The Embassy of Cuba to Botswana congratulates and wishes success to the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) on its 40th Ordinary Summit of Heads of States and Governments, virtually hosted by the Republic of Mozambique.
President of Mozambique H.E Filipe Jacinto Nyusi assumes the SADC Chairpersonship until August 2021.
The SADC Summit is responsible for the overall policy direction and control of functions of the community, ultimately making it the policy-making institution of SADC.
The SADC Summit is made up of all SADC Heads of States or Government and is managed on a Troika system that comprises the current SADC Chairperson, the incoming Chairperson and the immediate previous Chairperson.
The current SADC troika comprises of H.E Dr John Pombe Joseph Magufuli, the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, as the Chairperson of SADC; his predecessor H.E Dr Hage G. Geingob, the President of the Republic of Namibia as the Outgoing Chairperson and H.E. Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, the President of the Republic of Mozambique as the Incoming Chairperson.
The troika for the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation comprises of H.E. President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa of the Republic of Zimbabwe as the Chairperson of the Organ; his predecessor H.E. President Edgar Chagwa Lungu of the Republic of Zambia as the Outgoing Chairperson of the Organ and H.E Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi the President of the Republic of Botswana as the Incoming Chairperson of the Organ.
Since SADC Secretariat is based in Gaborone, Cuban Ambassador to Botswana, H.E. Patricia L. Pego Guerra also serves as Special Representative to SADC.