Unities (yes, Unities) in Southern African Development Community (SADC)

 I just watched (on TV) an operation by South African Police Service (SAPS) to arrest illegal miners in Gauteng Province. According to General Fred Kekana of the SAPS, one hundred and seven (107) of the captured illegal miners are Lesotho nationals, while a lesser number are from other SADC countries. Presumably, all the foreigners will be deported back to their countries, once the legal processes have been finalised.

In the case of Lesotho nationals what this suggests is that they will no longer be welcome in South Africa. But their country is TOTALLY surrounded by South Africa, meaning that it is practically impossible for the latter to make her borders impenetrable to the soon to be deported illegal miners!

So my question to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is: Why has no SADC meeting resolved to conduct referendums in ALL SADC countries to determine what percentage of their nationals WANT their countries to UNITE, and with which, if any, of their neighbours? 

It would be very interesting to see how the results pan out in both Lesotho and South Africa, viz a viz each other! 


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