SADC reappoints Elias Magosi to serve as Executive Secretary for the next four years until 2029
The 45th Summit of the Southern African Development Community has reappointed the Executive Secretary Elias Magosi to continue serving the position for another four years until 2029.
The announcement was made at the end of the SADC regional leaders’ summit, in Madagascar where Magosi was sworn in as the head of the Secretariat.
The Secretariat is the executive institution of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) with strategic functions, including overseeing the implementation of the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) 2020-2030 and SADC Vision 2050.
The 45th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Development Community of Southern Africa (SADC) took place in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar.
The meeting ran under the theme “Advancing industrialization, agricultural transformation and energy transition for a resilient SADC” and the summit brought together almost all the leaders of the 16 member countries.
Among the priority issues was the security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is still in the pretext of armed aggression despite the Washington peace agreement signed in June 2025 and the ongoing Doha process in Qatar.
The stability of the region was described to be an issue which remains to be of a major concern.
Due to a particularly busy schedule, the President of the Republic, Felix Tshisekedi, could not make the trip to Antananarivo.
The DR Congo was therefore represented by the Deputy Prime Minister in-charge of Defence, Guy Kabombo Mwadianvita.
Tanzania was represented by Vice President, Dr Philip Mpango.
Many people expected that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders’ summit would come up with new measures towards the Eastern Congo conflicts.
SADC has previously been engaged in mediation and military support initiatives.
Apart from addressing the conflict in the DR Congo, the 45th SADC Heads of State Summit was used as a platform for the strengthening of economic integration, acceleration of energy transition and stimulation of agricultural cooperation in the southern African region.
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) unites 16 countries from around the continent with a primary mission of promoting economic integration, sustainable development, peace and security in the region.
SADC member countries include South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.