WEBVTT - 46th SADC summit 

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<v Speaker 1>The fourth and final day of the SATIC Summit in Durban,

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<v Speaker 1>the President cheering the fully sixth Ordinary Summit of the

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<v Speaker 1>South African Development Community Heads of State and Government. I

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<v Speaker 1>was encased in this weekend. Everywhere you looked, there was

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<v Speaker 1>a VP convoy and there was just cops every way.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course I was at a very fancy hotel, not

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<v Speaker 1>that I was staying there, but every king and every

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<v Speaker 1>president was staying there, which was very entertaining. Obviously they

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<v Speaker 1>were to be so gobaw and reporter is following that

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<v Speaker 1>for us to be so good afternoon to you and

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<v Speaker 1>tell us about the president's address there.

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<v Speaker 2>Good afternoon, Mandy. As you said, we're here at in Gotel,

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<v Speaker 2>but the truly convention center in Durban where there's about

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<v Speaker 2>nine heads of states from the SADC region. We know

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<v Speaker 2>it's a sixteen member states that other servant members are

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<v Speaker 2>being represented by very senior government officials. I do have

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<v Speaker 2>to say that Mandid, President Siramaposa and other people who've

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<v Speaker 2>spoken here today have maybe like a bit of a

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<v Speaker 2>tone that is contradictory or maybe opposite to the previous

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<v Speaker 2>Kola or who just sent in their voice notes and

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<v Speaker 2>what they've been talking about. It started off with the

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<v Speaker 2>Executive Secretary, mister alf Mafossi speaking around the intercnakedness of

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<v Speaker 2>sad dec We know that Sadek was established as a region.

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<v Speaker 2>Obviously there was looking during that post colonial time in

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<v Speaker 2>the Southern African development areas. But now Moos is saying

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<v Speaker 2>that you know, it seems that you know that Sadek

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<v Speaker 2>now needs to transition to a new phase where it

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<v Speaker 2>does establish itself as an economic powerhouse. But there's also

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<v Speaker 2>been these around disease control. We know that there's an

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<v Speaker 2>Abola outbreak in some parts of Africa, and one of

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<v Speaker 2>the talking points here has been that you know, if

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<v Speaker 2>not just with Ebola, but if these Sadek regions are

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<v Speaker 2>to deal with any disease outbreaks, there has to be

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<v Speaker 2>an interco connection in how they deal with it. They

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<v Speaker 2>cannot continue to operate in silos. But there was also

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<v Speaker 2>the case when it comes to trade. We know that

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<v Speaker 2>the intrasadic trade now stands about twenty percent. South Africa,

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<v Speaker 2>which is now taking over the chair ship of SADIAK,

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<v Speaker 2>has set itself a very ambitious target of increasing the

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<v Speaker 2>trade from twenty percent to about fifty percent between SADIK countries. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>this is something that Presidents Serum Opposa spoke about, saying

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<v Speaker 2>that until Sadak countries can increase those trade, open those corridors,

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<v Speaker 2>then they cannot reach their full potential. Let's just take

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<v Speaker 2>a listen to what the President has to say.

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<v Speaker 3>Sadak trade accounted for only around one fifth of the

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<v Speaker 3>region's total trade. After decades of integration, we have not

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<v Speaker 3>yet truly and fully unlocked the potential of our regional market.

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<v Speaker 3>We continue to import too many goods that we could

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<v Speaker 3>produce within our region. We continue to export, as we

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<v Speaker 3>heard from our Executive Secretary, raw materials that we could

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<v Speaker 3>process and beneficiate here ourselves. We continue to procure services

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<v Speaker 3>from elsewhere that our own people and businesses have their

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<v Speaker 3>skills and the capacity to provide. Every raw material exported

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<v Speaker 3>without beneficiation represents value that has left our shows. Every

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<v Speaker 3>product imported that could competitively be manufactured here represents jobs

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<v Speaker 3>that could have been created in our communities.

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<v Speaker 1>To be so, as you say, trade obviously top of

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<v Speaker 1>the agenda. They also industrialization, infrastructure, development, minerals, transformation. But

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<v Speaker 1>of course March and March also using the opportunity to protest,

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<v Speaker 1>also has this been an issue at all with the

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<v Speaker 1>seticads of states, This underlying simmaring of xenophobia in South Africa.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, this has been something that has been at risk

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<v Speaker 2>over the past couple of days by especially the foreign

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<v Speaker 2>leaders of the Sadic country saying that you know, there

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<v Speaker 2>are deeply heards by how they people have been treated

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<v Speaker 2>here in South Africa. It's something that obviously the President

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<v Speaker 2>ceram Opposa but also many heads many government officials from

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<v Speaker 2>South Africa have also communicated both in public and in

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<v Speaker 2>those private conversations saying that what has happened here represents

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<v Speaker 2>a very small minority of people within the country. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not a policy that has been adopted by government. So

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<v Speaker 2>you know, in public but also in those private bilateral meanings,

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<v Speaker 2>South Africa is still trying to strut a very diplomatic

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<v Speaker 2>term with those affected states. As I'm currently standing here,

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<v Speaker 2>I just stepped outside the ICC Mandy. We are currently

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<v Speaker 2>now in the streets. I'm near the Urban City Hall,

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<v Speaker 2>which is about one hundred two hundred two hundred meters

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<v Speaker 2>from where the Sadik Summit is taking place. We were

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<v Speaker 2>told that March and March will be having a demonstration.

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<v Speaker 2>We understand that the police, as you said, there's a

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<v Speaker 2>heavy police presence here. The police have pushed them back.

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<v Speaker 2>So they wanted to go near the ICC where the

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<v Speaker 2>Sadic summit is happening. However, the police have pushed them back,

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<v Speaker 2>and we understand that they are now going to from

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<v Speaker 2>the City Hall to the King Denizulu Park, which is

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<v Speaker 2>much further away from where the Sadic summit is going

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<v Speaker 2>to be happening, so they won't necessarily be disturbing the

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<v Speaker 2>Sadic summits. However, that protest, that protest is currently going

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<v Speaker 2>on by March and March, and one of the things

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<v Speaker 2>that I'm saying is that the Sadic leaders who are

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<v Speaker 2>here that when they do return back to their home

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<v Speaker 2>countries they must take some of their citizens who are

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<v Speaker 2>currently here in South Africa and are undocumented to.

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<v Speaker 1>Be so thank you very much to be so GOODBW.

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<v Speaker 1>And reporter in in for us