President Ramaphosa to attend the SACU Summit in Botswana

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday, 29 June 2018, undertake a Working Visit to the Republic of Botswana to attend the 6th Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Summit in Gaborone. 

SACU is the oldest Customs Union in the world, comprising of South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and the Kingdom of Swaziland. 

The SACU Summit of Heads of States and Government meets on an annual basis to discuss progress on the implementation of the agreed SACU Work Programme. 

This year’s Summit will also consider the progress made thus far by the Two Ministerial Task Teams on Trade and Industry as well as Finance, which were established in 2017 to facilitate the review of the 2002 SACU Agreement. 

The Summit is also anticipated to provide a strategic direction on the region’s development integration agenda which aims to promote regional economic integration, industrialization and economic diversification of SACU economies. 

President Ramaphosa will be accompanied by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, and the Minister of Finance, Mr Nhlanhla Nene.
 

Media enquiries: Khusela Diko, Spokesperson to the President, on 072 854 5707 

Issued by: The Presidency
Pretoria