COMOROS Inside Moroni SADC SADC SECRETARIAT MONTHLY NEWSLETTER ISSUE 5, MAY 2019 PAGE 7 PAGE 12 PAGE 5 MALAWI & SOUTH AFRICA ELECTIONS PAGE 4,5 SEOM STATEMENT ON MADAGASCAR ELECTIONS BOTSWANA LAUNCHES SADC TRADE RELATED FACILITY H.E Magufuli calls for removal of sanctions on Zimbabwe PHOTO COURTESY OF CITY PRESS - NEWS24 PHOTO COURTESY OF WWW.NEWS24.COM The President of the United Republic of Tanzanian H.E Dr John Pombe Magufuli calls for removal of sanctions on Zimbabwe MEDIA FOR DEMOCRACY Inside SADC ABOUT SADC. VISION. MISSION. VALUES HISTORY The Southern African Development Coordinating Conference (SADCC) was formed to advance the cause of national political liberation in Southern Africa, and to reduce dependence particularly on the then apartheid era South Africa; through effective coordination of utilisation of the specific characteristics and strengths of each country and its resources. SADCC objectives went beyond just dependence reduction to embrace basic development and regional integration. SADC Member States are; Angola, Botswana, Union of Comoros, DR Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. SADC SECRETARIAT VISION TREATY SADCC, established on 1 April 1980 was the precursor of the Southern African A reputable, efficient and responsive Development Community (SADC). The SADCC was transformed into the SADC on 17 enabler of regional integration and August 1992 in Windhoek, Namibia where the SADC Treaty was adopted, redefining the sustainable development. basis of cooperation among Member States from a loose association into a legally binding arrangement. MISSION To provide strategic expertise and STRATEGIC PLANS coordinate the harmonization of The Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) and the Strategic Indicative policies and strategies to accelerate Plan for the Organ (SIPO) remain the guiding frameworks for SADC Regional Integration, regional intergration and sustainable providing SADC Member States, SADC Secretariat and other SADC Institutions with investment. consistent and comprehensive programmes of long-term economic and social policies. VALUES • Quality • Professionalism • Integrity • Commitment and passion • Team spirit • Mutual respect and trust • Courtesy • Equality of opportunity • Transparency and frankness SADC OBJECTIVES The main objectives of SADC are to SADC FLAG achieve development, peace and security, and economic growth, to SADC COMMON AGENDA alleviate poverty, enhance the The SADC Common Agenda refers to a set standard and quality of life of the of key principles and values that guide the peoples of Southern Africa, and Regional Integration agenda. The SADC support the socially disadvantaged Common Agenda is spelled out in Article 5 through regional integration, built on of the Treaty (as amended, 2009), as well democratic principles and equitable as in the Review of Operations of SADC and sustainable development. Institutions and consists of the policies and strategies of the organisation. 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Mpho 2 SADC Secretariat Monthly Newsletter Issue 5, May2019 Inside SADC President Magufuli calls for an end to sanctions on Zimbabwe they hindered development and progress. “This embargo should be reconsidered and removed, so the people of Zimbabwe can enjoy their life and develop their country,” President Magufuli said on Tuesday 28th May 2019 during his two-day working visit to the Republic of Zimbabwe. H.E Dr Magufuli also visited the Republic of Namibia from 27 – 28 May 2019 at the invitation of the SADC Chairperson, H.E Dr Hage Geingob, President of the Republic of Namibia, in his capacity as the Incoming SADC chairperson. According to an official statement, the visit focused on strengthen- ing bilateral and Pan-African relations between the two countries, and provided President of the United Republic of Tanzania Dr John Pombe Magufuli (left) with the President of the Republic of Namibia an opportunity for the two countries to HE Dr. Hage G. Geingob after unveiling a plaque to symbolize the naming of a street after one of SADC’s founding father, explore new avenues of cooperation, the late first President of Tanzania, H.E Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere in Windhoek Monday 27th May 2019. Behind including the promotion of trade and President Magufuli is the son of Mwalimu, Mr Makongoro