{"id":34430,"date":"2026-05-13T18:22:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=34430"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:22:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:22:41","slug":"sadc-ministers-meet-in-zimbabwe-over-growing-climate-disaster-threats","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sadc-ministers-meet-in-zimbabwe-over-growing-climate-disaster-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"SADC Ministers meet in Zimbabwe over growing climate disaster threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ministers responsible for disaster risk management from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are meeting in Masvingo Zimbabwe today to strengthen regional co-operation in responding to climate-related disasters.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The high-level meeting comes as countries across Southern Africa face increasing threats from floods, droughts, food insecurity and extreme weather conditions linked to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Sixth Ordinary Meeting of SADC Ministers Responsible for Disaster Risk Management is focusing on improving disaster preparedness, emergency response and long-term resilience across the region.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Velenkosini Hlabisa is chairing the meeting under the theme: \u201cBuilding Back Better Together: Advancing Resilient Recovery and Sustainable Development in SADC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Regional leaders say climate disasters are becoming more frequent and increasingly interconnected, placing pressure on livelihoods, agriculture, infrastructure and economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The meeting is expected to adopt resolutions aimed at strengthening early warning systems, humanitarian coordination and proactive disaster management across Southern Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34432,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-34430","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Ministers responsible for disaster risk management from the SADC are meeting in Masvingo Zimbabwe","published_date":"2026-05-13 18:14:36","news_description":"Ministers responsible for disaster risk management from the SADC are meeting in Masvingo Zimbabwe","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34430","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34434,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34430\/revisions\/34434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=34430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}