SADC’s Financing Gap Threatens Integration Agenda
At the 46th SADC Summit in Durban, leaders endorsed industrialisation goals, but key integration instruments remain stalled. The 2005 Protocol on the Facilitation of Movement of Persons has been signed by only 10 member states, and the Regional Development Fund has been ratified by just four. The communiqué only urges ratification, leaving the financing gap unresolved.
Why it matters: This highlights the financing gap that threatens SADC's integration agenda, as the Regional Development Fund remains undercapitalised and unratified.