One visa nine countries? Sure. Full details here.
The nine member states, which had signed the protocol on the free movement of citizens were Botswana, the DRC, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
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One visa nine countries? Sure. Full details here. The nine member states, which had signed the protocol on the free movement of citizens were Botswana, the DRC, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. SADC is just so happy with the way that Lesotho has handled things politically. Everyone is still hopeful that things will be resolved peacefully. Apparently the complete lack of political action on everything sets a shining example for Africa, here. This all stems from a 3-day meeting that just finished up in Maseru which was [...] Australia says it will deport eight Zimbabwean university students whose parents are senior members of the government of President Robert Mugabe. Full Beeb story here. As the Dude might say “That’s fucking interesting man.” In other Zim news, two people were crushed in a sugar shopping stampede. Here. I can’t even fathom what it [...] In Lesotho food crisis news: Climate change has not been kind to Southern Africa. Lesotho is in the midst of the effects of the worst drought in thirty years. “[Climate change] is an issue that is gaining relevance with the region, the continent and indeed globally. I refer to the fact that all reports are [...] Opposition leader Tom Thabane’s home was attacked, as were some homes of other Lesotho cabinet members. Violence could not be used to try and destabilise Lesotho, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aziz Pahad said on Thursday. Full story here. Which means that SADC is ready to do something about/to/for Lesotho. Like impose a curfew. [...] Lesotho has the capacity to resolve its political problems if the adversaries set aside their differences and channel their energies towards peace and nation-building. Oh word? Apparently Lesotho just needs to believe in itself and all the problems will go away. perhaps some motivational posters would be in order. Something like a kitten hanging [...] In other news not a whole lot is happening… SADC met the other day and came to the conclusion that they were going to need to bring in some experts. Public Eye story here. The Commonwealth group, which was in Lesotho last week to examine Lesotho’s post-election fight over allocation of PR seats, promised to [...] SADC is in town. Party at the Sun! Maybe some news on results by Friday, but it sounds more like Monday. Stories here and here. A follow-up meeting between the Southern African Development Community (SADC) troika, the five opposition parties, the IEC, churches and the Lesotho Council of non-governmental organisations would take place on Thursday. [...] There are some differences about proportional representation and the SADC secretariat has been intervening — that is why the three-day strike was called off — and conditions have been created for all parties to dialogue. Does this mean that the “strike” has been called off? I am confused. This is from a SADC meeting that [...] From the “never saw that one coming…” department: The Famine Early Warning System says the cereal balance sheet projects a shortfall in maize – the staple food – of some 850,000 tonnes. By December only 152,600 tonnes had been delivered, meaning widespread hunger looks set to continue. The monitors say Zimbabwe’s lack of foreign currency [...] |
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