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The Durban summit identified the right economic priorities, but a geopolitical strategy and credible regional security approach are lacking, writes Priyal Singh in ISS Today. This week’s Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders’ summit in Durban struck several high notes. These included President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to focus South Africa’s SADC chairship on infrastructure development, and the summit’s emphasis on using critical minerals to accelerate industrialisation and regional integration. But have the region’s leaders fully grasped why these priorities matter so much now? The Durban communiqué acknowledged an “evolving global geopolitical and economic landscape” and urged member states to leverage…
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