In the process, we shall provide a basis for gradual but effective cooperation and integration of the financial systems and markets of Southern Africa.
In the longer term, the vision should be: •  to make it possible for residents of the whole SADC region to move funds around within the region without formal exchange control restrictions or border controls;  •  to make it possible for residents of the region to invest in the shares of companies in every country of the region without restriction, to buy and sell on any one of a series of closely-linked stock exchanges, and to arrange for settlement anywhere in the region; and  •  to make it possible for business people to do their business, whatever kind of business it might be, anywhere in the region without any undue financial restriction.