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| Title: | Southern African regional relations and development policies |
| Authors: | Adam, Heribert Moodley, Kogila |
| Year: | 1992 |
| Periodical: | Genève-Afrique: acta africana |
| Volume: | 30 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 165-176 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic terms: | Southern Africa South Africa |
| Subject: | international economic relations |
| Abstract: | This article reflects on Southern African regional relations in the postapartheid period and on the policy donor agencies, specifically Canada, should adopt. It assesses the future role of the SADCC which, in terms of its goal of delinking the region from the apartheid economy and achieving a greater degree of self-reliance, has been a dismal failure up to now. South Africa dominates the region militarily and economically. The relationship of SADCC States with South Africa varies only in the degree of captivity. It is reasonable to ask whether a relationship that is so asymmetrical can also be mutually beneficial. Moreover, the reconstruction of its economy will preoccupy South Africa and overshadow development assistance to neighbours. An alternative could be the Common Market option. Under this scenario, the new South Africa would join the SADCC and is seen as the crucial platform for the rescue and development of the Southern African region as a whole. Economic concessions to South Africa by the international community, amongst others by the Commonwealth, are essential in order to make a settlement work through the benefits of economic growth. The article concludes with an overview of the progress made by the SADCC countries towards democratization and a discussion of the unresolved war in Mozambique. Bibliogr. |