PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa will attend the 41st Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government in Lilongwe, Malawi, on 17 and 18 August.
The Summit’s theme is “Bolstering Productive Capacities in the Face of COVID-19 Pandemic for Inclusive, Sustainable, Economic and Industrial Transformation”.
As outgoing Chair of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, Botswana will present a progress report on the status of regional peace and security.
It will then hand over the chairship of the organ to South Africa.
At the summit, Heads of State and Government leaders will deliberate on developments related to SADC’s priority areas such as peace and security and the implementation of the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) 2020-2030.
The Summit will also examine the performance of SADC institutions and review the overall implementation of SADC socio-economic programmes with particular focus on the COVID-19 pandemic response in the region.
This will be the last SADC Summit to be facilitated by Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax as the Executive Secretary of SADC following an end of her two-term mandate.
“In this regard, the Summit will announce the new SADC Executive Secretary following a recruitment process,” the Presidency said in a statement.
“President Ramaphosa will be supported by the Ministers of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor, and Defence and Military Veterans Thanid Modise.”
- Inside Politics
