My brother, you are missing the essence of the conversation. Nobody ever said that every villager must go and buy a $10,000 goat or a $60 chicken. What I said, and still stand by, is that those who understand genetics and farming as a business are the ones shaping the market, just as people who understand real estate shape the property market. It is not “zvinemari kuvaShoma”, it is zvinemari kuvanemusoro wekuziva zvekuita nezviripo. Those at the top of the pyramid only got there because they invested in knowledge before they invested in livestock. The real tragedy is not that the poor are excluded; it is that they are not taught the principles that make the business profitable. When you understand that a breeding goat is a long-term investment and not a meal, your perspective shifts from short-term consumption to generational wealth. That is where the real difference lies. Poor people are not buying Boer goats to eat. The people buying Boer goats are commercial farmers who purchase them for crossbreeding with the hardy Mashona type. When they do that, they increase the live weight from around 20 kg to 50, 60, or even 70 kg. They then sell those improved goats to butcheries, the same butcheries where you and I go to buy goat meat. So I do not expect a villager with five goats to go and buy a Boer goat. That is why, at my village in Murewa, I provide that service for free to the surrounding communities. I ask villagers to bring their female Mashona goats to my homestead, leave them for a while, and they are serviced by my Boer bucks. When they return home, they take with them better progeny which are stronger, heavier goats that will fetch more value. What we need to do, therefore, is to find practical ways for those of us with access to premier Boer goats to make them available to poorer communal farmers so they too can improve their yields. That was my goal in 2018 when I engaged the late former Minister of Agriculture, Perrence Shiri. He understood the importance of that model. In fact, the goat project that later got those boys jailed was originally my idea. I had proposed that the government should invest in having Boer bucks stationed across all 50 districts of Zimbabwe to help increase the national herd’s yield, benefiting communal farmers. But, as always, ZANUPF being ZANUPF, they hijacked the idea and turned it into a looting scheme. Instead of buying proper Boer goats and distributing them across districts, they bought the same local Mashona types and stole the money meant for the programme. If that idea had been implemented with integrity, we would have seen a major leap in productivity — from 20 kg goats to 60–70 kg goats — transforming livelihoods across rural Zimbabwe. So I honestly do not understand what you mean when you say poor people are being swindled. The truth is, the only thing they have been robbed of is opportunity — by a corrupt system that never wanted them to prosper. At the moment there is no poor person buying Boer goats, it is mainly commercial farmers that I sell to.

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You are looking at the goat business purely from a retail or butchery perspective, not from a commercial farming or genetic investment angle. You are absolutely right that in a shop, goat stew is just goat stew because it sells for a fixed market price. But that is not where the real value lies for those of us breeding quality Boer goats. When you are in the genetics business, you are not breeding for consumption but for reproduction. The profit does not come from selling meat to consumers; it comes from selling bloodlines, semen, and breeding stock to farmers who want to improve their herds. That is why a single top quality Boer buck can fetch tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. It is not because someone is going to eat it, but because its offspring will multiply that value over generations. So, while your experience as a retailer tells you there is limited demand for goat meat, my experience as a breeder tells me there is growing demand for superior genetics. Both are valid perspectives, but they are entirely different industries operating under different economic principles. A farmer who owns 100 Mashona-type female goats and sells the progeny based on live weight might get around $2 per kilogram. If each goat weighs 20 kilograms, that gives 20 × 100 = 2,000 kilograms in total. At $2 per kilogram, the farmer earns $4,000. Now, if that same farmer invests in a male Boer goat, purchasing one for $500 or $1,000 to improve the herd’s genetics, the average weight of each goat can increase from 20 kilograms to about 50 or even 60 or 70 kilograms. Using the conservative figure of 50 kilograms, the calculation becomes 50 × 100 = 5,000 kilograms. At the same rate of $2 per kilogram, the farmer now earns $10,000 instead of $4,000. That is the basic economic logic behind investing in Boer goats. You are not just buying an animal; you are buying the potential to dramatically increase yield and profitability over time through better genetics.

