{"id":377283,"date":"2025-06-23T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=377283"},"modified":"2025-06-23T15:24:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T13:24:27","slug":"ninth-sacu-summit-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=377283","title":{"rendered":"Ninth SACU Summit postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE Southern African Customs Union (SACU) has announced that the Ninth SACU Summit of Heads of State or Government, originally scheduled for this week, has been postponed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe regret to inform you that the 9th SACU Summit of Heads of State or Government, which was scheduled to take place on 27 June 2025 in Windhoek, Namibia, has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. The new date for the Summit will be communicated in due course,\u201d revealed Rauna Mumbuu, Acting Communications Manager at the SACU Secretariat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Summit was expected to address key governance matters, receive updates from the Council of Ministers on the implementation of the SACU Strategic Plan, and provide a platform for Heads of State or Government to deliberate on geopolitical developments impacting the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this postponement may have caused and appreciate your understanding and continued support. We remain committed to keeping you informed and will share updated details as soon as they become available,\u201d Mumbuu added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo: Contributed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter THE Southern African Customs Union (SACU) has announced that the Ninth SACU Summit of Heads of State or Government, originally scheduled for this week, has been postponed. \u201cWe regret to inform you that the 9th SACU Summit of Heads of State or Government, which was scheduled to take place on 27 June 2025 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":377284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-377283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ninth SACU Summit postponed - 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