Regional leaders participating in a SADC panel discussion on industrialisation held in Durban on July 27. SADC leaders will gather for their 46th Ordinary Summit to be held in Durban on August 17 at a time when the region is battling political conflict, security challenges, economic stagnation and rising anti-immigrant tension.
Kim Heller
Southern Africa faces a confluence of crises that place strain on economic development and regional cohesion.
Heads of State gather in Durban on 17 August for the 46th Ordinary Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) at a time when the region is battling political conflict, governance and security challenges, economic stagnation, catastrophic youth unemployment and rising anti-immigrant tension.
These are interconnected manifestations of a deeper structural failure: Southern Africa has yet to dismantle the colonial economic ecology and produce self-determined, prosperous economies.