Yes, it is true, my dear brother. Boer goats can go for as much as Us$500,000, you can easily verify that online. When you buy Boer goats, especially male ones, you are buying genetics, not meat. It is like a woman who decides to have children with a tall, strong, and healthy man. She is not merely choosing him for his looks, but investing in genetics. The same principle applies in animal husbandry. You are essentially buying sperm. In fact, some people do not even buy the goat itself — they buy the semen. It is a long-term investment. Unfortunately, many black Africans still struggle with this concept because historically they were not commercial farmers. They only bred goats to eat and sell to raise school fees for their kids. They often find it difficult to understand why a goat can cost a thousand dollars or more, failing to realise that they are not buying meat. The meat only carries the genetic material — the sperm — which is the real value. Once you grasp that concept, everything else makes sense. The idea that a goat can be worth so much only seems absurd if your understanding is limited to viewing it as food. A thousand dollars is a small amount for someone buying for genetics. When I buy, I do so not to sell to butcheries or hotels, but to breed and supply farmers who will, in turn, use the stock they buy from me to improve their own herds. Women looking for strong, tall men are basically doing what goat breeders do, selecting the best genetics for future generations. The only difference is that goats do not demand dinner dates before the breeding programme begins!

Two years ago, I had dinner with Mr Shingai Mutasa, the owner of the Masawara Group, which in turn owns Cresta Hotels. During that dinner, we discussed the subject of Boer goats and the broader goat meat industry. He explained to me that, although they would like to have goat meat as a regular feature on their hotel menus, it was impossible because the supply of goat meat in Zimbabwe is highly erratic and unreliable. In short, there is a serious shortage of consistent goat meat supply in the country. This means that if you are breeding goats, there is a clear business opportunity. You could approach hotel groups like Cresta or other hospitality chains and offer to supply them. You cannot sit on your hands and expect business to come to you—you have to go out and look for it. I speak from experience. I am a businessman who specialises in goats, and when I want to sell crossbreeds produced from mating hardy Mashona types with purebred Boer goats, I actively look for clients. However, when it comes to purebred goats, I rarely need to look for buyers. The demand is so high and the supply so low that the market price keeps rising naturally. It is a simple matter of economics—scarcity drives value. Hotels face the same challenge. They want to offer goat meat regularly but cannot find reliable suppliers. So, if you are serious about goat farming, position yourself strategically. Approach hotels, restaurants, and butcheries with a consistent supply plan. That is how you turn farming into a thriving business. I hope this helps you see the opportunity clearly.

Farming goats is one of the simplest and most rewarding agricultural ventures. It is far less complicated than fish farming or other specialised livestock projects. To begin with, a goat is a goat; whether it is a hardy Mashona type, a Boer goat, or a Kalahari goat. The fundamental principles of breeding and management remain the same across all types. Secondly, when people buy Boer goats, they are not buying them to slaughter and eat. No one spends US$1,000 on a one-year-old goat just to have it for dinner. That would be a complete misunderstanding of the investment. A Boer goat is capital, it is an asset purchased to improve your herd, increase productivity, and generate long-term returns. To understand why, consider the weight comparison. An adult male Boer goat weighs about 120 kilograms when alive, while a typical Mashona goat weighs around 20 kilograms. If you buy one mature Boer goat for US$1,000 and use it to crossbreed with your Mashona females, the resulting offspring will weigh between 50 and 70 kilograms when mature. That means, through a single breeding exercise, you have dramatically improved the quality and market value of your herd. For example, if you have 100 Mashona goats weighing 20 kilograms each, that gives you a total live weight of 2,000 kilograms. Now, by introducing one Boer male into the breeding mix, the offspring from those 100 females will each weigh an average of 60 kilograms. That gives you a total live weight of 6,000 kilograms. It is a threefold increase achieved simply by introducing better genetics. If we assume a selling price of US$4 per kilogram, your Mashona goats would have been worth US$8,000 (2,000 kg × US$4). The crossbreeds, however, would bring in US$24,000 (6,000 kg × US$4). You have spent only US$1,000 to buy the Boer goat that made this transformation possible. That single investment has tripled the total value of your herd. This is the essence of Boer goat farming. You are not spending money for the sake of owning an expensive animal; you are investing in genetics that multiply your returns and strengthen your business. The goal is to improve live weight, meat yield, and ultimately profitability. Goat farming, when approached with such a practical understanding, becomes not only simple but also highly lucrative. I am a journalist by training, and I have earned a great deal from my work in journalism. However, I can confidently say that most of my wealth came from Boer goat farming. Unlike many ordinary farmers in Zimbabwe, I specialised exclusively in breeding Boer goats for sale to other farmers—particularly commercial farmers who understood the value of quality genetics. At the height of my operation, I sold six-month-old Boer goats for about US$450 for males and US$400 for females. I rarely sold females because they formed the backbone of my breeding programme and long-term sustainability. The females are your factory—once you sell them, you weaken the foundation of your business. Since relocating from Zimbabwe, I no longer farm the goats myself. Instead, I now focus on sourcing top-quality Boer goats from farms in South Africa and supplying them to farmers in Zimbabwe. I travel to farms in areas like Nigel, carefully select the best breeding stock based on genetic quality and health, and then arrange for transportation to Zimbabwe. A full truckload of Boer goats goes directly to my clients—farmers who want to improve their herds with superior bloodlines. Interestingly, this model has turned out to be even more profitable than when I was farming them directly in Zimbabwe. It reduces overheads, eliminates local operational risks, and allows me to operate at scale while connecting buyers and breeders. But when I was farming in Zimbabwe, it was never just about profit. It was also about community upliftment. Even today, the few Boer goats I still keep at my rural home are used to help local villagers improve their herds. They bring their females for breeding, and this has helped strengthen the quality of livestock in the area. So, while I now treat Boer goat trading as a business, at heart it remains a passion and a contribution to rural empowerment. And commercially, as I have demonstrated before, it remains one of the most viable agricultural ventures when done properly and strategically. People who say that Boer goats are overpriced simply do not understand the business, and they are not the target market for it. Those who do understand quietly buy the goats, improve their herds, increase their yield, and make substantial profits. Ironically, some of the same people who attack me politically on social media are my biggest repeat customers on the ground—politicians and their surrogates who publicly call me a sell-out but privately buy goats from me. That is how hypocrisy works in our societies; they criticise what they secretly admire and benefit from. Boer goats can sell for as much as US$500,000 per male, depending on the quality of their genetics. The buyer paying that amount is not being extravagant—they are investing in superior breeding potential. That goat’s sperm can be sold repeatedly, generating a massive return over time. It is only those who know little or nothing about livestock genetics who will say such a goat is overpriced. In reality, it is an asset, not a liability. Every living creature has a different value from another that might appear similar, even human beings. Our worth is determined by what we have invested in ourselves—our knowledge, our skills, and our discipline. Likewise, the value of a goat depends on the quality of its lineage, its breeding record, and its potential to multiply value for its owner. In both life and business, knowledge and investment define worth.

