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The Reserve Bank is not a plaything for political expediency
15th March 2022 We’re about to see how destructive inflation can be, particularly in this environment, where it is being accelerated largely by external factors... →
Tanzania is getting a political remake as President Hassan eyes the 2025 polls
15th March 2022 The sudden death of Tanzania’s populist president John Pombe Magufuli on 17 March 2021 catapulted his then little-known vice-president, Samia... →
Whistleblowers and tax evasion: what South Africa needs to add to its toolbox
15th March 2022 The importance of whistleblowers was highlighted again recently in South Africa. In one of the reports released by Judge Raymond Zondo, who has... →
Anti-foreigner sentiment won’t solve South Africa’s labour woes
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 15th March 2022 South Africa’s government is determined to use new policies and legislation to curb the number of foreigners working in the formal and informal... →
South Africa’s Corruption Nemesis
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 15th March 2022 A recent report highlights the urgent need for South Africa to implement reforms to combat state capture, reverse institutional decay, and restore... →
Lack of credibility a major obstacle to Ramaphosa’s proposed reforms
14th March 2022 There is a sense the country is in terminal decline and has lost the fight against an increasingly criminal elite. During his state of the nation... →
How drug companies are sidestepping the WHO’s technology transfer hub in Africa
14th March 2022 Pharmaceutical company Moderna announced on 7 March 2022 that it would develop a site in Kenya to manufacture Covid-19 vaccines. The company holds... →
History may explain South Africa’s refusal to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
14th March 2022 South Africa abstained in a vote in the United Nations General Assembly on the resolution condemning the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, and... →
Chad’s long road to reconciliation
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 14th March 2022 Since former president Idriss Déby Itno’s death on the battlefield in April 2021, Chad has been governed by a Transitional Military Council. Led by... →
No celebration – corruption has eroded human rights in SA
14th March 2022 Human Rights Day in South Africa not only commemorates the massacre of peaceful protesters against pass laws in Sharpeville in 1960, but also... →
