5 March 2026

1.    South Afrika – SADC Council of Ministers Meetings 

The meeting will be held under the theme, “Advancing Industrialisation, Agricultural Transformation, and Energy Transition for a Resilient SADC” which was adopted at the 45th SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government in Antananarivo, Madagascar. 

The SADC Council of Ministers will be preceded by the following meetings 

•      SADC Senior Officials and Experts on Mid-Term Review of RISDP - Side Event 4-5 March 2026
•      SADC Standing Committee of Senior Officials on 7-8 March 2026
•      Finance Committee on 9 March 2026.
•      The Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will meet on 12 and 13 March 2026 in Pretoria, Republic of South Africa to deliberate on the implementation of regional integration programmes. 
•      Tanzania – Geneva

2.    Tanzania Rebuts International Claims On Poll Violence

TANZANIA has denounced what it described as biased statements from several international partners and human rights organisations regarding violence linked to the October General Election, arguing that their interventions contain serious omissions of key facts.

The rebuttal was directed at statements issued by Belgium, Norway, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Sweden, Switzerland, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.

3.    Kenya – UK- Finland 

Kenya Hosts the UK, Finland for Mediation Talks As Global Conflict Mechanisms Strain

The Kenyan Foreign Affairs Ministry yesterday convened senior diplomats and mediation experts from Britain and Finland for a trilateral workshop aimed at strengthening international efforts to resolve conflicts peacefully, as global dispute-resolution mechanisms face mounting strain.

4.    In our historical archives, it was on this day, 5 March 1990, when Brigadier Oupa Joshua Gqozo requested that the South African government send troops to the violence-ridden homeland to help restore order.