ZAMBIA POLICE SERVICE PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RIOT AND ARSON – CHINGOLA DISTRICT POLICE November 08, 2025 – The Zambia Police Service wishes to inform the general public that a serious incident of riot and arson occurred in Chingola District today, November 08, 2025, at around 1450 hours at Chiwempala Market and Chikola Secondary School grounds. Chingola Central Police Station received a report of arson from Superintendent Lloyd Kanondo, aged 48, a police officer based at Copperbelt Division Headquarters, who reported that a police motor vehicle, a white Toyota Land Cruiser registration number ZP 2537 B, was burnt by an irate mob that turned riotous during the Presidential visit. Brief facts are that the district earlier in the day received the Republican President, Mr Hakainde Hichilema, who was addressing residents at Chiwempala Market. At around 1400 hours, as the President was still addressing the public, some unruly individuals began breaking into and looting shops. When police officers moved in to contain the situation, the crowd became violent and started charging towards the venue where the President was speaking. For security reasons, the President was safely whisked away and escorted to the landing pad at Chikola Secondary School grounds. However, the violent mob followed the Presidential motorcade, throwing stones at vehicles. In the process, the police Toyota Land Cruiser was attacked, its windscreen completely shattered before being overturned and set ablaze. Superintendent Kanondo, who was driving the vehicle, discharged ten rounds of pistol ammunition into the air in an effort to disperse the mob, but to no avail. The estimated value of the destroyed government property is yet to be determined. Additionally, the mob burnt the Presidential Holding Tent belonging to Events Matters Company of Lusaka, including one floor carpet, two carpet runners, one Presidential portrait, and one coffee table for Lusaka Provincial Maintenance. They also burnt a portable toilet belonging to Chrisai Company of Lusaka and shattered window screens of motor vehicle Isuzu registration number CAE 5930 belonging to Mr Chisha Musonda, who had transported the portable toilet. The total value of the damaged property has not yet been established. Police have since apprehended two suspects identified as: 1.Abraham Chilumbu, aged 24, unemployed, of House No. 24 Isunge Road, Chiwempala Township. 2.Abraham Sichone, aged 21, a bar attendant of Mjomba Compound, Chingola South. Both suspects are in police custody and will appear in court soon. Calm has since been restored in Chingola, and police have intensified patrols to ensure the situation remains under control. The Zambia Police Service sternly warns members of the public against engaging in acts of violence, vandalism, or destruction of property, particularly during high-profile national events. Such behaviour is criminal and will be met with the full force of the law. Citizens are further reminded that maintaining peace and order is a collective responsibility, and violence only undermines development efforts and endangers lives. The public is therefore urged to always exercise restraint, respect the law, and cooperate with law enforcement officers at all times. Issued by: Rae Hamoonga POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER

