The Ministers and Senior Officials from the Southern African Customs Union Member States, Mozambique and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK), and the Executive Secretary of SACU, at the 1^st Joint Council Meeting of the SACU- Mozambique-UK Economic Partnership Agreement that was held on 28^th January 2025 in Gaborone, Botswana. The Ministers established the Institutional and Governance structures by adopting and signing decisions on the adopted Rules of procedure for the Joint Council, Trade and Development Committee as well as for Dispute Avoidance and Settlement and Code of Conducts.

The Meeting of the SACU Task Team on Trade Data Reconciliation that was held on 2 December 2024 and chaired by Mr. Javan Sanandwa of the Namibia Revenue Agency.

The 5^th Joint SACU Trade Policy Review was held on 25-27 October 2023, in Geneva, Switzerland. SACU is reviewed every seven years with the previous review having taken place in November 2015. Its primary aim is to foster enhanced compliance among all Members with the rules, disciplines, and commitments established within different WTO Agreements.

The Executive Secretary of SACU, Mr. Thabo David Khasipe, facilitated the official handover of the SACU Chairmanship from the Kingdom of Eswatini to the Kingdom of Lesotho on the 27^th July 2023 in Maseru. The event was graced by the presence of the Right Honourable, Mr. Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho and Chairperson of the SACU Summit. Honourable Mr. Neal Rijkenberg, Minister of Finance of Eswatini and Former Chairperson of the SACU Council of Ministers, presented the Handover Report and passed on the Chairmanship to Dr. Retselisitsoe Matlanyane, Minister of Finance of Lesotho.

The 8^th Summit of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Heads of State or Government took place on the 29^th June 2023, in Mandvulo, Kingdom of Eswatini.