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Windhoek — The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has various instruments through which it actualises and effects its principles, objectives and general undertakings in terms of its 1992 ...

(Johannesburg) - Southern African leaders should adopt the proposed Gender and Development Protocol at their upcoming summit after amending it to include crucial provisions deleted in 2007, Human ...

Zimbabwe will soon be able to receive its convicted nationals serving sentences in neighbouring countries after cabinet approved the ratification of SADC Protocol on the Inter-State of Sentenced ...

Parliament’s environmental affairs portfolio committee has approved the Southern African Development Committee (SADC) Protocol on Wildlife Conservation and Law Enforcement, despite uncertainty over ...

The new protocol on the control of firearms, ammunition and related materials was adopted by heads of state at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in August 2020. It provides ...

THE Sadc Protocol on Gender and Development has entered into force following ratification of the instrument by the requisite two-thirds of member states. According to a communiqué issued after the ...

Free and fair elections are an essential component of the broader process of democratic transition and the institutionalisation of democracy. The current regional consultations on developing electoral ...

The controversial Bushiris who face a fraud and money laundering case have fled to their homeland, Malawi. Malawi is a signatory of SADC extradition protocols. According to the protocols, a state ...

THE Southern African Development Community (Sadc) principles and guidelines governing elections stand little chance of being implemented in all 13 member states in forthcoming elections. While some ...