Statement From The Twenty First Annual Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF-21) Mid-Season Review And Update, SADC Headquarters, Gaborone, Botswana, 5 – 8 December 2017

The bulk of Southern African Development Community (SADC) is likely to receive normal to above-normal rainfall for most of the period January to May 2018. However, the extreme western part of Angola, Namibia, south-western part of South Africa, extreme northwest of DRC and eastern Madagascar are more likely to receive normal to below-normal rainfall for some of the seasons.