SADC Summit Wrap: President Cyril Ramaphosa used South Africa’s incoming chair role to push deeper regional economic integration, arguing SADC must turn natural resources, infrastructure and a youthful workforce into jobs and a bigger common market as intra-bloc trade stays low and non-tariff barriers persist. Critical Minerals & Industry: SADC Executive Secretary Elias Magosi and Ramaphosa renewed calls to stop exporting raw minerals and instead drive beneficiation and manufacturing inside the region, linking the agenda to industrialisation and energy needs. Mozambique LNG & Logistics Angle: A fresh look at Mozambique says the Rovuma LNG story is “recovering,” but investors are increasingly focused on ports and transport corridors that could make Mozambique a Southern Africa manufacturing and logistics platform. Mozambique Border Trade: Mozambique’s Machipanda border modernization (One-Stop Border Post) is budgeted at $37.2m, aiming to cut freight delays on the Beira Corridor with works starting next October and completion targeted for 2029. Health Regulation: Mozambique’s ANARME seized unlabeled medicines from a Maputo clinic, with lab tests underway amid wider concern over suspicious and unregulated drugs. Energy Grid Reality: A regional energy take argues Southern Africa’s issue is less generation and more transmission, urging faster use of cross-border power trading to unlock mining, agro-processing and industrial growth. Human Rights Counter-Terror: A UN expert urged Mozambique to strengthen human-rights protections while countering terrorism, citing poverty, weak services and governance gaps as drivers.