Southern African Customs Union

Southern African Customs Union
Southern African Customs Union
	Members of the SACU
Headquarters	Windhoek
Largest city	Johannesburg
Official language	English (de facto)a
Demonym(s)	Southern African
Type	Customs union
Membership	5 states Botswana ; Eswatini ; Lesotho ; Namibia ; South Africa ;
Leaders
• SACU Chair	Lesotho
• SACU Executive Secretary	T.D. Khasipe
Establishment	1910
Area
• Total	2,672,830 km2 (1,031,990 sq mi)
Population
• 2021 estimate	68,358,016
GDP (PPP)	2021 estimate
• Total	$950.7 billion
• Per capita	$13,907
GDP (nominal)	2021 estimate
• Total	$457.3 billion
• Per capita	$6,689
Gini (2015)	59.0; high inequality
HDI (2021)	0.696; medium
Currency	Pula (BWP; Botswana); Rand (ZAR; South Africa); Lilangeni (SZL; Eswatini) b; Loti (LSL; Lesotho) b; Namibian dollar (NAD; Namibia) b;
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Drives on	left
	Website; sacu.int
	a The union has no official languages. However, English is an official language in all member states.; b Currency pegged to the South African Rand (ZAR).;

The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is a customs union among five countries of Southern Africa: Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. Its headquarters are in the Namibian capital, Windhoek. It was established in 1910.

^ Shttps://www.sacu.int/docs/pr/2023/Press-Release-SACU-Chairmanship-Rotation-and-Handover-15-July-2023.pdf
^ "** Welcome to the SACU Website *".
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^ World Bank. 2022. GDP (current US$) - South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD?locations=ZA-BW-LS-NA-SZ Date of access: 19 July 2022
^ World Bank. 2022. In Southern Africa, Leveling the Playing Field at Birth Critical to Reducing Inequality, Intergenerational Poverty. https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afr/publication/in-southern-africa-leveling-the-playing-field-at-birth-critical-to-reducing-inequality-intergenerational-poverty Date of access: 13 April 2022