Well articulated @daddyhope. The #TheShowGoesOn my brother. Viva South Africa - the Eden and House of Bread for African Continent. #G20Summit #G7Summit

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And it will be part of the governing troika when the US hosts the @g20 in 2026. How will that work? @g20rg @GloGovProj @G7 @g7_rg @jjkirton @maddlin

President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia today came under a barrage of stones thrown by angry citizens in the Copperbelt, who accused him of failing to deliver on his election promises. Eyewitnesses say the incident occurred during a public event where the president was addressing the crowd, prompting his security to intervene swiftly. Hichilema was forced to duck behind the presidential podium and later sat down to shield himself from the stones. A recent internal report warns that Hichilema will face serious challenges in the 2026 elections due to the sluggish performance of the economy and growing public frustration over unmet expectations. The report adds that his popularity has been steadily declining, particularly in the Copperbelt and other urban areas that were once strongholds of his United Party for National Development (UPND).

South Africa is the president of the G20 for the 2025 term. The African Union also participates as a member organisation, representing all 55 African states collectively. The G20, or Group of Twenty, is an international forum of the world’s major economies that addresses global economic cooperation and development. South Africa is the only African country in this grouping, which makes its role and presidency not only significant but also symbolic for the entire continent. What makes this particularly commendable is that South Africa has not been selfish in its approach. It could have chosen to focus only on national interests, branding it as “G20 South Africa,” but instead it opened the process to the rest of the continent. Thousands of Africans from different walks of life and professional backgrounds have been involved in G20-related discussions and activities over the past months on the invitation of South Africa or South African entities. I can personally testify to this inclusive approach. I was invited by a South African media entity to take part in the M20, which is the Media 20 stream of the G20. There was a major conference, attended by media professionals from across Africa, where key resolutions were adopted. It clearly demonstrated South Africa’s commitment to ensuring that Africa speaks with one voice and benefits collectively from its G20 leadership. That is why Donald Trump’s recent attack on South Africa, based on lies about a supposed genocide against Afrikaners, is not only dishonest but also extremely malicious. His actions are designed not merely to undermine South Africa, but to attack the entire African continent. South Africa brought the rest of Africa along into this G20 process, it made it about us all so that we could rise and benefit together. Any African who supports Trump or his attacks against South Africa is acting out of ignorance and foolishness. They are self hating. They are effectively supporting an assault on Africa itself. If South Africa fails, the continent will sink with it. Millions of Africans live and work in South Africa, contributing to and benefiting from its economy. Those Africans, and the families they support across the continent, will suffer if Trump’s campaign to sabotage South Africa’s G20 presidency succeeds. The idea is to dissuade investors to come. It is vital that Africans understand this; the attack on South Africa is not just on South Africa, it is an attack on the whole of Africa. And the pliant African states and racist organisations in South Africa that are colluding with the United States to derail South Africa’s G20 leadership should hang their heads in shame. The propaganda against South Africa has now gone completely wild, from crazy to downright idiotic. It began with the false claim that Afrikaners were being exclusively targeted and killed in South Africa, that there was a so-called genocide aimed at wiping out white farmers. Yet, the truth is out there for anyone who cares to know it; crime in South Africa affects everyone, and because of demographics, it affects far more black people than white people. Now the propaganda against South Africa has escalated further. Various MAGA-aligned outlets are spreading new lies, claiming that Christians are being killed in South Africa — as seen in the tweet attached below — deliberately fabricating stories to smear not just South Africa, but the entire African continent. What we are witnessing is a coordinated attack on South Africa by Donald Trump and his MAGA extremists. It would be a tragedy if any African were foolish enough to support this campaign of deceit. While they invent a genocide that does not exist in South Africa, they were the same people who denied the real genocide and mass killings that took place in Gaza. This is hypocrisy at its worst, a real cynical attempt to vilify Africa while shielding genuine perpetrators of atrocities elsewhere. All well meaning Africans support South Africa’s presidency. May it succeed and may all the haters be shamed.

