Contextualization of Botswana and Namibia as Member States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)

2018 ◽  
pp. 89-140
Author(s):  
Miriam Preckler Galguera
Keyword(s):  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
Member States ◽  
African Development

scholarly journals Perceived Adverse Effects of Separating Government Institutions for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Within the Southern African Development Community Member States

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Livhuwani D. Nemakonde ◽  
Dewald Van Niekerk ◽  
Per Becker ◽  
Sizwile Khoza
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
Community Member ◽  
Member States ◽  
African Development ◽  
Government Institutions

Abstract Integration of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) is widely recognized as a solution for reducing the risk and impacts of disasters. However, successful integration seems elusive, and the two goals continue to function in isolation and in parallel. This article provides empirical insights into the perceived effects of separating government institutions for DRR and CCA within the Southern African Development Community member states. A mixed method research design was applied to the study. A total of 40 respondents from Botswana, Eswatini (until April 2018 Swaziland), Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe participated in face-to-face interviews or an online survey. Five major effects of separating the organizations for DRR and CCA that impede efforts to reduce disaster risk coherently were identified: duplication of services, polarization of interventions, incoherent policies, competition for the same resources, and territorial contests. Given the continued fragmentation of institutions for DRR and CCA, highlighting these effects is important to emphasize the need for integrated approaches towards the reduction of disaster risk.

scholarly journals COVID-19 AND REGIONALISM IN AFRICA: THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) RESPONSE

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-130
Author(s):  
Chilaka Chigozie ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Deleterious Effect ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Member States ◽  
African Development ◽  
Tourism Education ◽  
The Impact

This paper x-rayed COVID-19 and regionalism in Africa focusing on the response of the Sothern African Development Community (SADC). It tried to examine the trend of COVID-19 on the SADC sub-region; the impact of COVID-19 on the sub-region and responses by SADC member states. The paper notes that COVID-19 pandemic has had a deleterious effect on SADC member states with many lives lost and more still recovering from the virus. The pandemic no doubt has impacted considerably on economic activities such as tourism, education, aviation, and other major sectors of the region’s economy. It may be too early to know the full impact of COVID-19 on the SADC sub-region. To date the experience of member states are varied. While the SADC member states have responded well to the pandemic, member states should among others prioritize testing for persons exhibiting symptoms, including health workers and others who are in the line of the fight against COVID-19 and monitor ongoing services rendered by health workers in other to identify gaps to be filled.

The Controversial Role of Litigation in the Struggle to Revive Individual Access to the Tribunal of the Southern African Development Community

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-33
Author(s):  
Erika de Wet
Keyword(s):  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
Advisory Opinion ◽  
Member States ◽  
High Court ◽  
African Development ◽  
The Third ◽  
First Category ◽  
African Charter

The article examines four categories of litigation that were undertaken in the wake of the suspension of the SADC Tribunal. The first category of proceedings concerned a claim and request for an advisory opinion under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Charter); the second related to arbitration proceedings based on the SADC Protocol on Finance and Investment (FIP); the third focussed on proceedings regarding the potential unconstitutionality of a government’s participation in the suspension of the SADC Tribunal; while the fourth concerned conflicts between the SADC and employees before the Botswana High Court. In analysing these proceedings, the article assesses whether litigation thus far undertaken is likely to increase pressure on SADC member states to reinstate some form of individual complaints procedure before the SADC Tribunal.

