It was an uneventful SADC summit hosted by new chairman Robert Mugabe, although he didn't fail to stamp his personality on proceedings. Good news for President Zuma, however - he's got a new phallic title to add to his Spear of the Nation appellation.
The 34th annual summit of the Southern African Development Community concluded in Victoria Falls on Monday, with the various assembled diplomats and dignitaries returning home having achieved... well, not so much. "There were no political fireworks at the summit and no major resolutions," observed commentator Ray Ndlovu, writing in Business Day, which just about sums up this year's uneventful and, frankly, rather uninspiring edition of the regional talk shop.
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