The SADC Summit of heads of State and Government is responsible for the overall policy direction and control functions of SADC. It comprises the heads of State/Government of each Member State and is held annually on a rotational basis. The Communiques for Summit from the years 1980- 2006 are recorded in this document as follows:
1980: Lusaka, Zambia: 1st April
1981: Salisbury, Zimbabwe: 20th July
1982: Gaborone, Botswana 22nd July
1983: Maputo, Mozambique 11th July
1984: Gaborone, Botswana 6th July
1985: Arusha, Tanzania 9th August
1986: Luanda, Angola 22nd August
1987: Lusaka, Zambia 24th July
1988: Maputo, Mozambique 15th July
1989: Harare, Zimbabwe 25th August
1990: Gaborone, Botswana 26th August
1991: Arusha, Tanzania 26th August
1992: Windhoek, Namibia 17th August
1993: Mbabane, Swaziland 5th September
1994: Gaborone, Botswana 29th August
1995
Johannesburg, South Africa 28th August
Pretoria, South Africa 11th December (Special Summit on Nigeria)
1996
Gaborone, Botswana 28th June
Maseru, Lesotho 24th August
Luanda, Angola 2nd October (Summit of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security)
1997: Blantyre, Malawi 8th August
1998
Grand Baie, Mauritius 13th -14th September
Pretoria, South Africa 23rd August (Summit on DRC)
1999: Maputo, Mozambique 17th -18th August
2000:
Maputo, Mozambique 16th January (Extra-Ordinary Summit)
Windhoek, Namibia 6th -7th August
Lusaka, Zambia 14th -15th August (2nd Summit on DRC)
2001
Windhoek, Namibia 9th March (Extra- Ordinary Summit)
Blantyre, Malawi 12th-14th August
Harare, Zimbabwe 10th -11th September (Summit on Task Force on Developments in Zimbabwe)
2002
Blantyre, Malawi 14th January (Extra-Ordinary Summit)
Luanda, Angola 2nd -3rd October
2003
Maseru, Lesotho: 4th July (Summit on HIV/AIDS)
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania 25th -26th August
2004
Dar-es-Salaam: 15th May (Summit on Agriculture and Food Security)
Grand Baie, Mauritius 16th -17th August
2005: Gaborone, Botswana 17-18 August
2006
Maseru, Lesotho 17-18 August
Midrand, South Africa 23 October (Extra-Ordinary Summit)
