What's the SADC?

The SADC (Southern African Development Community) is an international organism formed by Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbawe.

The main goal of the organization is the socio-economic, political and security cooperation between the countries and the integration of their population.

The SADC has eight principal organs which are:

• Summit of Heads of State or Government: its function is the policy-making.
• Summit Troika of the Organ: its function is promoting peace and security in the region.
• SADC Tribunal: its function is to ensure adherence to the SADC treaty and subsidiary instruements and to adjudicate upon disputes referred to it.
• SADC council of Ministers: its function is to oversee the function and development of the SADC.
• Sectoral and Cluster Ministerial Comittees: it consists of ministers from every member state and its function is to oversee the activities of the core areas of integration.
• Standing Comittee of Senior Officials: it consist of one Permanent/Principal Secretary from each member state who meet twice a year.
• SADC Secretariat: it is the principal executive institution whose principals functions are strategic-planning, co-ordination and management of SADC programmes.

SADC Parliamentary Forum: the aim of this forum is to provide a platform to support and improve regional integration through parliamentary involvement.