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The SADC Free Trade Area was established in August 2008, after the implementation of the SADC Protocol on Trade in 2000 laid the foundation for its formation. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Its original members were Botswana , Lesotho , Madagascar , Mauritius , Mozambique , Namibia , South Africa , Eswatini , Tanzania , Zambia and Zimbabwe , [ 25 ] with Malawi ...
Botswana boasts a GDP (purchasing power parity) per capita of about $18,825 per year as of 2015, which is one of the highest in Africa. [1] Its high gross national income (by some estimates the fourth-largest in Africa) gives the country a modest standard of living and the highest Human Development Index of continental Sub-Saharan Africa .
SARUA aims to assist in the general revitalization of higher education in Southern Africa and specifically to enhance and build the senior leadership capacity of SADC Higher Education institutions, thus enabling the sector to effectively respond to regional development challenges.
The economy of Botswana is currently one of the world's fastest growing economies, [19] averaging about 5% per annum over the past decade. [19] Growth in private sector employment averaged about 10% per annum during the first 30 years of the country's independence.
By Innocent Tshukudu for The Voice Botswana. Covid-19 has brought death and misery to the world, claiming over 6.5 million lives around the globe and 2,790 souls in Botswana; now CoP 19 appears to ...
The headquarters of the SADCC were located in Gaborone, Botswana, since 1982. [1] The Declaration and Treaty establishing the SADC, which replaced the Coordination Conference, was signed at the Summit of Heads of State or Government on 17 August 1992, in Windhoek, Namibia. [1]
Botswana has put a premium on economic and political integration in southern Africa.It has sought to make the Southern African Development Community (SADC) a working vehicle for economic development, and it has promoted efforts to make the region self-policing in terms of preventive diplomacy, conflict resolution, and good governance.
In December 2023, Congo said SADC troops were mandated "to support the Congolese army in fighting and eradicating the M23 and other armed groups that continue to disrupt peace and security." [ 9 ] Troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi started deploying in Sake and surrounding areas near Goma in December 2023.