COMMENT: President Mnangagwa has set the pace for future SADC chairs

The Sadc Council of Ministers meeting started in Antananarivo, Madagascar yesterday, ahead of the regional summit on Sunday.Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister, Professor Amon Murwira is leading Zimbabwe’s delegation to the meeting, which ends tomorrow Today, Antananarivo will host the Sadc–USA Dialogue Forum Also, tomorrow, there will be the SadcPublic Lecture at the University of Antananarivo to be followed by the Sadc Organ Troika Senior Officials Meeting on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation and the Ministerial Committee of the Sadc Organ Troika on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation on Friday.Professor Amon MurwiraOn Saturday, the Summit of the Sadc Organ Troika on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation will convene, with the 45th Ordinary Summit of Sadc Heads of State and Government to be held under the theme: “Advancing Industrialisation,Agricultural Transformation, and Energy Transition for a Resilient SADC,” being held on the following day A highlight of the start of the Council of Ministers meeting yesterday was the ceremonial handover of the Sadc chairpersonship of the Council of Ministers from Prof Murwira, to his Malagasy counterpart, Dr Rafaravavitafika Rasata.The handover marks the beginning of a process that will result in President Mnangagwa also handing over the chairmanship of the regional bloc to his Malagasy counterpart, Andry Rajoelina.Indeed, our country had a resoundingly successful tenure as chair of the 16-member grouping President Mnangagwa took over at the 44th summit we hosted last August, his tenure running under the theme: “Promoting Innovation to UnlockOpportunities for Sustained Economic Growth and Development towards an Industrialised Sadc.” He guided the region to, in tune with the theme of the summit and his tenure, come up with policies and programmes that promote greater innovation to ensure durable and inclusive regional economic growth and development.This is consistent with the trajectory that our country has been on since 2018 The Government came up with Education 5.0, which has seen local education institutions from schools, to vocational training centres to colleges and universities, coming up with innovations that are solving pressing challenges, in the process promoting industrialisation and national economic growth.We are sure our neighbours have learnt a lot from the guiding framework of President Mnangagwa’s chairmanship of the bloc and have come up with policies and programmes encouraging innovation for their sustained economic growths and development.Under Zimbabwe’s leadership, Sadc was able to promote greater peace among member states President Mnangagwa recently co-chaired a joint Sadc and East African Community Summit (EAC) in Nairobi, Kenya to silence the guns in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).With the foundation already in place, the region, led by President Rajoelina must continue collaborating with the EAC for the DRC conflict, in which Rwanda is also involved, to make way for enduring peace.After a general election in October last year, Mozambique faced a great deal of violent opposition-led protests Sadc worked with authorities in Mozambique to strategically handle the instability, resulting in a smooth transition from Cdes Filipe Nyusi to Daniel Chapo, both of the Frelimo party.Share on FacebookPost on XFollow usSave Originally published on Zimbabwe Herald All Zim News is a central hub for all things Zimbabwean, curating news from across the country so no story is missed Alongside aggregation, our team of nationwide reporters provides real-time, on-the-ground coverage Stay informed and connected — reach us at admin@allzimnews.com . Source: Herald_Com