Southern African News Features
From Solidarity to Strategy – Why India-Zimbabwe economic ties need a structural reset
SANF 26 no 02 by Munetsi Madakufamba, Policy Analyst
For more than four decades, relations between India and Zimbabwe have been marked by a quiet...
Southern Africa Today
SADC Summit
45th SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government
This book for the 45th Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government held in Antananarivo, Madagascar on 17 August 2025,
44th SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government
This book for the 44th Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government held in Harare, Zimbabwe on 17 August 2024,
43rd SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government
This book for the 43rd Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government held in Luanda, Angola on 17 August 2023,
42nd SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government
This book, prepared by SARDC for the 42nd SADC Summit in the Democratic Republic of Congo on 17-18 August 2022
41st SADC SUMMIT
This book, prepared by SARDC for the 41th SADC Summit in Malawi on 17 August 2021
40 Years of SADC: Enhancing Regional Cooperation and Integration
40 Years of SADC was produced by SARDC for SADC and launched on 23 June 2021 at a SADC Summit in Maputo
Economic Development
The Role of Regional Economic Communities as building blocks for the sustainable implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area
By Munetsi Madakufamba, Executive Director, Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC), presented at the Beijing Forum: Africa Development and China-Africa Cooperation, 2-4 December 2023, Peking University, Beijing, China DOWNLOAD PDF
SADC Energy Investment Yearbook 2019
This is the fourth in the series of publications produced by the Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC) in consultation with the Energy Division at the SADC Secretariat profiling the major investments in the energy sector in SADC.
SADC Regional Infrastructure Development - Short Term Action Plan Assessment 2019
“At the close of the first phase of the Regional Infrastructure Development Master Plan (RIDMP)
SADC Energy Monitor 2018 - Enabling Industrialization and Regional Integration in SADC
The second edition of the SADC Energy Monitor, produced by the Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC) in consultation with the Energy Division at the SADC Secretariat
SADC Energy Investment Yearbook 2018
This is the third in the series of publications produced by the Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC)
SADC Energy Investment Yearbook 2017
This is the second in the series of publications produced by the Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC)
Gender
Matters of Regional Interest and Concern to Parliamentarians in SADC - Policy Brief 2
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has established a strong framework to guide the process toward equal representation
Gender Impact of Electoral Systems in SADC Member States - Policy Brief 1
The SADC Gender and Development Monitor 2022 unpacks the diversity of provisions to support gender balance in electoral processes including constitutional
SADC Gender and Development Monitor 2022
Almost 30 years after the end of the apartheid administration in South Africa (1994) and the beginning of the Fourth World Women Conference in Beijing (1995)
Renewable Energy Innovations - Factsheet 4
It is imperative that the SADC region addresses the need for renewable energy to enable socio-economic growth and sustainable development.
Effective Strategies on Mainstreaming Gender in the SADC Renewable Energy Sector - Policy Brief
Mainstreaming gender in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Renewable Energy sector
SADC Parliamentarians Virtual Workshop on Mainstreaming Gender in the SADC Renewable Energy Sector
This report summarises the discussions and recommendations of the Regional Workshop for Parliamentarians on Mainstreaming Gender in the SADC Renewable Energy Sector which was held on 15 September 2020.
Environment, Water Resources and Climate Change
Limpopo River Basin: Changes, challenges and opportunites
The Limpopo River Basin: changes, challenges and opportunities provides evidence-based analyses on changes in the Limpopo River
Mainstreaming Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Integrated Catchment Management in the Kingdom of Lesotho
Catchments in Lesotho are degrading at an alarming rate.
Mainstreaming Gender in Transboundary Water Management in SADC
This publication marks the first step towards documenting the evidence of Mainstreaming Gender in Transboundary Water Management in SADC.
Zambezi Environment Outlook 2015
The Zambezi Environment Outlook provides an integrated analysis of the shared
Zambezi River Basin - Status Report on Integrated Flood and Drought Mapping
THE STATUS REPORT seeks to enhance efforts in coping with climate change
Zambezi River Basin - Atlas of the Changing Environment
THE ATLAS uses satellite images, high resolution photographs, illustrative text and graphics
History Today
Teaching on Site - Kilwa World Heritage Site
Teaching on Site is an innovative concept for a series of regional workshops in Southern Africa intended to share ideas from precolonial African urban settlements to contribute to policy and planning for sustainable cities today, and to involve students
Teaching on Site – Great Zimbabwe
This is in an innovative South-South collaboration of Midlands State University in Zimbabwe, University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, University of Pretoria Department of Historical and Heritage Studies in South Africa, and the SARDC History Institute in
Preserving Memory of African Liberation through access to Heritage Archives
An introduction to national sources and regional dimensions of the recent process of decolonization, for a better understanding of the existence and significance of the related documentary heritage
Youth in the Liberation Struggle and Beyond
This publication on Youth in the Liberation Struggle and Beyond, together with a short video and a widely accessed social media campaign, form the pilot Module 1 of a series titled Respecting the Past, Building the Future, under the National Liberation Movements Heritage Programme.