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Africa-US trade: Agoa deal expires in 2025 - an expert unpacks what it’s achieved in 23 years
13th November 2023 African governments are seeking an extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) beyond 2025. The law was enacted in 2000 to... →
Cricket World Cup 2023: what it’ll take for South Africa to win
13th November 2023 Second-ranked South Africa is the only African team to make it to the semi-finals at the 2023 Cricket World Cup. After being banished from the... →
Climate risk in a world at war
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 13th November 2023 Since the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October, the world has seen the unfolding of possibly the worst humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. This... →
Tourists are returning to South Africa – but the sector will need to go green to deal with the country’s electricity crisis
10th November 2023 For the past 16 years South Africans have dreaded rolling power cuts euphemistically dubbed “loadshedding”. These are caused by the ailing state... →
Visa-free travel for Africans: why Kenya and Rwanda have taken a step in the right direction
10th November 2023 President William Ruto of Kenya recently announced that Kenya’s borders would be open to visitors from the entirety of Africa, with no visas... →
All agree Agoa should be renewed – but how?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 10th November 2023 At the 20th African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) annual forum in Johannesburg last week, the United States (US) government and Congress,... →
A year after the Pretoria agreement, hard work remains for Ethiopia
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 10th November 2023 On 2 November 2022 in Pretoria, Ethiopia’s federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) signed the Cessation of Hostilities... →
End of the beginning
By: Terence Creamer 10th November 2023 News that 67 municipalities that collectively owe Eskom R56.8-billion, or 97% of the municipal arrear debt of R58.5-billion owed to the utility at... →
Multimedia is key to distance education: I built a model South African universities can use
9th November 2023 Distance education first appeared in the United States in the 1800s. At the time, students received the relevant material through the post and then... →
South Africa’s universities aren’t training future civil servants for what the country needs
8th November 2023 Many analysts blame state capture – the corruption of the management of public affairs – for the weakening of state capacity in South Africa. A... →
