The harmonization of the fertilizer regulatory framework across the SADC region can no longer be delayed.

This was said by South Africa's Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen during the Joint Committee meeting of SADC Ministers of Agriculture and Food Security, Fisheries and Aquaculture. 

Botswana has vowed to continue engaging with other nations in the broader Southern African Development Community (SADC) region for strategic economic conduit purposes. 

Thousands of people, including foreign dignitaries, yesterday gave a hero's farewell to Botswana's third president, Festus Mogae, during a memorial service in Gaborone.

Former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano was among the speakers at a memorial service.

SADC and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) engaged in discussions regarding potential areas of mutual cooperation concerning the displacement of people within the region.

The SADC region has been jolted into convening a high-level side event at the ongoing Africa Travel Indaba to consider ways to boost the region's tourism potential.

Botswana's President Duma Boko has announced a three-day mourning period following the death of the country's third President, Festus Mogae. 

Mogae died in his residency in Gaborone yesterday.

Botswana has entered a three-day period of national mourning following the death of former President Festus Mogae at age 86.

President Duma Boko announced the mourning period after Mogae died at his residence in Gaborone.

Mogae served as Botswana’s third President from 1998 to 2008.

The Chairperson of the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (SARPCCO) has called for political support from governments across the region to strengthen the fight against transnational organised crime.

Police Inspector General Joseph Shikongo has said policies and resolutions adopted by the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (SARPCCO) are producing results, despite persistent political, economic and social challenges facing member states.

President Duma Boko has signed two SADC agreements aimed at advancing regional integration.