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Is South Africa the World's Most Generous Donor?

By a quirk of apartheid history, the Southern African Currency Union transfers the lion's share of customs revenue to Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland, writes Alexander O'Riordan for SACSIS.

  • Southern Africa:   Is South Africa the World's Most Generous Donor?

    SACSIS, 18 March 2015

    The Southern African Currency Union (SACU) is most easily identifiable in Botswana's, Lesotho's, Namibia's and Swaziland's (BLNS) use of the South African Rand as the basis for… Read more »

  • Southern Africa:   Low Trade Hampers SADC Integration

    Zimbabwe Independent, 29 August 2014

    SOUTH Africa and Namibia's refusal to sign a trade protocol last week during the Sadc summit in Victoria Falls clearly underlined the regional grouping is still far from achieving… Read more »

  • Southern Africa:   Namibia Gets SACU Windfall

    Namibia Economist, 23 August 2013

    Namibia has received more than N$7.1 billion from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Common Revenue Pool since January, the Bank of Namibia has said. Read more »

  • Southern Africa:  The Oldest Customs Union in the World Hails From Africa

    African Development Bank (AfDB), 7 November 2013

    The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is 103 years old. Established on June 29, 1910 in Southern Africa the Customs Union Agreement (CUA) brought together the South African… Read more »

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