Thank you, hon House Chair. Thank you, Minister, for the comprehensive response, which underscores one of the key pillars of the African Agenda: the consolidation of regional economic blocs.
Competitive and diversified industrial development and increased investment are fundamental to poverty eradication and employment creation. We therefore can never overemphasise the need for fast-tracking the establishment of the SADC customs union, challenges of overlaps notwithstanding. All contending views considered, is the hon Minister convinced that member countries hold a shared vision in relation to the SADC customs union, and will they collectively expedite the process of its establishment?