This initiative is indeed a success that is worth celebrating. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) was established as a development coordinating conference (SADCC) in 1980 and transformed into a development community in 1992.
It is an inter-governmental organisation whose goal is to promote sustainable and equitable economic growth and socio-economic development through efficient productive systems, deeper co-operation and integration, good governance and durable peace and security among fifteen Southern African member-states. In the process of driving its development objectives, the region adopted a Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan.