Regionalism is Sothern Africa --- Within Southern Africa, there are a number of regional integration agreements taking place within the context of the worldwide multilateral trading system. these include:

1. Souther African Customs Union (SACU)
2. Southern African Development Community(SADC)
3. Common Market for Eastern and Southern African (COMESA)
4. East African Community (EAC)
5. Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)

while the existence of numerous agreements within the region in itself is not a problem, overlapping membership between the groupings has the potential to cause conflict and imposes greater transaction costs on the business communities and governments.

Source author: Simataa Matali simatamatali@icloud.com