{"id":11149,"date":"2021-12-11T15:58:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T15:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-going-to-botswana-on-sunday-to-visit-sadc-headquarters"},"modified":"2021-12-11T16:20:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T16:20:15","slug":"chakwera-going-to-botswana-on-sunday-to-visit-sadc-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-going-to-botswana-on-sunday-to-visit-sadc-headquarters","title":{"rendered":"Chakwera going to Botswana on Sunday to visit SADC headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>President Lazarus Chakwera will travel to Botswana on Sunday to visit Southern African Development Community (SADC) headquarters in Gaborone. The Malawi leader, who is also SADC chairperson, will undertake the visit from 12 to 15 December.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed the foreign trip in a statement today. \u201cThe visit is a tradition for sitting SADC chairperson to appreciate and understand the organisation in order to effectively lead the regional bloc,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>Chakwera became SADC chairperson in August this year when he took over from Mozambique leader Filipe Nyusi. According to a SADC statement, Chakwera during the visit will interact with SADC staff, provide guidance and sign SADC legal instruments.<\/p>\n<p>The Malawi leader is usually criticised for his love of foreign trips which critics say are a waste of resources. The President undertook a 19-day trip between October 19 and November 6 during which he visited three countries in three continents. He also went to South Africa last month for an Intra-Africa Trade Fair.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. President Lazarus Chakwera will travel to Botswana on Sunday to visit Southern African Development Community (SADC) headquarters in Gaborone. The Malawi leader, who is also SADC chairperson, will undertake the visit from 12 to 15 December. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed the foreign trip in a statement today. \u201cThe visit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":11148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[233,371,3546,306,234,530,310],"class_list":["post-11149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-botswana","tag-lazarus-chakwera","tag-malawi","tag-sadc","tag-travel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chakwera going to Botswana on Sunday to visit SADC headquarters - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Lazarus Chakwera will travel to Botswana on Sunday to visit Southern African Development Community (SADC) head ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-going-to-botswana-on-sunday-to-visit-sadc-headquarters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chakwera going to Botswana on Sunday to visit SADC headquarters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Lazarus Chakwera will travel to Botswana on Sunday to visit Southern African Development Community (SADC) head ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-going-to-botswana-on-sunday-to-visit-sadc-headquarters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-11T15:58:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-12-11T16:20:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2021\/12\/img-61b4cf94dbd2b.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-going-to-botswana-on-sunday-to-visit-sadc-headquarters#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-going-to-botswana-on-sunday-to-visit-sadc-headquarters\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Chakwera going to Botswana on Sunday to visit SADC headquarters\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-11T15:58:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-11T16:20:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-going-to-botswana-on-sunday-to-visit-sadc-headquarters\"},\"wordCount\":186,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-going-to-botswana-on-sunday-to-visit-sadc-headquarters#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2021\/12\/img-61b4cf94dbd2b.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Botswana\",\"Lazarus Chakwera\",\"Malawi\",\"sadc\",\"Travel\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-going-to-botswana-on-sunday-to-visit-sadc-headquarters#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-going-to-botswana-on-sunday-to-visit-sadc-headquarters\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-going-to-botswana-on-sunday-to-visit-sadc-headquarters\",\"name\":\"Chakwera going to Botswana on Sunday to visit SADC headquarters - 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