South Africa's International Economic Relations in the Context of the Southern African Development Community

Abstract

Regional integration amongst the SADC member states is experiencing a fundamental realignment in the post-apartheid era. This dissertation explores the causes of economic inequalities in the SADC sub-region and the subsequent challenges that South Africa is facing as a new democracy. The causes of the inequalities identified are explored in relation to the SADC's most important trading arrangement; the Southern African Development Community ,Free Trade Agreement (SADC FTA).