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Africa’s Potential Role in Mediating the Ukraine Conflict
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 4th March 2024 The conflict in Ukraine, characterised by its complexity and seemingly intractable nature, underscores the importance of potential mediators in... →
2024 Elections - JP Landman
1st March 2024 The election date has been announced for 29 May and the Budget speech delivered. Now it is off to the races! The lie of the land →
DRC-Rwanda crisis: what’s needed to prevent a regional war
1st March 2024 In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), South African, Burundian and Tanzanian troops are fighting against the Rwandan army, which... →
South Africa’s business students want their own industry superheroes and success stories in the syllabus – study
1st March 2024 In the past few years there’s been much discussion globally about the need to decolonise education. Decolonisation is the process of undoing the... →
France plans to terminate Mayotte’s ‘droit du sol’
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 1st March 2024 Mayotte’s status as a French department – despite being located in the Comoros archipelago off Africa’s east coast – continues to produce unique... →
Full transparency
By: Terence Creamer 1st March 2024 The decision to drawdown R150-billion from the Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account (GFECRA) to reduce government borrowings and... →
Climate change: alarming Africa-wide report predicts 30% drop in crop revenue, 50 million without water
29th February 2024 African countries will suffer significant economic loss after 2050 if global warming is not limited to below 2°C, a new study by the Center for... →
Why developing countries must unite to protect the WTO’s dispute settlement system
29th February 2024 The World Trade Organisation’s dispute settlement mechanism has, for decades, provided stability and predictability to the resolution of disputes... →
Northern Cameroon is losing the battle against arms trafficking
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 29th February 2024 Northern Cameroon has for decades been a hub for ammunition, small arms and light weapons trafficking in the Sahel. The problem has fuelled... →
Johannesburg’s water crisis is getting worse – expert explains why the taps keep running dry in South Africa’s biggest city
28th February 2024 Since the latter part of 2023 hardly a week has gone by without some residents of Johannesburg, South Africa’s commercial capital, losing their... →
