SADC

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SADC diary

1999

Event

Venue

November

8 - 10

Commonwealth Press Union (CPU) Editors Forum              

South Africa

 

8 - 12

Mining Sector/Sub-Committee Meetings

Lesotho

 

10 - 11

Commomwealth Business Forum under the theme;

"Making globalisation work: economic advance with

social development"

South Africa

 

12 - 15

Commonwealth NGO Forum      

South Africa

 

12 - 15

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

South Africa

 

14 - 18

Geology/Sub-Committee Meetings

Zimbabwe

 

16 - 18

Human Resource Development/ Sub-Committee Meetings

Swaziland

 

17 - 18

Mineral Processing/Sub-Committee Meetings

Swaziland

 

22 - 27

Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) preparatory meeting

for Beijing +5

Ethopia

 

24

Meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the International Criminal

Court at the UN

USA

 

25

16 Days of Activism on Violence Against Women

All SADC

 

30

Southern Africa Trade and Investment Summit

Mozambique

 

30

Presidential and Legislative Elections

Namibia

December

03 - 04

Presidential and Legislative Elections

Mozambique

 

03 - 11

Annual World Conference and Expo, film and Video festival           

Ghana

 

08 - 11

World Civil Society Conference 1999

Canada

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Public Holidays in SADC for the period November to December 1999

Date

Holiday

Country

2 November

All Saints Day

Angola

11 November

Independence Day

Angola

9 December

Independence Day

Tanzania

10 December

International Human Rights Day

Lesotho

16 December

Day of Reconciliation

South Africa

22 December

Unity Day

Zimbabwe

25 December

Christmas Day

SADC

26 December

Public Holiday

Zimbabwe

26 December

Day of Goodwill

South Africa

26 December

Family Day

Namibia

26 December

Boxing Day

Zambia, Tanzania, Swaziland, Malawi, Lesotho and Botswana

 

Currency Check List

 

Country

Currency

(US$1)

Angola

Kwanza (100 lewi)

-----

Botswana

Pula (100 thebe)

8.3

D.R.C.

Congo Franc

-----

Lesotho

Maloti (100 lisente)

6.3

Malawi

Kwacha (100 tambala)

45.70

Mauritius

Rupee (100 cents)

23.90

Mozambique

Meticas (100 centavos)

11,933

Namibia

Dollar (100 cents)

6.1

Seychelles

Rupee (100 cents)

12.54

South Africa

Rand (100 cents)

6.3

Swaziland

Lilangeni (100 cents)

6.3

Tanzania

Shilling (100 cents)

676

Zambia

Kwacha (100 ngwee)

2,245

Zimbabwe

Dollar (100 cents)

37.65

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Source: Standard Chartered Bank Zimbabwe Ltd,
15 October 1999.

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