scholarly journals On Decolonising Borders and Regional Integration in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Inocent Moyo
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
African Development ◽  
Freedom Of Movement ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Management Regimes ◽  
Free Movement Of Persons ◽  
Integration Project

This paper uses insights gained from a qualitative study of informal cross border actors on selected Southern African Development Community (SADC) borders to argue for the decolonisation of these borders. It is asserted that, although SADC citizens enjoy a 90-day free visa in member states, this should not be simplistically taken to mean that there are “open borders” and free movement of persons in region. The recognition that a border “open” to formal actors may be closed to informal cross border actors based on issues of power and class is the foundation for the decolonisation of these borders, a process which should articulate to the regional integration project in the region. Such a decolonisation of borders should recognise in policy and/or border management regimes all cross-border actors, especially non-state actors, who are criminalized and rendered invisible through cross border discourses and policies. This point is worth emphasizing, because most people who cross African borders may not be the formal actors such as multinational corporations (MNCs) and/or their proxies who are favoured by cross border policies, but ordinary people such as informal cross border traders and border citizens, who need decolonised borders for them to enjoy freedom of movement, rather than being depoliticized and relegated to the subaltern who cannot speak, let alone move.

Border Practices at Beitbridge Border and Johannesburg Inner City: Implications for the SADC Regional Integration Project

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inocent Moyo ◽  
Christopher Changwe Nshimbi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Inner City ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
Nation State ◽  
African Countries ◽  
African Development ◽  
Integration Project

Regarded not only as a line that separates South Africa and Zimbabwe to underline the interiority and exteriority of the two countries, as well as to control and manage migration and immigration, Beitbridge border effectively plays out the immigration debates and dynamics at the heart of the nation-state of South Africa. Based on a qualitative study of how migrants from other African countries are treated at this border and in Johannesburg inner city, we suggest that the harassment suffered by the migrants at the hands of border officials, including immigration officials, the police and army, is indicative of a larger dynamic that exists in the centre, which is represented by Johannesburg inner city. Such bordering and rebordering practices at the border and at the centre reflect negatively on the spirit and letter of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional integration project.

Local Government Law, Development and Cross-border Trade in the Global Cities of SADC

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-157
Author(s):  
Marius Pieterse
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
Global Cities ◽  
City Governments ◽  
African Development ◽  
Economic Competitiveness ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Border Trade

AbstractThe ways in which cities function and are governed matter economically. While the growing literature on ‘global cities’ shows that city governments often pursue economic competitiveness, not much work has been done on whether the formal powers and competencies of cities and towns, as well as the ways in which these are wielded, are conducive to the achievement of developmental and socio-economic objectives. This article considers the interactions and interdependencies between local government law, urban governance, developmental objectives and formal as well as informal cross-border trade between cities in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. While supporting increased devolution of local government powers, it cautions that cities of SADC must take care to wield their powers in ways that ensure the economic flourishing of the majority of their inhabitants. In particular, this requires a change of mindset in relation to the municipal regulation of informal economic activity.

scholarly journals Livestock policy and trade issues in SADC : policy and trade issues

2009 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Hulman
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
African Development ◽  
Development Unit ◽  
Livestock Policy ◽  
Livestock Development

As from 2001, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has embarked on a course to deepen regional integration through restructuring. Under the new structure SADC has centralised the coordination of its activities to the Secretariat in Gaborone. The former Sector Coordinating Units have been merged into four directorates, one of which is the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR) Directorate, which comprises, amongst others, the Livestock Development Unit (LDU).

Bringing social cohesion into the equation of regional integration: The case of Southern Africa

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ndangwa Noyoo
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
The Political ◽  
African Development ◽  
Political Landscape

Social cohesion is a powerful force that has helped to change and reshape the political landscape of southern Africa in the last four decades. However, social cohesion is rarely factored into regional integration endeavors in this part of Africa, which are in the main, geared towards economic imperatives. With economic development as the primary objective of nations in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the assumption here seems to centre on the notion that once the region has been economically integrated, then human development would follow. This thinking is in line with the neo-liberal paradigm of “trickle down” economics which has not been very helpful to states of this region. Nonetheless, this lop-sided view of regional integration has a history.

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