• Focus On: SADC Summit Ends In Maputo

    , Mon 20 Aug, 02:20 am

    The Southern African Development Community meeting ended with recommendations on resolving the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar and Zimbabwe among other regional issues.

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    • Southern Africa: SADC Summit Ends

      Angola Press Agency (Luanda), 19 August 2012

      The works of the 32nd Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), which started last Friday, closed on Saturday, in Maputo, with recommendations on resolving the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and improving the region's economic performance.

    • Southern Africa: SADC Applauds Zuma's Zimbabwe Mediation

      SAnews.gov.za (Tshwane), 19 August 2012

      Regional leaders who convened for the SADC summit in Maputo have heaped praise on South Africa's President Jacob Zuma for his mediation to the Zimbabwean political impasse.

  • Nintalan
    Aug 19 2012, 20:01

    Perhaos someone could enlighten us as to what Zuma has actually done to receive such praise over his Zimbabwe mediation? It wasn't him that facilitated the GPA in the first place and to-date Mugabe has been allowed to ignore the commitments he signed up to with impunity. It's clear that Mugabe's only interest is power retention, and Zuma seems unwilling or unable to hold him to his commitment.

    • Southern Africa: Mozambique President Takes Over SADC Chairmanship

      The Times of Zambia (Ndola), 18 August 2012

      MOZAMBICAN President Armando Guebuza has taken over the chairmanship of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) from his Angolan counterpart, Jose Eduardo dos Santos with renewed vigour to progress the regional body´s objective of sustained regional integration and to end conflict.

    • Zimbabwe: Zuma Briefs SADC Troika About His Visit to Harare

      SW Radio Africa (London), 17 August 2012

      On Thursday night South African President Jacob Zuma briefed the SADC Troika on his latest mediation efforts in the Zimbabwe crisis, following his visit to Harare on Wednesday.

    • Southern Africa: Spotlight on Zim Sanctions at SADC Summit

      SAnews.gov.za (Tshwane), 17 August 2012

      A call by Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane for African leaders to put pressure on Western countries to end their targeted sanctions against Zimbabwe was likely to make its way into the discussions of the SADC summit that opened in Maputo, Mozambique, on Friday.

    • Southern Africa: SADC Summit Opens in Mozambique

      SAnews.gov.za (Tshwane), 17 August 2012

      The Southern African Development Community (SADC) 32nd Heads of State Summit got underway in Maputo, Mozambique on Friday amid strong calls for the adoption of an all-inclusive plan to address infrastructure backlogs in the region.

    • Southern Africa: Maputo SADC Summit, Another Talk Shop?

      Financial Gazette (Harare), 16 August 2012

      ZIMBABWE'S political fallout will be discussed at this week's Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in Maputo, Mozambique as the regional grouping pushes for a resolution of the Harare crisis ahead of the referendum and harmonised elections next year.

    • Southern Africa: SADC Summit Opens in Maputo

      The Herald (Harare), 17 August 2012

      President Mugabe arrived here yesterday for the 32nd Ordinary Sadc Summit which starts today.

    • Tanzania: Kikwete to Meet Malawi's Banda On Friday

      Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam), 17 August 2012

      PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete is expected to meet with his Malawian counterpart, Joyce Banda, in Maputo, Mozambique on the sidelines of the ongoing SADC summit.

    • Southern Africa: President Zuma Arrives in Maputo for the SADC Summit

      South African Government (Pretoria), 16 August 2012

      His Excellency President Jacob Zuma has arrived in Maputo, Republic of Mozambique, where he is leading a South African delegation to the annual Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit, scheduled for 17 to 18 August 2012.

    • Southern Africa: Vice-President Attends SADC Summit in Mozambique

      Angola Press Agency (Luanda), 15 August 2012

      The Vice-president of the Republic, Fernando da Piedade dias dos Santos, left this Wednesday morning for Mozambique, to attend the 32nd Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), set for 17-18 August.

    • Southern Africa: Zuma to Report to Regional Leaders On Zimbabwe

      allAfrica.com, 14 August 2012

      Excerpt from a media briefing by the South African Deputy Minister of International Relations and Coooperation, Ebrahim Ebrahim, on August 14, 2012:

    • Southern Africa: Region Clamours to Save SADC Tribunal

      The Namibian (Windhoek), 14 August 2012

      THERE is a frantic last-ditch attempt by regional activists to save the integrity and independence of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tribunal as heads of state and government meet this week in Maputo, Mozambique, where a final decision is expected on the regional court.

  • Nintalan
    Aug 14 2012, 23:52

    I'm not sure I understand your logic Tibanesifiso. The Tribunals role is to allow people a chance to review legal decisions made against them within their own boarders. The Tribunal was set up because there are unfortunately governments in the SADC region which can't even abide by their own laws when it doesn't suit them politically, Zimbabwe being the most obvious example. Don't fall for the argument that it's a race issue. It suits Mugabe and other dictators to play that card. Ever heard of a guy named Luke Tembani? Look him up. He is one of the many black victims of the Zimbabwe regime who seek justice.

  • tibanesifiso
    Aug 14 2012, 06:18

    I fully support those who say this court should be done away with. It is also not true that this court was formed for the ordinary people of SADC. This thing was formed for investors and beneficiaries of colonialism who are white people to evade post colonial laws which seeks to correct past collonial injustice suffered by the indigenous people in SADC. Tutu is nothing to us the people of this region, he seeks to maintain the suppremacy of the white settlers and defends the continual of this state of affairs. It is disturbing to see that the SADC govts. were able to form this court quickly when they have dismally failled to make any meaningful progress in the formation of the African Union.

  • kjrs120
    Aug 15 2012, 17:48

    tibanesifiso, are you for real? What a misguided jackass!

    For starters, you and all your bururus, rid yourselves from your disease of colonial neurosis from which you have never freed yourselves. This neurosis is the vehicle by which you use as an excuse for all your own crap and a tool to try to get things handed to you for nothing whilst you remain static in both your thinking and progress. Instead of running to say this crap, educate yourself about the SADC Tribunal.

  • foryohjonathan0000
    Aug 15 2012, 21:19

    KJRS 120, FOR ONCE LISTEN TO YOUR COMMENT BEFORE YOU START OPENING YOUR BIG MOUTH. HAVE YOU EVER GET REALIZE THE OUTCOMES OF COLONIZATION OR CONSPIRACIES?? HAVE YOU?? THE BUCK OF WHAT IS GOING ON TODAY IN AFRICA IS PART OF COLONIZATION. LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A SLIGHTEST EXAMPLE: WHEN PEOPLE ARE COLONIZE; THEY ARE COLONIZE TO THE TUNE OF THE COLONIZERS - GET IT !!!