{"id":13812,"date":"2025-10-26T14:22:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T12:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/sadc-commemorates-anti-sanctions-day-stands-with-zimbabwe\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:36","slug":"sadc-commemorates-anti-sanctions-day-stands-with-zimbabwe","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sadc-commemorates-anti-sanctions-day-stands-with-zimbabwe\/","title":{"rendered":"SADC commemorates Anti-Sanctions Day, stands with Zimbabwe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has joined Zimbabwe in observing Anti-Sanctions Day on October 25, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The day, first declared at the 39th SADC Summit in Dar es Salaam in 2019, calls for the unconditional removal of long-standing sanctions imposed on one of the region\u2019s founding members.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SADC notes that these sanctions have repeatedly disrupted Zimbabwe\u2019s economy and social systems, while also affecting trade and development across the wider region. The organisation stresses that no nation\u2019s growth should be constrained by external pressures.: \u201cInclusive Development through Heritage-based Innovation and Industrialisation in a Multilateral World,\u201d highlighting shared growth, resilience, and sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe reaffirm our solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe and continue to call for the immediate lifting of these sanctions,\u201d SADC said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The regional bloc is urging all 16 member states to stand with Zimbabwe, promoting a future of peace, stability and prosperity for the entire SADC region.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica\/SADC&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13813,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-13812","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has joined Zimbabwe in observing Anti-Sanctions Day","published_date":"2025-10-26 16:21:32","news_description":"The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has joined Zimbabwe in observing Anti-Sanctions Day","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18759,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13812\/revisions\/18759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=13812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}