SADC treaty is signed in Namibia

Date: 17 Aug 1992
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

A treaty, which effected the establishment of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), was signed in the Namibian capital, Windhoek, to replace its forerunner, the South African Development Co-ordination Community (SADCC), of which South Africa was not a member until the new treaty was signed in 1992. The structure has now grown from nine to fourteen member states.

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01Burger, D. (ed)(2002). South Africa Yearbook 2001/02, Pretoria: GCIS, p. 278.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). SADC treaty is signed in Namibia. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013043

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