Sadc Federation: An idea whose time has come

A FEW gallant sons of Africa from the elite South African 1st Parachute Regiment and a sizable number of desperate so-called Seleka rebels perished in a needless fire fight in the Central Africa Republic’s (CAR) capital Bangui recently.

Painona with Tapiwa Nyandoro

With no “traditional political or cultural links, nor meaningful trade with the Francophone CAR”, as the South African weekly Financial Mail put it, questions were asked as to “which interests of South Africa are being furthered beyond a token degree of military diplomacy and, even then, at what cost?”

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