While the oldest functioning customs union in the world can boast impressive longevity, the relationship between its member states - South Africa and Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland (BLNS) - is characterised by greater animosity than harmony.
Much has been written about the need to transform the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) from a troublesome revenue-sharing arrangement to a meaningful development organisation. Divergent national interests result in a lack of political will to implement SACU's development agenda.
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