Can Sadc survive without Zimbabwe?
http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 22 August 2010 18:43 We have always known, haven’t we, that Zimbabwe is the big brother in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc)? Coincidentally Zimbabwe and the regional body are both 30 years old. People might want to be reminded that Sadc was born out of an organisation which used to be called the Frontline States. At its inception Sadc was called the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC). The Frontline States had come together to help liberate the whole region from colonialism. When Zimbabwe gained independence in 1980, only South Africa and Namibia remained under the yoke of minority settler rule. It is important to mention that the man mandated to lead SADCC in its formative stage was Zimbabwean. Simba Makoni who had been a central figure in Zanu PF until he broke away in 2008 to contest the presidency against his erstwhile leader Robert Mugabe was entrusted by the region to babysit the organisation until it
