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Macron’s financing summit provides more momentum than money
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 10th July 2023 The New Global Financing Pact summit, which French President Emmanuel Macron convened in Paris last month, was certainly ambitious. ‘We are clear... →
Countries prosper when cities work – we must fix ours, especially the powerhouse, Joburg
10th July 2023 The most crucial step towards fixing our cities is better governance. The consequences of corrupt and dysfunctional government are evident... →
MINUSMA leaves Mali: will regional leaders step up on security?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 7th July 2023 On 30 June the United Nations (UN) Security Council voted unanimously to end the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali... →
Africa’s Ukraine-Russia mediation needed a clearer AU footprint
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 7th July 2023 Food, fertiliser and fuel are among the reasons Africa needs the Russia-Ukraine war to end quickly. With Africa becoming an arena for geopolitical... →
Help or hindrance? 
By: Terence Creamer 7th July 2023 It’s far from ideal that several of South Africa’s main micro-economic problems are being managed by crisis committees made up of government... →
Antidevelopment – the paradox of development
By: Saliem Fakir 7th July 2023 It has been said by some that those who desire to ensure we have a more sustainable planet and oppose fossil fuels are antidevelopment. Indeed, the... →
Mathematics the bane of Basic Education‘s existence
6th July 2023 With the National Senior Certificate (NSC) 2023 June examinations underway, there are high expectations for the Class of 2023. They’ll be expected... →
Comrade Essop Pahad (1939 - 2023)
6th July 2023 You may have left us on this sorrowful morn, yet your revolutionary spirit shall resound in every coming dawn. →
Cities are the future for SA, but bad governance takes them to the past
5th July 2023 Few people are close to realising the enormous promise arising from proximities in metropolitan areas. About one in every three people who live in... →
School terror attack highlights Uganda’s security gaps
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 4th July 2023 On 16 June, militants stormed Mpondwe Lhubiriha Secondary School in western Uganda, near the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) border, killing... →