The Short Happy Life of the SADC Tribunal: the Perils of Regional Integration in Southern Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Mwiza Jo Nkhata
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
Member States ◽  
African Development ◽  
Happy Life

AbstractUnder the Treaty Establishing the Southern African Development Community (the Treaty) one of the institutions of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was the Southern African Development Community Tribunal (the Tribunal). The Tribunal was established as the sole judicial organ of SADC. The Tribunal was established as part of the reorganisation of regional integration efforts within Southern Africa. The global atmosphere prevailing at the time the Tribunal was established, together with the lofty statements in the SADC’s founding instruments, suggest that there was a regional commitment to the ideals of human rights, rule of law and democracy among SADC member States. The Tribunal’s life, however, was short-lived. This paper analyses the prospects and lessons for regional integration within the SADC region from the perspective of the disbanding of the Tribunal and attempts to decipher the implications of the disbanding for regional integration in Southern Africa.

scholarly journals Combating Human Trafficking in the Southern African Development Community: Strategies, Challenges, and Opportunities

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
Trafficking In Persons ◽  
Member States ◽  
Global Networks ◽  
African Development ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
The United Nations

As is the case the world over, human trafficking remains a serious issue of concern amongst the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states. At a time when most of the SADC states are confronted with slow economic growth, poverty and limited economic opportunities, several people continue to be forcibly or deceptively recruited and transported across borders for various purposes that include sexual exploitation, forced labour, slavery and/or removal of organs. This is despite the fact that most SADC countries are signatories to the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons of 2000, especially Women and Children (the Palermo Protocol) which supplement the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC). However, SADC member states have been implementing a sundry of strategies in the form of policies, legislations, regional interventions and plans of action such as the 10 Year SADC Strategic Plan of Action on Combating Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children (2009-2019), in order to combat human trafficking in the region. With the use of primary and secondary data sources, this paper sought to evaluate the anti-trafficking strategies that have been implemented so far by SADC member states at national and regional level. It further identifies the challenges being encountered, as well as opportunities presented within the regional and global networks for fighting human trafficking. On the strength of the research findings, appropriate suggestions are made to enhance the success of strategies being implemented in the SADC region in particular, and other parts of Africa in general.

scholarly journals A rapid assessment of the National Regulatory Systems for medical products in the Southern African Development Community

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Dube-Mwedzi ◽  
S. Kniazkov ◽  
J. B. Nikiema ◽  
O. M. J. Kasilo ◽  
A. Fortin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Universal Health Coverage ◽  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
Health Coverage ◽  
Member States ◽  
African Development ◽  
Medical Products ◽  
Regulatory Systems ◽  
Product Regulation ◽  
Universal Health

Abstract Background Access to quality-assured, safe and efficacious medical products is fundamental for Universal Health Coverage and attaining Sustainable Development Goal 3: Ensure Healthy Lives and Well-being for All. To guarantee this right, there is a need for robust and efficiently performing national regulatory systems for the regulation of medical products. Well-functioning regulatory systems apply globally accepted standards which ensure that the level of control is proportionate to the level of public health risk. Objective of the study The study aimed at analysing the regulatory systems for medical products in the 16 Member States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). It provides an overview of the national regulatory systems for medical products in the region in 2017 and outlines the institutional frameworks, which enable the implementation of regulatory functions. Methodology A survey was conducted in March-December 2017 in English, French and Portuguese. National Regulatory Authorities for medical products (NMRAs) of the 16 Member States within SADC responded to the questions asked and sent in their answers. The survey was constructed around five themes instrumental for implementation of the Universal Health Coverage actions framework. Three of the themes are discussed in this article. Results The outcome of the survey demonstrates that within SADC, NMRAs vary in terms of organisational set-up and modalities of medical product regulation. The majority are within the Ministries of Health, and a few are either semi-autonomous or autonomous. Legal frameworks for medical products are in place for some of the SADC NMRAs, although they vary in the scope of products subject to regulation. Traditional medicines, biologicals and medical devices are regulated, however not uniformly across the region. Conclusion Despite major progress over the years, the survey demonstrates variable levels of governance and regulatory framework among NMRAs in SADC. The survey supports the need for shifting from the broad strengthening of the regulatory systems which exist and are underpinned by the mandates, to more product-type focused approaches. This shift will ensure that medical products are quality-assured, safe and effective for a performant Health Systems attainment of the Universal Health Coverage and Sustainable Development Goals.

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