The Public Relations Unit of the Southern African Development Community SADC Secretariat supports public participation in the community as outlined by the SADC Declaration. In line with the SADC Treaty, it is responsible for the promotion of SADC and is therefore the lead executor of SADC corporate communications, including public and media relations, public affairs, protocol and special events management, thus the custodian of communications, branding and promotional strategies.
The Unit develops plans and executes strategies aimed at generating, packaging and disseminating information with the view to creating an understanding of, and garner support for SADC aims, objectives, policies, strategies and activities.
Thus, Public Relations Unit strives to establish and maintain lines of communication, mutual understanding, acceptance and co-operation between SADC and its internal and external publics/stakeholders.
The overall objective of the Public Relations Unit is to ensure strategic guidance in the implementation of the SADC Communications and Promotional Strategy (SCPS), which is the blue print for the management of SADC public relationships with its stakeholders.
The Unit aligns its activities to the organisation's policy documents, namely: The SADC Declaration and Treaty, the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) and the Strategic Indicative Plan of the Organ (SIPO), the Protocol on Culture, Information and Sports, the SADC Declaration on the Role of Information and Communications in Regional Development and Integration and the SADC Information and Communication Policy. It is from these that specific strategies and programmes are designed and implemented to address specific SADC-stakeholder issues.
The Unit also liaises and facilitates the work of the SADC National Media Coordinators (SNMCs) who are responsible for SADC public information in their respective Member State.
Every SADC Member State has two structures that can be contacted for SADC public information, namely, the SADC National Contact Point (SNCP) and the SADC National Media Coordinator (SNMC).
ANGOLA
Dr. Pedro Mateus Sales
SADC National Media Coordinator
Ministry of Social Communication
Avenida Dos Combatentes
Luanda, Angola
Fax: + 244 222 430859
E-mail: pedrosales100@hotmail.com / pedrosales@hotmail.com
BOTSWANA
Ms. Charmaine Revaka
SADC National Media Coordinator
Media Relations Director
Government Communication and Information System (BGCIS)
Office of the President
Private Bag 001
Gaborone
Tel: + 267 3133044
Fax: + 267 3904017
E-mail: crevaka@gov.bw
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Mr Andre Joseph Djate Nkoy
Director of Information
Kinshasa
Tel: + 243 815 080 438/243 990 240 161
Email: ankoy_2007@yahoo.fr
LESOTHO
Mr. Abeloang RAMAKHULA
SADC National Media Coordinator
Chief Information Officer
Tel/Fax: +266 22327026
Cell: +266 63022457
Email: ramakhula.ramakhula@gov.ls
MADAGASCAR
Ms Ralanboson Veromanitrarivo Andrianarisoa
SADC National Media Coordinator,
Press Attaché
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Antananarivo, Madagascar
Tel: +261 202235712
Cell: +261 331295310
Email: veroralamloson@yahoo.fr
MALAWI
Mr. Isaac Cheke Ziba
SADC National Media Coordinator
Director of Information and Civic Education
Ministry of Information and Civic Education
Private Bag 310
Chief M'mbelwa House
Lilongwe 3, Malawi
Tel: +265 111 609998
Dir: +265 111 779497
Fax: +265 111 770 497
Cell: +265 995 233 816 +265 888 433 816
MAURITIUS
Mr. Oodaye Prakash Seebaluck
SADC National Media Coordinator
Senior Information Officer
Government Information Service
Prime Minister’s Office
Level 6, New Government Centre
Port Louis, Mauritius
Tel: + 230 201 1879
Fax: + 230 208 8243
E-mail: oseebaluck@mail.gov.mu
MOZAMBIQUE
Mr Teófelo Nhampossa
SADC National Media Coordinator
Information Director - Gabinfo
780, Avenida Francisco Maguambwe
Maputo, Mozambique
Tel: + 258 21 492614
Fax: + 258 21 490209
Cell: + 258 823263110
E-mail: teofilonhampossa@yahoo.com
NAMIBIA
Ms Kaleni Hiyalwa
SADC National Media Coordinator
Ministry of Communication & Information Technology
Private Bag
Namibia, Windhoek
Tel: + 264 61 283 2670
Cell: +264 8132 96479
Email: khiyalwa@gmail.com
SEYCHELLES
Amanda Hunt
SADC National Media Coordinator
Press Attaché
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Maison Quéau de Quinssy
Mont Fleuri
P.O Box 656, Victoria
Republic of Seychelles
Tel: + 248 4283646
Fax: + 248 4224845
Mob: + 248 2723980
E-mail: ahunt@mfa.gov.sc
SOUTH AFRICA
Ms Bongiwe Gambu
SADC National Media Coordinator
Director: International and Media Liaison
Government Communications
Cnr Vermeulen & Prinsloo
Midtown Building
Pretoria, South Africa
Tel : + 27 12 314 2148
Cell : + 27 82 714 9463
Email: bongiwe@gcis.gov.za
SWAZILAND
Mr Martin Dlamini
SADC National Media Coordinator
Director, Information, Media Development
Ministry of Public Service & Information
Hospital Road
Finance Building, 2nd Floor
P O Box 1026
Mbabane, Swaziland
Tel: + 268 404 3521
Fax: + 268 404 5379
Cell: + 268 606 3712
Email: dlaminimart@gov.sz; vidcomp019@yahoo.com
TANZANIA
Mr. Raphael Hokororo
SADC National Media Coordinator
Assistant Director
Ministry of Information, Youth, Culture and Sports
P O Box 8031
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Cell.: + 255 754478166 or +25571478166
E-mail: raphoks@yahoo.com
ZAMBIA
Mr. Innocent Mwape
SADC National Media Coordinator
Senior Press and Public Relations Officer
Acting SADC National Media Coordinator
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Government Complex
Independence Avenue
P O Box 51025
Lusaka, Zambia
Tel: + 2601 237167
Fax: + 2601 235410
Cell: +260976780223
E-mail: mwapeinnocent@yahoo.co.uk
ZIMBABWE
Dr Ivanhoe Matengarufu Gurira
SADC National Media Coordinator
Principal Press Secretary
Ministry of Information & Publicity
P O Box CY1276
Causeway, Harare
Tel: + 263 4 724078 / + 263 4 793891-4
Cell: + 263 011867333
E-mail: igurira@information.gov.zw / gurira@mail.ru
Journalism Groups
Despite all the travel, health and visa concerns the SADC region is very accommodative to journalists wanting to cover stories in the region. Journalism networks such as Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), the Inter Press Service community of rural and development journalists all provide good resources for journalists wanting to report on the various issues in the region. These networks can give you leads or insight in terms of the situation on the ground relating to the various issues they cover.
For more information, contact the SADC Public Relations Unit.