All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Andrew Ndishishi, says the initiative to have a SADC Regional Food Reserve Facility coincides with Namibia's efforts to establish her own strategic food facility.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism is to host an investment conference on behalf of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to highlight opportunities ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Harare - Zimbabwe's prime minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai on Thursday called on Zimbabwe's southern African neighbours and the African Union to intervene to end the deadlock in power-sharing talks between his and President Robert Mugabe's partie...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
The African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) commend President Kgalema Motlanthe and the Government of the Republic of South Africa for reaffirming their support to the continued role of former President Thabo Mbeki as the SADC mandated mediator in the Zimbabwe inter-party political dialogue.
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party denies that the deadlock over cabinet posts had been reduced to only two ministries and called for urgent intervention from the African Union and the Southern African Development Community to break the impasse, APA learned Tuesday. The main faction of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) headed by Morgan Tsvangirai says contrary [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Today, Namibia holds its in-country consultations on the establishment of the proposed regional strategic food reserves for the SADC region.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Southern African leaders attending the 63rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly have called for increased investment in agriculture to ensure food security on the continent.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
THE new South African government has formally informed Sadc that it will fully support former president Mr Thabo Mbeki's mediation in Zimbabwe.
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
South African President Kgalema Motlanthe on Thursday said he fully supported former President Thabo Mbeki’s role as the Southern African Development Community (SADC) mediator in the Zimbabwean dialogue. “Our government has full confidence in Mr. Mbeki’s ability to build on the historic successes already made in the power sharing negotiations under his mediation to find a [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
WITH the world mired in a complex financial crisis and world markets in free fall and Zimbabwe in a never-ending political power drama; the African National Congress' (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) resolved on Saturday to ask President Thabo Mbeki -- the SADC-appointed mediator in the Zimbabwean political crisis -- to step down as the country's head of state and government.
SouthAfrica.info RSS feed (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Arsenal Football Club has joined the University of Johannesburg as an official partner of the university's Grupo Desportivo de Manica project, which aims to use football as a vehicle to deliver socio-economic benefits to the people of Manica in Mozambique. The project will be later expanded to Soweto, then the rest of the Southern African Development Community region.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) yesterday asked President Kgalema Motlanthe to request his predecessor Thabo Mbeki to continue as Zimbabwe's mediator following a deadlock over the allocation of ministries between rival political parties.
New Government Speeches (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Statement by President Kgalema Motlanthe on the support for former President Thabo Mbeki to continue as facilitator in Zimbabwe 2 October 2008 Tshwane: President Kgalema Motlanthe has informed Dr Tomaz Augusto Salomao, the Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), that the government of South Africa supports former President Thabo Mbeki's continued role as the SADC-mandated...
Geostrategy (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Paulus Kayiggwa, The New Times (Kigali) - 27 September 2008 A meeting to plan for the first Tripartite EAC-SADC-COMESA Summit of Heads of State that will be held in Kampala on October 20 was held Wednesday in Nairobi, The New Times has learnt. According to a statement, Amb. Juma Mwapachu, the Chief Executive Officer of EAC, COMESA and SADC, said that the three bodies convened to finalise the documentation...
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
Former President Thabo Mbeki has confirmed that the United Nations (UN), the African Union (AU) and SADC have requested him to continue his mediation efforts in Zimbabwe. He was speaking during a farewell function, which staff in the Presidency hosted for him in Pretoria. Mbeki appealed to the staff not to abandon their responsibilities to the country. He says that they have the obligation to serve...
