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The 40th SADC Summit held in Maputo, Mozambique on 17 August 2020 adopted the
SADC Vision 2050 which envisions a peaceful, middle- to high-income industrialised region, where
all citizens enjoy sustainable economic wellbeing, justice and freedom.
The SADC Vision 2050 is based on a firm foundation of Peace, Security and Democratic
Governance, and premised on three interrelated Pillars for Industrial Development and Market
Integration; Infrastructure Development in support of Regional Integration; and Social and
Human Capital Development. The three pillars also recognise Gender, Youth, Environment and
Climate Change, and Disaster Risk Management as important crosscutting components. The
Summit approved the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan 2020-2030 to
operationalise the Vision 2050.
This book on the Southern African Development Community 1980-2020 clearly shows the
trajectory from the vision of political independence, ending apartheid and destabilisation, from war
to peace, from SADCC to SADC, and the growth from political solidarity to economic integration,
to generate the first achievements of the aspirations presented in the statement of the Founders, Southern
Africa: Toward Economic Liberation.
The trajectory is symbolised most clearly in the aspirations of the Vision 2050 and the
structuring of the Secretariat to fully incorporate the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security
Cooperation into a unified structure, with one strategic planning mechanism, the Regional
Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) 2020-2030.

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SADC Member States

MemberState Capital City Independence Day Joined SADC

Angola Luanda 11 November April 1980
Botswana Gaborone 30 September April 1980
Union of Comoros Moroni 6 July August 2018
Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa 30 June September 1998
Kingdom of Eswatini Mbabane 6 September April 1980
Kingdom of Lesotho Maseru 4 October April 1980
Madagascar Antananarivo 26 June August 2005
Malawi Lilongwe 6 July April 1980
Mauritius Port Louis 12 March August 1995
Mozambique Maputo 25 June April 1980
Namibia Windhoek 21 March August 1990
Seychelles Victoria 29 June September 1998
South Africa Pretoria 27 April August 1994
United Republic of Tanzania Dodoma 9 December April 1980
Zambia Lusaka 24 October April 1980
Zimbabwe Harare 18 April April 1980