Patients at Mpilo Area C Neurosurgery section have gone for 15 hours without medical attention. This is a referral hospital, also known as a central hospital; the place where life or death decisions are made every hour. Yet for 15 hours, no doctor or nurse has attended to patients in desperate need of care. This tragedy is not due to a lack of capacity or competence, but a deliberate failure by those in power to fund hospitals adequately. The regime has chosen to buy luxury cars for officials, sponsor lavish music galas, and fund propaganda instead of investing in healthcare and saving lives. How can a society thrive when the very centres of healing are left to rot? When hospitals are underfunded, medicines are unavailable, and health workers are demoralised and underpaid, the result is death and despair. There is money for bogus court cases to extend political power, and for distributing chicken and chips to buy votes, yet there is no money to pay nurses and doctors decent salaries or to equip hospitals with essential drugs and machines. This is state-sanctioned cruelty against the poor and the sick because the political elites get their treatment abroad. They don’t care about the poor citizens. This is WRONG!

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1. It is not a rumour. It is an open secret that I was offered the position to run ZBC twice, in 2003 and again in 2018, and I turned down both offers. The reason I declined is simple; when you enter an institution operating within a polluted system, you cannot change anything meaningful without the system within it operates changing first. On both occasions, I made it clear that what was needed first was system reform, and reform is impossible without genuine political will. Appointing someone like me to head ZBC would have been purely cosmetic, an attempt to create the illusion of change by saying, “Look, ZBC is now being run by a professional with a good reputation and track record.” But in reality, it would have been the same broken system, only dressed up with a new face but without the power to change anything. I would have ended up like Mthuli Ncube, who joined a corrupt and unreformed organisation and eventually became part of that same rot and is now defined by that corruption. The opposite example is Nkosana Moyo, who joined government believing he could drive reform from within, but quickly realised that the system itself is the problem and didn’t want to be changed; and that no individual can change it without collective political will. He chose to leave, and I respect that decision because it reflected integrity and realism. That is exactly why I refused both offers. I knew going in would achieve nothing but compromise my values and only benefited me financially and not the country or my profession. The system constantly seeks respected names to lend it credibility for optical reasons, not to deliver change. So yes, what you are saying is true, it’s not a rumour — and if I were ever offered such a position again, I would turn it down until there is genuine political will to reform the system and serve the people honestly. I will not stop advocating for change, and I will not stop offering whatever advice I can to those within ZANUPF who are genuinely willing to move the dial towards a progressive agenda. However, I will never lend legitimacy to a corrupt system that seeks to change individuals, as it has done to many before, instead of transforming itself for the greater good of society. Real change must come from reforming the system, not from recycling people within it or hiring professionals only for optics. Until there is political will to do that, my role will remain that of an independent voice pushing for accountability, integrity, and genuine progress. Not to dress up tyranny as change.

That moment when a ZANUPF Speaker of Parliament suddenly cannot contain or defend the ignorance and incompetence of a ZANUPF ICT Minister. The appointment of people like Tatenda Mavetera into cabinet is a stain on Zimbabwe’s history; a national embarrassment that will be remembered for generations. ZANUPF could have governed without resistance had it respected competence, appointed capable ministers, and delivered essential public goods such as hospitals, good roads, electricity, and jobs. But it cannot, because it is driven by greed, mediocrity, and cronyism. You cannot entrust a ministry as critical as ICT to someone like Mavetera who is a former money changer and an actress from a low-budget television series, Studio 263. It is shameful. I am glad that even the Speaker of Parliament has realised the depth of rot, decadence, and incompetence within his own regime. When you see a cabinet minister lying about her academic qualifications, falsely claiming to have a PhD and degrees she was never awarded, it is tragic. Compare her to her counterparts across Africa — some studied Information Technology at MIT, some at Oxford, and others at top universities with solid academic and professional credentials. But in Zimbabwe, you can dance dramatically, shake your body on television, and that will be enough for you to be appointed a cabinet minister. Mavetera is a living testimony to that. And then we wonder why the world disrespects us and calls us a shithole. It is because of such disgraceful appointments. The Speaker of Parliament has simply echoed what many of us have been saying for years. The only difference is that he has become the first senior government official to now say it publicly. But nothing will change, and that is precisely why ZANUPF will always struggle to govern. There are dictatorships around the world that manage to govern without resistance because they provide their citizens with the basic necessities of life. But when you fill key ministries with incompetent, clueless people like Mavetera, every day becomes a battle. You spend your time fighting citizens who are simply reminding you of the obvious truth, that you have no business governing a country when you continue to appoint people like her.

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Another shameful day in Uganda!

