President of the SADC Parliamentary Forum and Speaker of the National Assembly of Angola Hon. Fernando Da Piedade Dias Dos Santos has led a Lobby Mission that held consultations with the President of the Republic of South Africa, His Excellency Mr Cyril Ramaphosa on the transformation agenda of the Forum into a SADC Regional Parliament.
The high powered delegation which included the Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia Rt. Hon Justice Dr Patrick Matibini, SC, FCIArb, MP and other Speakers from the SADC region held consultations with the President at the Presidential Official Residence, Mahlamba Ndlopfu in Pretoria, South Africa on Tuesday, 14th August, 2018.
The SADC Parliamentary Forum has been on a mission of canvassing and persuading SADC Heads of State on the Forum’s transformation agenda, ahead of the SADC Summit of Heads of States and Government to be held on the 17th August, 2018 in Windhoek, Namibia.  A similar Mission held consultations with the President of the Republic of Zambia, His Excellency Mr Edgar Chagwa Lungu at State House in Lusaka on Friday, 6th July, 2018.