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26 May 2012
                       
 
 
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03 Feb 2012
 
 
Commodities as a blessing and a curse: The potential for a sub-Saharan Spring
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
As the Arab Spring awaits the outcomes of the elections in Egypt and the unrest in Syria, the world media has once again turned its attention toward Iran’s controversial nuclear ambitions. As the...
 
 
01 Feb 2012
 
 
 
Greater substantive democracy needed in wake of DRC elections
DEMOCRATISATION
Delegates attending an ambassadorial forum on Tuesday were told that merely holding elections was not enough to formalise and institutionalise democracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)....
 
 
08 Dec 2011
 
Tension Over DRC-Elections a Failure of Early Warning
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Following presidential and parliamentary elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on 28 November, tension is mounting as results trickle in against a backdrop of electoral violence,...
 
 
05 Dec 2011
 
SA: Statement by Mac Maharaj, Presidency spokesperson, on the DRC elections (05/12/2011)
Statements

His Excellency Jacob Zuma in his capacity as Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation (Troika) and President of the Republic of South Africa would like to...

 
 
02 Dec 2011
 
News this week
UPDATE
World economies are sliding as a result of eurozone debt problems and failure by European leaders to make the right decisions to resolve the crisis will have massive consequences for the global...
 
 
08 Nov 2011
 
 
 
Daily podcast – November 08, 2011
PODCAST
Sacked Ministers Sicelo Shiceka and Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde are still earning R840 000 a year salaries as ANC MPs, Beeld newspaper reports, Tension, a planned opposition boycott and fresh memories...
 
 
11 Aug 2011
 
DRC Elections 2011: Lessons Learned for a Faltering Democracy
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
The 2006 national elections in the DRC were among the most expensive held in Africa, and the involvement of the international community was extensive. There seemed to be high hopes for a new...
 
 
12 May 2011
 
A Changing Political Landscape in the DRC
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Since the 2006 elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) there have been several developments in opposition politics creating what appears to be a vastly changed political landscape,...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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