Posted to the web 30 June 2008 Fraser Mpofu Harare Southern African Development Community (SADC) is on course to achieving a free trade area by August 1 this year, the regional bloc's trade adviser, Paul Kalenga has said. Botswana is one of the SADC member states that have ratified the treaty that is aimed at enhancing free movement of goods within the region. Under the Free Trade Area (FTA) arrangement more than 80 percent of goods manufactured in any of the 14 SADC countries will be traded within the region duty-free. Kalenga said this is consistent with the region's long drawn out strategy to achieve the Free Trade Area (FTA) status by the end of this year. Experts from the region last week held a Trade Law Centre of Southern Africa (Tralac) annual conference on regional trade in South Africa where the issue was discussed....
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