The SADC was first established as the Southern African Development Coordination Conference in order to reduce independence on apartheid South Africa. It included the nine Southern African countries of Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swazila
The Southern African Development Coordination Conference was reincarnated as the Southern African Development Community
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa is established and replaces the Preferential Trade Area
SADC, COMESA, and EAC announced the Africa Free Trade Zone
