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Inclusionary housing: A novel approach to building integrated cities
By: Econ3x3 9th February 2024 Inclusionary housing policy offers a new way of addressing the urban housing crisis in South Africa. It involves private developers contributing to... →
Tanzania’s elections are vulnerable to state abuse – urgent law reforms are needed
9th February 2024 Tanzania’s electoral law reform is overdue for an overhaul. This was made most apparent by the 2019 local elections and the 2020 general elections.... →
Once more into the breach: SADC troops in DRC
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 9th February 2024 The long-simmering conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is starting to boil over again. On 2 February, a South African... →
‘Democracy’s child’: fact-checking South African president Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2024 state of the nation address
By: Africa Check 9th February 2024 In a marked departure from recent years, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's eighth state of the nation address started on time, helped in no... →
Worrying outlier
By: Terence Creamer 9th February 2024 The International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) most recent report on the electricity sector includes a troubling section on Africa’s recent... →
Macky Sall throws Senegal’s democratic credentials into doubt
8th February 2024 Senegal’s President Macky Sall announced in early February that presidential elections, originally scheduled for 25 February, would be postponed... →
Proposed ECOWAS exits leave West Africa at a crossroads
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 8th February 2024 On 8 February, the Mediation and Security Council of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold a special session in Abuja.... →
Bad maths, flawed sources and false claims: Kenya’s education minister, others get key education statistics wrong
By: Africa Check 8th February 2024 Kenya's education system has been under a relentless spotlight in recent months, with the government criticised for both underfunding and... →
Money and ageing: South African study shows cash grants help people live longer and have better memory function
7th February 2024 Nearly half of South Africa’s 60-million people receive social grants, ranging from child support to pensions. The grants are designed to provide... →
Promises, promises: Following up on Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2023 state of the nation pledges
By: Africa Check 7th February 2024 “We gather here at a time of crisis,” said president Cyril Ramaphosa during his 2023 state of the nation address. Highlighting loadshedding,... →
