The President is attending in his capacity as the Chairperson of the African Union.
The two-day Summit starting today, is held under the theme “Promoting Infrastructure Development and Youth Empowerment for Sustainable Development.”
It focuses on sustainable growth through a conductive environment for industrialisation processes.
The organisation has been seized with the industrialisation agenda for the past four summits.
SADC, formerly the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC), was established on April 1, 1980. The organisation aims to facilitate regional economic integration between Member States and within the continent. It has 16 Member States including Angola, Botswana, Comoros, DRC, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, the Kingdom of eSwatini, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The ideals of SADC are towards a common future within a regional community that will ensure improvement of standards of living and quality of life, freedom and social justice, and peace and security for the people of southern Africa.
At the Summit, President Hage Geingob of Namibia will be taking over the SADC Chairmanship from President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa.
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