Task on Tank model for funding peace operation in Africa – A Southern African perspective

Abstract

The operations of the Southern African Development Community Standby Force (SADCSF) have been hindered as a result of the agency’s inability to fund peace operation (PO) in the region. Premised on this backdrop, this study proposes a funding model through which the SADCSF can generate funds for quick response in crisis areas in the region. In so doing, the study uses thematic reviews, analytical framework and secondary data in proposing the model for PO in the region. It contends that a functional and effective peace in the Southern African region could assist in reducing adverse cases of human right abuse as seen in Zimbabwe, transnational criminality (throughout the region) and maritime piracy among others in the region. That with a functional SADCSF in place issues of Xenophobia can be averted in South Africa as well as the political tension in Lesotho, the war in DR Congo among others. The study proposes both the “way” and “how” through which the SADCSF can generate funds through the Task on Tank model

Keywords

• africa
• apsa
• asf
• au
• economic landscape
• finance
• financial viability
• fiscal sustainability
• fiscal responsibility
• peace operation
• rec
• regional integration
• sadc
• sadcsf
• scale of assessment task on tank