A few years ago in northern Namibia, a young communal farmer was talking to one of his farm employees. The conversation was about the farmer buying a…

 Sharon Kavhu Durban – Mobile subscriptions in the SADC region have increased by 21 percent over the past five years, says the SADC Secretariat.    Speaking during…

By Mpho Tebele Gaborone - SADC will deploy a ministerial fact finding mission after the assassination of the commander of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF), Lieutenant General Khoantle…

In April, the South African economy was downgraded by international rating agencies to junk status. Three months later its neighbour to the north, Namibia, also gets downgraded…

By Timo Shihepo Pretoria – The African Development Bank (AFDB) has said that it is ready to be at the forefront of SADC’s quest for industrialisation and…

By Timo Shihepo Pretoria – Lesotho Prime Minister Dr Thomas Thabane has vowed to formulate a roadmap by November 2017 aimed at implementing SADC decisions, provided that…

The just-ended 37th SADC Summit in Pretoria, South Africa, prove once again that there is more that unites the region than that which divides it and that…

By Timo Shihepo Pretoria - Executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Vera Songwe, has urged SADC countries to increase trade among themselves…

By Andrew Bonani Kamanga WHEN the meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of States took place in South Africa recently, a moment of silence…

By Bakang Mhaladi Gaborone - Botswana legislators have rejected amendments meant to usher in a tourism levy, where tourists entering the southern African country will be charged…

SADC was established as an inter-governmental body to promote sustainable and equitable economic growth as well as socio-economic development through efficient productive systems, deeper co-operation and integration,…

By Timo Shihepo PRETORIA – Executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Vera Songwe, has urged SADC countries to increase trade among themselves…

PRETORIA - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) in collaboration with the European Union (EU) has formally launched the national implementation of projects valued at 31.6 million…

By Timo Shihepo Pretoria – The African Development Bank (AFDB) has said that it is ready to be at the forefront of SADC’s quest for industrialisation and…

By Timo Shihepo PRETORIA – The SADC region is making significant inroads in the areas of infrastructure and services but still faces a lot of challenges to…

THE predecessor of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was the Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference (SADCC), established in 1980 in Lusaka, Zambia. This background on the…

GERSHON Kedar, who is non-resident Ambassador to Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, paid a courtesy call on Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax, the SADC Executive Secretary on 4…

By Timo Shihepo and Innocent Gore PRETORIA – SADC’s Council of Ministers incoming chairperson Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says she is honoured to be the new chairperson and immediately…

By Kizito Sikuka in Pretoria, South Africa It is time the southern African region takes charge of its own narrative and tells the story about its major…

Angolans go to the polls towards the end of this month to choose a new leader to replace President Eduardo dos Santos, who is stepping down after…