Southern African power pools

The Southern Africa power pool (SAPP) was formed in late 1995 and its operations have been guided by a memorandum of understanding, which was signed in December 1996. SAPP includes twelve southern African power utilities, namely: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Zaire (now DRC). The main objectives of setting up the power pool are to ensure that all member utilities: co-operate and co-ordinate in the operation of their systems to minimize costs while maintaining reliability; fully recover costs; and share equitably in the resulting benefits. The Southern African Development Community (SADC). SADC member-states are Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi. Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. This paper presents an overview of SAPP and SADC including status, plans of action, further development and recommendations.