Latest Opinions
DRC’s shady political alliance unravels
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 1st December 2020 On 26 November President Félix Tshisekedi concluded a three-week presidential consultation with political, economic, trade union, corporate and... →
Conflict between Tigray and Eritrea -- the long standing faultline in Ethiopian politics
1st December 2020 The missile attack by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front on Eritrea in mid-November transformed an internal Ethiopian crisis into a transnational... →
Grants and family support programmes can change lives. A South African case study
1st December 2020 Every day there is disheartening negative news about the plight of children around the world. Stories about child labour, violence against children... →
Battles won – and lost – against AIDS hold valuable lessons for managing COVID-19
30th November 2020 World AIDS Day this year finds us still deep amid another pandemic – COVID-19. The highly infectious novel coronavirus has swept across the world,... →
Nigeria’s super camps leave civilians exposed to terrorists
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 30th November 2020 Last year, the Nigerian military started pulling soldiers out of villages, small unit formations and bases into bigger, stronger and better... →
Can smart ports curb drug trafficking?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 30th November 2020 Seizures of large quantities of drugs such as cocaine, heroin and others at seaports have risen worldwide. The increase in shipping operations... →
Leadership in Question part 3: Has Cyril Ramaphosa taken control of the ANC and the state?
By: Raymond Suttner 30th November 2020 It was never going to be easy to steer the South African ship of state after the Jacob Zuma years, even though Cyril Ramaphosa’s rise to the... →
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: how global and local experience would play out in WTO top job
By: Creamer Media Reporter 27th November 2020 The global economy faces profound uncertainties, particularly in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, faith in the efficacy of... →
Framework urgently needed
By: Terence Creamer 27th November 2020 For years, South Africans have had a vague awareness that some of Eskom’s coal stations are approaching the end of their useful lives and that... →
Trump's legacy in Africa and what to expect from Biden
26th November 2020 Donald Trump was propelled to the US presidency by promising to rewrite globalisation rules. This included restricting trade when it directly hurt... →
