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South Africa to host Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit on Zimbabwe, Pretoria

21 January 2009

Pretoria: South African President and Chairperson of SADC, President Kgalema Motlanthe will host the Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government to be held on Monday, 26 January 2009, in Pretoria to discuss the situation in Zimbabwe.

The Summit is convened primarily to discuss the implementation of the Zimbabwean Global Political Agreement, signed in 2008 between ZANU-PF and the two MDC formations and facilitated by former President Thabo Mbeki as the SADC Facilitator Thabo Mbeki on the Zimbabwean dialogue.

The convening of the Monday Summit follows a decision of the meeting held in Harare, Zimbabwe on Monday, 19 January, attended by President Kgalema Motlanthe, President Armando Guebuza as Deputy Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security, the SADC Facilitator former President Thabo Mbeki, with President Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangarai and Arthur Mutambara.

The Summit of Heads of State and Government is expected to be attended by all member-states of SADC as well as leaders of the two MDC formations.

Programme for the summit as folows from SADC Secretariat

10:00   Meeting of the Organ Troika and SADC Chair

12:00   Group photo

12:30   Luncheon for Heads of State and Government

14:00   Summit

18:30   Communiqué

Venue: Presidential Guest House, Pretoria

Enquiries:
Ronnie Mamoepa
Cell: 082 990 4853

Tembela Ngculu (on porgramme)
Cell: 082 387 5611

Issued by: Department of foreign Affairs
21 January 2009