Tag: SADC
Legal and institutional aspects of the SADC Economic Partnership Agreement
27 Aug 14 PublicationsIt has taken ten years to negotiate the SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (SADC EPA). Negotiators of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) parties initialled the text...
34th SADC Summit Communiqué
19 Aug 14 NewsCommuniqué of the 34th Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government
The 34th Ordinary meeting of the Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Devel...
SADC pins growth on South Africa
19 Aug 14 NewsSouth Africa should take advantage of its comparative industrial advantage to lead other regional countries in building their manufacturing base to ensure collective socio-economic...
SADC signs Protocol on Trade and Services
19 Aug 14 NewsSADC Heads of State and Government attending the regional summit in Victoria Falls have signed the Protocol on Trade and Services.
SADC Chairperson, President ...
Shaping a 21st Century Trade Integration Agenda for Africa
11 Aug 14 PublicationsThe SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government takes place this week (17-18 August 2014). This occasion presents an important opportunity for decisive deliberations on an integra...
Packed agenda for 34th SADC Summit
11 Aug 14 NewsThe 34th SADC Heads of State and Government Summit to be held in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe on 17-18 August will deliberate on a wide range of issues including the political and soci...
The Conclusion of the SADC EPA
23 Jul 14 Discussionby Gerhard Erasmus, tralac Associate
The initialling of the text of the SADC Economic Partnership Agreement last week is a major event. It means there is a final text, which will ...
The SADC Protocol on Trade in Services: What is necessary to support the establishment of an integrated market?
02 Jul 14 PublicationsIn August 2012, the Members States (MS) of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) adopted the Protocol on Trade in Services. The preamble to the Protocol provides for th...
2014 SADC Summit – tralac submissions
17 Jun 14 PublicationsAs the region prepares for the 2014 SADC Summit to be held in August, tralac takes note of two articles from the SADC Treaty:
Article 23 of the Treaty states that SADC “shall ...
The possible effects on the Namibian economy of the signing or non-signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Commission as on 1 October 2014
12 Jun 14 PublicationsThe relationship between the European Commission (EC) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries is governed by the Agreement that was signed in Cotonou in June 20...
Reflections on the recent World Bank ‘Doing Business 2014: Southern African Development Community (SADC)’ report
11 Jun 14 DiscussionGavin van der Nest, tralac Researcher, discusses the key findings of the World Bank’s Doing Business 2014 regional report on SADC
The World Bank ‘Doing Business 2014: Sou...
tralac Annual Conference 2014
21 Apr 14 Eventtralac hosted its 2014 Annual Conference, a multi-stakeholder forum for trade-related developments for eastern and southern Africa, at The Table Bay Hotel in Cape Town, South ...