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).
SADC NATIONAL MEDIA COORDINATORS
ANGOLA
Dr. Rui Fernando Rodrigues Vasco
Information National Director
Ministry of Social Communication
Rua General Roçadas nº 46, Maianga - Luanda, Angola
Tel: + 244 222394193
Cell: + 244 923595580
Fax: + 244 222 430859
Email: rfrvasco@gmail.com; "rvasco v"@yahoo.com.br
BOTSWANA
Mr. Russ Molosiwa
SADC National Media Coordinator
Director – Communication Services (BGCIS)
Office of the President
Private Bag 001
Gaborone, Botswana
Tel: +267 3181196 / 3950987
Mobile: +267 71319760
Fax: +267 3904019
E-mail: rmolosiwa@gov.bw;
oslekgoko@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
Email: ramakhula.ramakhula@gov.ls
Tel/Fax: (+266) 22327026
Cell: (+266) 63022457
MADAGASCAR
Mr Edmond Marie RANAIVOSOLOARIMALALA
SADC National media Coordinators
Head of the Service in charge of Press Relations
within the Communication Directorate
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mobile: +261 34 06 312 67 / +261 33 11 770 16
Email: edranaivosoloarimalala@gmail.com;
MALAWI
Mr. Gedion Munthali
Director of Information,
Ministry of Information, Tourism and Culture,
Private Bag 310,
Lilongwe
Malawi
Mobile: +265 999 868 552
Email: gedionmunthali@gmail.com
CC : Chikondi Chimala
Ministry of Information and Civic Education
Private Bag 310,
Lilongwe, Malawi,
Telephone: + 265 1 773 233
Fax: + 265 1 774 568
Mobile: +265 999 551 000
Email: chimalacc@gmail.com
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
Dr. Teofilo Nhampossa
SADC National Media Coordinator
Director of Information and Communication
780, Avenida Francisco Magumbwe
Maputo, Mozambique
Tel: + 258 21 492614
Fax: + 258 21 490209
Cell: (+258) 823263110
Cell: (+258) 843263110
Email: teofilonhampossa@yahoo.com; tgeofilo.nhamposas@gabinfo.gov.mz
NAMIBIA
Mr. Reagan Malumo
SADC National Media Coordinator
Ministry of Communication & Information Technology
Private Bag
Namibia, Windhoek
Tel: + 264 61 283 2670
Cell: +264612832397
Email: reagan32002@yahoo.com /reagan.malumo@mitc.gov.na
SEYCHELLES
Mr. Andre Butler Payette
SADC National Media Coordinator
Press Attaché
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Republic of Seychelles
Tel.: + 248) 4243646
Email: apayette@mfa.gov.sc
CC: apayette@gov.sc
SOUTH AFRICA
Ms Mmemme Mogotsi
SADC National Media Coordinator
Deputy Director: International Media Engagement
Government Communication and Information System
Tshedimosetso House
1035 Frances Baard & Festival Street
Hatfield, Pretoria
Cell: + 27 72 856 4288
Tel: + 27 12 473 0355
Email: mmemme@gcis.gov.za
Website: www.gcis.gov.za
SWAZILAND
Mr. Phesheya D. Dube
SADC National Media Coordinator
Director, Information, Media Development
Ministry of Information, Communications & Technology
Inter-Ministerial Building #8
Level 3 Mhlambanyatsi Road
P O Box 642
Mbabane, Swaziland
Tel: + 268 2404-4022
Fax: + 268 2404 0651
Cell: + 268 7606 3761
Email: dubephe@gov.sz
TANZANIA
Ms. Zamaradi Rashidi Kawawa
SADC National Media Coordinator
Assistant Director – Department of Information Services
Ministry of Information, Youth, Culture and Sports
P O Box 25
LAPF Building,
40481 DODOMA
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel: + 255 22 2125180 / +255 22 2125181
Cell.: + 255 754 698 856
Fax: + 255 22 2126834
E-mail: zamaradi.kawawa@habari.go.tz
zamaradikawawa@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 764088 (dir) / +263 4 793891-4 (op)
Cell: +263 712867333
Email: commint09@gmail.com; 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.