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The 35 SADC Summit was held in Gaborone, Botswana on 17-18 August 2015-2016
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2015, hosted and chaired by President Lieutenant-General Dr. Seretse
Khama Ian Khama, with the theme of Accelerating Industrialisation
of SADC Economies through Transformation of Natural
Endowment and Improved Human Capital.

Industrialisation Strategy and Roadmap Sectoral Studies
The SADC Industrialisation Strategy and Roadmap 2015-2063 has set SADC’s
technological and socio-economic transformation path, and implementation started
with the alignment of regional activities to the new policies. Studies were undertaken
to profile the priority Mineral and Pharmaceutical sectors and identify the potential
for value chain development, addition and beneficiation. Both studies indicated great
potential for domestic, regional and global value chains and a high potential for
manufacturing medicines and health commodities, specifically for HIV and AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Infrastructure Development in support of Regional Integration
The Project Preparation Development Facility (PPDF) is now fully operational and has
approved three projects, while two energy projects and two transport projects are
undergoing due diligence. An online application form has been launched and five new
applications have been received for screening by the SADC Secretariat and the
Development Bank of Southern Africa.
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Sustainable Financing
The 35 Summit noted the need to explore sustainable ways of financing the
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implementation of the Revised RISDP, the Industrialisation Strategy and other SADC
programmes, and directed Council to finalise work on alternative sources of funding and
report to the next Ordinary Summit in 2016.

SADC Contingency Fund
A SADC Contingency Fund approved in August 2015 has been used effectively
for activities such as the deployment of the SADC Preventive Mission in the
Kingdom of Lesotho (SAPMIL) in 2017 using own resources, both financial and
personnel. The deployment contributed to the restoration of stability, peace and
security in Lesotho. The Fund was also used to operationalize the Liaison Office
in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2018. The Liaison Office was
instrumental in facilitating engagement with electoral stakeholders in the DRC,
and support to DRC in the 2018 elections which were peaceful and historic
through a peaceful transfer of power.

Oversight Committee for Lesotho
The SADC Double Troika met in Pretoria, South Africa on 3 July 2015 and received the
report of the SADC Facilitator to the Kingdom of Lesotho, Deputy President Cyril
Ramaphosa of South Africa, on the deteriorating political and security situation in
Lesotho. The Troika Summit endorsed the report and recommendations, and established
an Oversight Committee to act as an early warning mechanism, as well an independent
Commission of Inquiry and its immediate deployment. The Terms of Reference of the
Commission of Inquiry were re-affirmed by the 35th SADC Summit, who urged the
Government and stakeholders to develop a roadmap for Constitutional and Security Sector
reforms, and pledged continued support in this regard.