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The Government has allocated 60 vehicles to delegations of countries participating in the Southern African Development Community Summit in Windhoek this year
This was confirmed by Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, Gabriel Sinimbo , when he said according to the minimum standards of SADC, the host country should provide four vehicles to each delegation.
This includes a vehicle for the head of state or government, a vehicle for the head of the ministerial delegation, a vehicle for other ministers of the delegation and a minibus for other delegates.
on the rotating presidency of SADC South Africa at the 38th Summit of Heads of State and Government, scheduled from 17 to 18 August.
Although the total cost of organizing the summit has not yet been determined due to ongoing purchases of services, an amount of N $ 50 million has been budgeted for the main summit and all other statutory meetings of SADC during the Sinimbo exercise.
The Patriot newspaper reported in June that Finance Minister Calle Schlettwein had ordered all accounting officers to obtain exemptions for the votes that would be used for the summit. This means that the markets related to the summit would not have to follow standard bidding procedures, which could lead to corruption.
The summit will focus on the region's 2018 goal of strengthening economic integration and achieving sustainable development and industrialization. stability.
"The number of vehicles for heads of state and government is based on the figure of 15 (heads of state and government)," said Sinimbo.
The 15 SADC Member States are Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Seychelles, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. The Ministerial Committee is composed of Ministers from the Member States and is responsible for overseeing the integration, monitoring and control of the implementation of regional plans, as well as providing strategic advice to the Council.
The sectoral committees include the ministers responsible for trade, industry, finance and investment; ministers responsible for infrastructure and services; ministers responsible for food, agriculture, natural resources and the environment; ministers responsible for social and human development and special programs (HIV / AIDS, education, work, employment and gender); ministers responsible for politics, defense and security; and the ministers responsible for legal affairs and judicial affairs.
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