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FUL May Newsletter – Major events relating to the Judiciary and the Rule of Law
12th June 2024 This briefing note seeks to provide a short overview of significant events in the preceding month, relating to Freedom Under Law’s work on the... →
South Africa’s unity government: 5 parties that need to find common ground
11th June 2024 Following South Africa’s historic 2024 general election, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) has started a process to establish a government... →
EU migration policy is getting tougher: the 3 new tactics used to keep African migrants out
11th June 2024 Nearly a decade has passed since migration to Europe from Africa and the Middle East reached a peak in 2015, referred to as the year of the... →
Can presidentialism save Tshisekedi from the ‘lame duck’ syndrome?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 10th June 2024 By giving loyalists and technocrats ministerial posts, Tshisekedi hopes to insulate them from politics and ensure a fluid government. Five months... →
Samia Suluhu Hassan’s hesitant reforms
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 10th June 2024 Having initiated democratic change, Tanzania’s president appears to be fighting a rearguard action by Magufulist hardliners. After she succeeded... →
ANC in minority: trying to understand the path(s) ahead
By: Raymond Suttner 10th June 2024 The South African public may be somewhat bewildered by the results of the general election. This despite many having wanted, and polls predicting,... →
The new government must fix itself before it can fix the country
10th June 2024 What can a new government do to get the country back on track after 15 years of stagnation and decline? Over the past six months, the Centre for... →
What does Saudi Arabian membership of BRICS mean for South African agricultural exports?
By: Econ3x3 7th June 2024 The inclusion of Saudi Arabia in the BRICS alliance presents a significant opportunity for South Africa to expand its livestock exports,... →
Death of a liberation movement: how South Africa’s ANC became just a regular political party – with some help from Jacob Zuma
7th June 2024 The African National Congress (ANC), the party that’s led South Africa since the first democratic elections in 1994, has long considered itself a... →
Better policing in South Africa is well within reach
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 7th June 2024 SA has the necessary skills and resources – we need the president and police minister to make reform their mission. Imagine a South Africa where... →
