TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS SADC regional transport corridors have adequate infrastructural and operational capacity to handle the anticipated surge in imports estimated at 9.3 million tonnes. Port, road and railway operations will be SADC Transport Corridors (Roads, Ports and Border Posts) coordinated in order to expedite deliveries and to minimize transport and logistics costs. Coordination between national drought relief coordinators, port /corridor-based logistics cells and the Logistics Cell imbedded in the SADC El Niño Logistics and Coordination Team will be enhanced. Three country clusters are proposed based on the following factors: number of countries that have declared emergencies; the spatial pattern of affected countries and populations; the configuration of regional transport networks and systems; and the lessons learnt from past drought events: I). Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, South Africa and Mozambique Cluster Supply to this cluster is mainly via South Africa suppliers, incorporating the needs of the smaller adjacent markets into their plans, supplemented by direct government imports and humanitarian assistance. The demand is imported mostly through the port of Durban with delivery via multi-modal transport networks to logistics hubs in target destinations, i.e. Maseru, Gaborone, Manzini, affected provinces in South Africa and southern Mozambique. corridor/port preference. The options include the North-South, Maputo, Limpopo, Beira and Nacala corridors, which can be used to deliver to logistics hubs in Zimbabwe and Malawi. Apart from South Africa itself, this group includes Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland. Southern Mozambique is also covered in large part through the South African commercial market. South African imports will be covered through increased commercial purchases from international markets. Malawi may use multiple corridors for imports, Dar es Salaam/Tanzania – road; or rail to Mbeya then road; Nacala/Mozambique – road and rail, Beira/ Mozambique – road and rail, Maputo/Mozambique – road and rail, Durban/RSA – road and rail and Lusaka/Zambia – road II). Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe Cluster: Malawi and Zimbabwe Zimbabwe may use multiple corridors for imports - Beira/Mozambique - road and rail, Maputo/ Mozambique – road and rail, Durban - East London/ RSA – road and rail, Lusaka/Zambia – road. The deficits in Malawi and Zimbabwe will likely be satisfied through a combination of commercial imports, direct government purchases and perhaps humanitarian assistance, also mainly from abroad and possibly Zambia.. Imports will come through the ports of Durban, Maputo, Beira and Nacala ports depending on end destination and country Source: SADC, Member States III). Angola, Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa and Tanzania Cluster Each coastal country can handle its own imports if this is required; providing alternative and or 25