Nyerere investment to further cement their The President of the United Republic of Chairperson of the Southern African Devel- excellent historic relations. Dr. Magufuli, Tanzanian President H.E Dr John Pombe opment Community (SADC) has called for will assume the Chair of SADC in August Magufuli, who is also the Incoming an end to sanctions on Zimbabwe, saying 2019 SADC Secretariat Monthly Newsletter Issue 5, May 2019 3 Inside SADC Congratulations to Malawi for successfull elections By Innocent Mbvundula His Excellency Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was sworn-in on 28 May 2019 as President of the Republic of Malawi, having been declared by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) as the winner in the 2019 Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government (Tripartite) Elections held on 21 May 2019. According to the official results by the MEC, H.E. Prof Mutharika received 38.57% of the total valid votes while Right Honourable Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) received 35.41% and on the third position, was the former Vice President, Right Honourable Dr Saulos Klaus Chilima of the UTM who got 20.24%. H.E Professor Mutharika (second from left) being sworn in In his inaugural speech, H.E. Prof Mutharika called on Malawians to bury their political Joseph Malanji Minister of Foreign Affairs of Foreign Affairs of Zambia, deployed differences and unite for the development of the Republic of Zambia and his alternate, observers in all the three regions and in 27 of the country. The President reiterated his Hon. Dr Kalombo Mwansa, former Minister of the 28 districts of Malawi. commitment to be the President of all Malawians, irrespective of their political, religious and tribal affiliations. H.E. Prof Profile of H.E Prof. Mutharika Mutharika assured Malawi’s neighbours Born on 18th July 1940, H.E. Professor (now Addis Ababa University) in Ethiopia; and friends in the SADC region of the Arthur Peter Mutharika, was first elected The Council of Foreign Relations of the country’s active presence in its relations, President of the Republic of Malawi in United States of America; and The Royal highlighting that Malawi can prosper with 2014. Professor Mutharika was re-elected Institute of International Affairs in the the goodwill of friends and neighbours in as President on 21st May 2019 and sworn United Kingdom. the region and beyond. in for a second term of five years on 28th May 2019. He is a member of the H.E. Professor Mutharika served as an The Chairperson of SADC, His Excellency Dr Presbyterian Church and is married to adviser to his elder brother, late President Hage G. Geingob, President of the Republic former Member of Parliament, Her Professor Bingu wa Mutharika, on foreign of Namibia congratulated H.E President Excellency Professor Gertrude Hendrina and domestic policy from 2004 until the Prof. Mutharika on his re-election and Mutharika. President's death on 5th April 2012. expressed his commitment to deepening Following Bingu's death, Professor ties with Malawi in the interest of shared H.E. Professor Mutharika is a 1965 Law Mutharika assumed the position of interim prosperity in the SADC Region. While graduate of the University of London. He President of the Democratic Progressive congratulating H.E. Prof. Mutharika on his then proceeded to receive an LLM from Party (DPP) until 18th April, 2013 when he re-election, the SADC Executive Secretary, Yale University in 1966. Three years later, in was duly elected as the DPP President and Her Excellency Dr Stergomena Lawrence 1969, he earned a JSD (PhD) degree from Presidential candidate for the May 2014 Tax assured H.E. Prof. Mutharika of SADC’s the same university becoming one of the Tripartite Elections, which he won and continued support to Malawi and first and youngest Africans to receive a assumed the presidency from H.E. Dr expressed hope that H.E. Prof. Mutharika doctorate at the age of 29. During his Joyce Banda. and his government will continue to academic life, H.E. Professor Mutharika contribute towards the SADC Regional taught at several institutions including; Before his ascendancy to Presidency in Integration agenda. Voting in the Tripartite The Rutgers University (USA), The United 2014, H.E. Professor Mutharika served as a Elections in Malawi took place on 21st May Nations Institute for Training