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eventREF E-0013043Revised

17 August 1992

SADC treaty is signed in Namibia

Updated
30 Sep 2019
SADC treaty is signed in Namibia

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.

How we know this

  1. 01Burger, D. (ed)(2002). South Africa Yearbook 2001/02, Pretoria: GCIS, p. 278.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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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

South African History Online (2011) 'SADC treaty is signed in Namibia', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013043 (Accessed: 15 October 2026).

South African History Online, SADC treaty is signed in Namibia [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013043, (accessed 15 October 2026).

"SADC treaty is signed in Namibia." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013043. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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

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