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Ramaphosa to attend SACU Summit in Botswana

SA President Cyril Ramaphosa
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President Cyril Ramaphosa will travel to Botswana on June 29 to attend the 6th Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Summit, the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation has said.

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

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

According to the Ministry of International relations this year’s summit will also consider the progress made thus far by the Two Ministerial Task Teams on Trade and Industry and Finance, which were established in 2017 to facilitate the review of the 2002 SACU Agreement.

The discussions held at the summit will be important for providing 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.

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