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The need to host a Southern African Social Forum (SASF) arose from the second African Social Forum held in Addis Ababa, 5-9 January. Participants resolved to establish sub-regional forums as a way of getting diverse views on Africa's socio-economic and political issues from a wider constituency prior to Africa Social Forum (ASF) and World Social Forum (WSF). Each sub region was designated to form its own Steering Committee of at least five persons. Six persons that represented mass movements in their constituencies were selected as members of the Southern Africa Regional Steering Committee (SARSC). The Southern African Social Forum (SASF) is intended to be an annual platform aimed t providing space for consolidating civil society perspectives on the sub-region's burning socio-economic, political and cultural issues prior to the African Social Forum (ASF). The Southern African Social Forum (SASF) will stake stock of various political, economic, legal and social developments of the sub-region and devise means by which governments and civil societies tackle these issues for a better Africa. |
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