Southern African Customs Union

Southern African Customs Union
Southern African Customs Union
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	Members of the SACU
Headquarters	Windhoek
Largest city	Johannesburg
Official language	English (de facto)a
Demonym	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
• 2026 estimate	74.44 million
GDP (PPP)	2026 estimate
• Total	$1.179 trillion
• Per capita	$15,833
GDP (nominal)	2026 estimate
• Total	$488.42 billion
• Per capita	$6,559
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)
	Website; sacu.int
	a The union has no official languages. However, English is the de facto working language of the SACU and 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.