SADC senior legal meeting fails to form quorum

The SADC senior legal officials were scheduled to meet in Gaborone for the next three days starting yesterday to develop a Draft Action Plan for consideration and approval by the committee of ministers of justice and attorney generals at their next meeting to be held next year.

Uncertainty lingers after only four of the 15 SADC member states were represented during the official opening of the meeting. The four were Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. An official of the SADC Secretariat in Gaborone said invitations were sent to all member states who confirmed that they would participate in the meeting.