Ultimately, only when the government of Zimbabwe transfers power from the ruling elite to the people, and effects democratic reforms in a true multi-party state, will Zimbabwe be accepted back into the international community and reap the economic benefits of integration. The [Southern Africa Development Community] must fully assume its role as a forum for regional stability and economic reform and abandon its deference to the old leaders of the liberation struggles of the 1970’s, especially an autocratic kleptocrat like Robert Mugabe. The SADC must apply the necessary pressure to force Mugabe to abandon his position in the Zimbabwe government. Only with each member country improving its economy and pushing for the end of rule by the old revolutionary leaders, will the SADC become a viable organization capable of promoting regional development and become capable of reversing the disastrous situation facing Zimbabwe.