Some SADC secretariat employees have taken a step to blow the whistle on the maladministration they allege is grappling the regional body headquarters and the subsequent misconduct happening as a result of bad decisions, nepotism and favouritism done by members of the secretariat. Among those fingered in this alleged wrong doing is the SADC Executive Secretary Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax. In a statement penned by the concerned SADC employees, who simply call themselves “group of concerned staff” and passed to this publication, they accuse Dr Tax of first employing divide and rule tactics on staff based on their nationalities, which they say was followed by fake transformation process aimed at removing certain individuals from their posts. Now, they claim the situation is getting even worse. “Most of the times we resorted to remain silent but some of the things are so appalling, shocking and shameful that they should not be done by someone of higher profile as the executive secretary but here in SADC it is sadly happening. Nothing is so rotten and appalling than seeing the most senior administrator at the secretariat interfering with the recruitment process in order to favour some candidates into being recruited at the expense…