and the police on a collision course.
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Moseneke warns Thabane: SADC not in support of treason charge against leaders
Mothetjoa Metsing and Selibe Mochoboroane, who were deputy prime minister and minister of communications respectively, are said to have masterminded the 2014 alleged coup and face charges of treason.
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Lesotho to save at least R100k after SADC meeting held virtually
The country’s ministry of foreign affairs has shown how a meeting of at least 11 countries with the SADC secretariat in Botswana was streamed.
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Ramaphosa: Lesotho on ‘positive trajectory’ to achieve peace, stability
The president was speaking at the closing of a multi-stakeholder dialogue for constitutional and security sector reforms in the Mountain Kingdom.
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Ramaphosa: Conclusion of Lesotho Dialogue for Reform 'phenomenal'
The South African president was on a working visit to the kingdom in his role as the Southern African Development Community facilitator.
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Pandor: Zimbabwe's problems will be resolved primarily by Zimbabweans
International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor said Zimbabwe’s economic solution must go hand-in-hand with a political solution and come from Zimbabwe.
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SADC calls for immediate removal of sanctions against Zimbabwe
On Friday, SADC said it was deeply concerned that the ongoing sanctions by the European Union and the United States of America are hurting the Zimbabwean economy.
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Malawian NGOs appeal to AU, SADC to hold SA accountable for ongoing violence
They've called on SADC to convene an extraordinary session of the heads of states to resolve the matter once and for all.
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Malawian NGOs want SA leaders held accountable for migration utterances
The NGOs believe those statements have resulted in the sporadic looting of foreign-owned shops.
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Mnangagwa: SA must use force to quell xenophobic attacks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa made the comments at a dinner hosted for him by Zimbabweans based in Cape Town.
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SADC threatens to quit wildlife trade monitor
Ties soured during this week's meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Geneva after numerous proposals from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional bloc were rejected.
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MDC lashes SADC for 'quiet diplomacy' on Zimbabwe
MDC vice-president Tendai Biti said that they are disappointed by the approach of regional leaders.
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Ramaphosa praises Tanzania as cradle of liberation struggle
President Cyril Ramaphosa said the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in Tanzania focused on some key elements to boost the region’s economy.
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SADC urges international community to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe
This emerged from a SADC summit in Tanzania, where incoming chairperson and Tanzania’s President John Magufuli said the region should unite to support Zimbabwe.
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Ramaphosa withdraws SA from controversial SADC Tribunal protocol
Last year, the Constitutional Court ruled that former President Jacob Zuma’s signing of the protocol in 2014 was unconstitutional, unlawful, and irrational.
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Mnangagwa to chair SADC's security organ, despite Zim tensions
The SADC security organ is charged with mediating in the affairs of member states that face instability and its chair is expected to be running a stable administration at home.
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CPJ slams Tanzania over treatment of journalists
The CPJ’s Robert Mahoney says SADC must adhere to its treaty that commits member states to the principles of human rights, democracy and editorially independent media.
