Since its establishment in 1980 the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has largely been a state driven organization, with the people of Southern Africa, though enshrined in the treaty, remaining observers in the SADC democratization and integration agenda. The Southern African Development Community Treaty-Nexus: National Constitutions, Citizen's Sovereignty, Communication, and Awareness, edited by Korwa Gombe Adar, Dorothy Mpabanga, Kebapetse Lotshwao, Thekiso Molokwane, and Norbert Musekiwa, brings in the people of Southern Africa, the key beneficiaries of the integration agenda, in the SADC democratization and integration epistemology. Using the new concepts of sadcness and sadcnization, this book operationalizes from legal, communication, and awareness perspectives, the nexus of the people of Southern Africa, democratization, and integration in the SADC region. From legal and communications lenses, the contributors argue that democratization and integration are about people (citizens), the sovereigns, and not merely the abstract actors called nation states. Using the case studies of Angola, Botswana, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, the contributors engage in this epistemology and assess, among other things, the peoples' of Southern Africa-the Southern Africa Development Community integration nexus.
Korwa Gombe Adar is professor of international studies at the University of Botswana. Dorothy Mpabanga is associate professor in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies at the University of Botswana. Kebapetse Lotshwao is senior lecturer in Politics at the University of Botswana. Thekiso Molokwane is senior lecturer of public administration at the University of Botswana. Norbert Musekiwa is senior lecturer of public administration at the University of Botswana.
List of Tables and Figures Foreword Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Introductory Context: Citizens' Sovereignty, Popular Participation, National Constitutions-SADC Treaty Nexus: Analytical, Conceptual, and Theoretical Frameworks Korwa Gombe Adar Part One: Sovereignty of the People of Southern Africa, National Constitutions and the SADC Treaty-Nexus: Legal Dimensions The Right to Demonstrate in Angola and the Need for Legal Harmonization in Southern African Development Community Nelson D. Antonio Locating Sadacness in the Southern African Development Community ACQUIS: A Legal Assessment Gosego Rockfall Lekgowe and Keaoleboga Dipogiso The Legal for the Participation of the Malagashi Population in the Integration Process Within the Southern African Development Community Steve Tametong and Idah Razafindrakoto The Legal Framework for Free Movement and the Need for Harmonization of Law in SADC with a View to Greater Involvement of People in the Decision-Making Process Madalena da Piedade Chiconela Santana Peoples' Agency and Participation in the Democratization and Integration Agenda of the Southern African Development Community: The Case of South Africa Rita Ozoemena and Marlon Zakeyo Zimbabwe Citizens' Sovereignty, the Constitution and Southern African Development Community Treaty Nexus Ashton Murwira Part Two: SADC Citizens' Sovereignty-SADC Nexus: Communication and Awareness Dimensions Angola Press and Southern African Development Community: Between Consolidation of Democracy and Peoples' Agency Luca Bussotti and Jose Katito Communicating the Role of SADC in Botswana: Examining people's role in SADC's agenda Letshwiti Batlhalefi Tutwane Can the Communication Sector Solve the Malagasy 'Double Paradox' Related to Democratization and Sadcness? Andrianirina Rabemananoro Peoples' Agency and the Image of Southern African Development Community Integration and Democratization: Analytical Assessment of the Mozambican Press Laura Antonio Nhaueleque Communication and Publicity Imperatives in Promoting Southern African Development Community's Mandate in South Africa: Prospects for Effective Democracy and Regional Integration Thabiso Muswede The Proliferation of Digital Mass Communication in Southern African Development Community and Revitalization of Human Agency in Southern Africa's Democratization: The Case of Zimbabwe Alexander M. Rusero Part Three: Conclusion and Recommendations Conclusion and Recommendations Kebapetse Lotshwao Index About the Editors and the Contributors
"This book The Southern African Development Community Treaty-Nexus: National Constitutions, Citizens' Sovereignty, Communication, and Awareness is a clear-eyed chronicle of development in diverse aspects. It presents vivid testimony of regionalism and its essentials. A masterly piece, deep in coverage, detailed in presentation, and packaged with comprehensive illustrations." -- Fred Jonyo, University of Nairobi
