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SADC appoints new secretary

    JOHANNESBURG

    The 14-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) has appointed Preg Ramsamy of Mauritius as its interim executive secretary following a rift between member ministers and outgoing secretary Kaire Mbuende of Namibia.

    Ramsamy, an economist, was appointed interim executive secretary of the regional bloc on Monday, the Gaborone-based organisation said. The organisation added that it would appoint a permanent executive secretary at its next summit, scheduled for September in Windhoek, Namibia.

    Ramsamy was appointed Mbuende’s deputy at the SADC summit held in Mauritius in September 1998. He joined SADC in 1997 as chief economist after working for 14 years for the 22-member Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).

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