Background: The SADC Secretariat, through its Water Division (SADC-WD) is implementation the regional water sector programme, implemented in all the sixteen Member States of SADC (Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe). Implementation of the water sector programme seeks to deliver on the vision and