Writes Nkosinathi Emmanuel Moyo Snr:
“When I raised my middle finger to SADC and African Union the so called ‘Pan Africanists’ accused me of being unAfrican.But Comrades how on earth can SADC elect President Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe the Deputy Chair of Politics,Defence and Security. A man who is opening fire shooting and killing defenceless civilians in his own country?? If he is failing to provide security to his own people why trusting him with the security of the entire region?? This is Fake Pan Africanism and evil brotherhood!!!”
Moyo’s comment comes in the wake of the SADC Communique revealing that Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa had been elected as the Incoming Chairperson of the Organ on Politics, Defense and Cooperation.
Below is the full text of the SADC Communique:
COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE 38th SADC SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT SAFARI COURT CONFERENCE CENTRE WINDHOEK NAMIBIA
17th – 18th AUGUST, 2018
1. The 38th Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was held at Safari Court Conference Centre, in Windhoek, the Republic of Namibia, on 17th and 18th August 2018.
2. Summit was attended by the following Heads of State and Government and/or their representatives:
Angola:H.E. President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço
Botswana: H.E. President Mokgweetsi Masisi
Comoros: Hon. Mohamed El Amine Souef, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Corporation and the Francophone
DRC:H.E. President Joseph Kabila Kabange
Eswatini: Hon. Senator Paul Dlamini, Deputy
Prime Minister
Lesotho:Right Hon Prime Minister Dr. Motsoahae Thomas
Thabane
Madagascar: Hon. Dovo Eloi Maxime, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Malawi: Hon. Dr. Emmanuel Fabiano, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations
Mauritius: Hon. Mahen Kurmar Seeruttun, Minister of Agro Forestry and Food Security
Mozambique: H.E President Felipe Jacinto Nyusi
Namibia:H.E. President Dr Hage G. Geingob
Seychelles: H.E. President Danny Faure
South Africa: H.E. President Cyril Ramaphosa
United Republic of Tanzania: H.E. Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan
Zambia: H.E. President Edgar Chagwa Lungu
Zimbabwe: H.E. President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
3. Summit was also attended by H.E. Paul Kagame, the President of Rwanda, and the current Chairperson of the African Union.
4. Summit was also attended by H.E. Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax, the SADC Executive Secretary, H.E. Moussa Faki, Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), and H.E. Dr. Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).
5. Summit elected H.E. Dr. Hage G. Geingob, President of the Republic of Namibia as Chairperson of SADC, and H.E. Dr. John Pombe Magufuli, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, as Incoming Chairperson of SADC.
6. Summit also elected H.E. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, the President of Zambia as Chairperson of the Organ on Politics, Defense and Security Cooperation, and […] H.E. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, as Incoming Chairperson of the Organ on Politics, Defense and Cooperation.
7. Summit commended the Outgoing Chairperson of SADC, H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa, the President of the Republic of South Africa for his exemplary leadership during his tenure.
8. Summit endorsed the 38th SADC Summit theme of ““Promoting Infrastructure Development and Youth Empowerment for Sustainable Development”,” as the 2018/19 Theme, which takes forward the SADC industrialization agenda, while focusing on infrastructure development, youth empowerment and sustainable development.
9. Summit approved the operationalisation of the SADC University of Transformation, in the form of a virtual university, to focus on entrepreneurship, innovation, commercialization, technology transfer, enterprise development, digital and knowledge economy, to support SADC Industrialization agenda.
10. Summit noted the progress in the implementation of the Revised Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) 2015-2020, and urged Member States to focus on implementing priority activities within the approved frameworks of the Revised RISDP, and their policy documents, including the Industrialization Strategy and Roadmap, Regional Infrastructure Development Master Plan, the Regional Agricultural Investment Plan, and the Strategic Indicative Plan of the Organ.
11. Summit noted progress made in the implementation of SADC Industrialization Strategy and Roadmap 2015-2063, and urged Member States to remain committed to the implementation of the SADC industrialization agenda, as the overarching priority for the region.
12. Summit reviewed the SADC regional economic performance, and urged Member States to scale up efforts aimed at diversifying their economies, improve domestic revenue collection mechanisms, and manage public expenditures.
13. Summit noted the overall decline in food production in the Region, for the 2017/18 crop season, and urged Member States to put in place measures to tackle food insecurity in the Region, while developing contingency plans to enhance drought preparedness, in view of the likelihood of adverse El Nino induced conditions during the 2018/19 cropping season.
14. Summit noted that, the Union of Comoros has deposited her Instrument of Accession, and commended the Union of Comoros for acceding to the SADC Treaty and becoming a full Member of SADC.
15. Summit reaffirmed SADC Position that the current African, Caribbean and Pacific negotiations and decision-making governance structure be maintained.
16. Summit urged Member States that have not yet sign
Responded Samu Kelo Khumalo:
“Sad hey..but are you sure these leaders are still following pan-African principles or they have developed their own evil ideology, just that they havent found yet a name for it???”
Tendai Lynnette Mudehwe- “SADC and AU are politicians not Activists .. So is UN and EU… Interests not people matter in the political world that is why the US can bomb settlements of women and children in search of one ‘terrorist’ and get away with it…”