Ministers from SADC countries met in Pretoria on Tuesday as lobbying for Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to lead the AU heated up.

Opening the event, International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was unanimous on the appointment of a woman to lead the continental league.

“In this decade of women, from 2010 to 2020, SADC and the southern region are presenting again a formidable candidate in respect to the heads of states’ resolution to dedicate this decade to women,” she said.

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