SADCC
The Southern African Development Coordination Conference, commonly known as SADCC, was an intergovernmental organization established in 1980 in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe). Its primary objective was to promote economic development and cooperation among member states in Southern Africa. SADCC was founded by nine frontline states, including Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The organization aimed to reduce their dependence on apartheid South Africa and foster regional integration.
SADCC focused on coordinating national development plans in various sectors such as transport and communications, agriculture,
In 1992, SADCC transitioned into the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which aimed for deeper economic