Sadc leaders jet in for extraordinary indaba
SADC Chairperson President Mnangagwa will today chair the regional bloc’s Extraordinary Summit at New Parliament Building in Mt Hampden Wallace Ruzvidzo
Herald Reporter
HEADS of State and Government, and their representatives started arriving in Harare yesterday, with others expected to jet in today ahead of the SADC Extraordinary Summit to be chaired by President Mnangagwa. Eswatini Prime Minister Russel Mmiso Dlamini, President of Zanzibar and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Zanzibar-Tanzania Dr Hussein Ali Mwinyi, Angolan Minister of Defence Joao Ernesto Santos and Seychelles’ Minister of Internal Affairs Charles Errol Fonseka, all arrived in the capital yesterday. Botswana President Duma Gideon Boko, Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi, Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi, Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina and South African Deputy President Paul Mashatile are all expected to jet in today. Mr Dlamini was welcomed at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport State Pavillion by Skills Audit Minister Paul Mavima, while Mr Santos was welcomed by Angolan Ambassador to Zimbabwe Pedro Neto. Dr Mwinyi was welcomed by Zimbabwe’s Attorney-General, Mrs Virginia Mabiza. The SADC Council of Ministers was held on Monday while the Ministerial Committee of the Organ Troika met yesterday as precursors to the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State.