Southern Africa: SADC NGOs issue communique

The SADC Council of Non-Governmental Organizations (SADC-CNGO), constituted by member organisations from Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, met in Johannesburg, South Africa from the 2nd – 4th May 2005 to develop strategies for engaging with broader SADC agenda and to ensure a more systematic and substantive civic participation and involvement in the economic, social and political development in the region.