{"id":35176,"date":"2026-05-22T19:19:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=35176"},"modified":"2026-05-22T19:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:19:50","slug":"security-tightened-at-kruger-ahead-of-sadc-ministers-meeting","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/security-tightened-at-kruger-ahead-of-sadc-ministers-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Security tightened at Kruger ahead of SADC Ministers\u2019 meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Security in and around the Kruger National Park, in Mpumalanga province, South Africa has been tightened ahead of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)\u2019s special meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>South African Police Service (SAPS) K9 Unit is currently sweeping the Nombolo Mdhluli Conference Centre where the delegates will discuss issues affecting the African continent.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mpumalanga province traffic officials are patrolling roads near the Kruger National Park.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Department of International Relations and Co-operation (DIRCO) Minister Ronald Lamola is expected to officially open the retreat in his capacity as Chairperson of the SADC Council of Ministers.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The SADC retreat was agreed upon at the SADC Council of Ministers Meeting held in Pretoria in March this year.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The retreat provides an opportunity for member states to strengthen policy coordination and reinforce regional unity on key international matters. The Ministers will use this gathering to reflect on the prevailing geopolitical environment and its impact on the region.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It will also give member states an opportunity to strengthen policy coordination and reinforce regional unity on key international matters.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The discussion will also include free movement of people, goods and services across the region. This comes amid illegal immigration protests in Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal province.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2014SABC\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22910,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[],"class_list":["post-35176","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Mpumalanga province traffic officials are patrolling roads near the Kruger National Park.","published_date":"","news_description":"Mpumalanga province traffic officials are patrolling roads near the Kruger National Park.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35176","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\/35176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35177,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35176\/revisions\/35177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=35176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}