August 2021, Malawi hosted the 41st SADC Heads of State Summit which conferred upon the President of the Republic, Dr. Lazarus McCathy Chakwera, the Chairship of SADC for a conventional 1 term which comes to an end this coming August 2022. On behalf of other Heads of State, President Chakwera in that capacity as the incoming Chair of SADC received Petitions contained in a Communique from Southern Africa People’s solidarity Network –SAPSN Summit, which was hosted by Malawi Economic Justice Network – MEJN and a diverse Non-State Actors in Malawi. At the passage of nearly 12 months now and as preparations are at an advanced state towards instant years SAPSN Summit to be held in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo – DRC, the CSOs community in Malawi led by MEJN with technical support from IM Swedish Development Partners, in collaboration with Zambia Social Forum – ZSF, Zimbabwe Code on Corporate Governance – ZIMCOD and Foundation of Social Economic Justice – FSEJ, seek to conduct audit of progress that has been made in respect of the petitions, highlight challenges faced and carry forward critical outstanding petitions to inform the forthcoming outline of issues to be considered both by SADC Heads of State and SAPSN Summit. On Monday, July 25th 2022, a National Stakeholders Consultative Workshop was held for Malawi and the following are the high points of the meeting.