So President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa was only embarrassed to personally congratulate Madam Dictator, the Butcher of Tanzania, in his remarks, yet the summit he chaired went ahead and did exactly that. These old folks are an embarrassment to Southern Africa, useless leaders with power but no sense or moral logic. No wonder global leaders like Donald Trump see them as clowns and treat them with contempt. Who would respect leaders who ignore the murder and massacre of thousands of citizens, as happened in Tanzania, and then go on to congratulate the perpetrator? It is utterly sickening. This is what they agreed on; COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT OF SADC HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT 07th November 2025 — Virtual 1.The Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), hereafter called “Summit”, was held virtually on 7th November 2025. 2.Summit was attended by the following Heads of State and Government, or their representatives: •Lesotho: The Right Honourable Prime Minister Mr Ntsokoane Samuel Matekane •Madagascar: H.E. Col. Michael Randrianirina, President of the Refoundation of the Republic of Madagascar •Malawi: H.E. President Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika •South Africa: H.E. President Mr Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa •Zambia: H.E. President Mr Hakainde Hichilema •Zimbabwe: H.E. President Dr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa •Namibia: H.E. Ms Lucia Witbooi, Vice President •United Republic of Tanzania: H.E. Dr Emmanuel John Nchimbi, Vice President •Angola: H.E. Ambassador Téte António, Minister of External Relations •Botswana: Hon. Dr Phenyo Butale, Minister of International Relations •Eswatini: Honourable Senator Pholile Shakantu, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation •Democratic Republic of Congo: H.E. Floribert Anzuluni Isiloketshi, Minister of Regional Integration •Mozambique: H.E. Mr Cristóvão Artur Chume, Minister of National Defence •Mauritius: Hon. Mr Hambyrajen Narsinghen, Junior Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade •Seychelles: Ambassador Mr Ian Madeleine, Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs 3.Summit was also attended by Ministers from SADC Member States and the Executive Secretary of SADC. 4.Summit extended its sincere condolences to the families who lost loved ones during the protests that occurred in the Republic of Madagascar in September and, more recently, in the United Republic of Tanzania. It expressed deep regret that these events resulted not only in the loss of life but also in the destruction of public property and critical infrastructure in both nations. 5.Summit congratulated His Excellency Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika, President of the Republic of Malawi; His Excellency Dr. Patrick Herminie, President of the Republic of Seychelles; and Her Excellency Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, on their elections held in September and October 2025, respectively. 6.Summit acknowledged the decision by the Republic of Madagascar to relinquish her role as Chair of SADC following recent political developments that have impacted her capacity to discharge the responsibilities of the position. 7.Summit acknowledged that, in accordance with Articles 9A(2)(b) and 10(4) of the SADC Treaty, the Incoming Chairperson (Deputy Chairperson) shall assume interim leadership should the sitting Chair be unable to fulfil their duties. In this regard, the Republic of South Africa was appointed as Interim Chair of SADC until August 2026. The SADC Secretariat will engage Member States, in line with the principle of rotation, to identify a new Incoming Chairperson (Deputy Chairperson) by 30th November 2025. 8.Summit agreed that SADC will continue implementing the theme adopted at the 45th SADC Summit in August 2025 in Antananarivo, Republic of Madagascar, titled “Advancing Industrialisation, Agricultural Transformation, and Energy Transition for a Resilient SADC” until August 2026. 9.Summit expressed its appreciation to His Excellency Mr Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa, for convening the Extraordinary Summit and accepting to chair the regional body. 10.Summit welcomed the offer by His Excellency Dr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, to host selected SADC Meetings in Zimbabwe during the interim period, in his capacity as the Outgoing Chairperson of SADC. 11.The Chairperson of SADC expressed heartfelt gratitude to all Heads of State and Government for participating in the Extraordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government, and for the honour of electing him to lead the SADC region. Done on 7th November 2025 Pretoria, Republic of South Africa

The horrific reports of human massacres emerging from credible sources in Tanzania are deeply shocking and heartbreaking. Development partners who have been compiling figures from individual hospital reports now estimate that around 6,000 Tanzanians or more were slaughtered by Madam Dictator. They report that Muhimbili National Hospital alone received around 800 bodies, a figure that underscores the sheer scale of this murderous tragedy. There is now growing pressure on the International Criminal Court to open investigations into the massacre, which would mark the first step towards accountability for these horrific crimes. The magnitude of the unfolding tragedy and the urgent need for regional and international attention are immediate. The true scale of what happened has been concealed by the deliberate shutdown of the internet and the banning of Twitter, effectively silencing victims and restricting the flow of critical information.