Southern Africa Development Community
SADC, established in April 1980 (as the Southern Africa Development
Coordination Conference), is a regional economic pact comprising Angola,
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania,
Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Since a change in name and focus in mid-1992, the
Community focuses solely on development, leaving trade matters to the
Preferential Trade Agreement for Eastern and Southren Africa (PTA).
Community headquarters are in Gaborone, Botswana.