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Three priorities Africa’s newbie on the World Bank board should focus on
21st April 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa recently appointed a senior South African politician, Ayanda Dlodlo, to serve a two-year term as a member of the World... →
There’s a place for big and small farms in securing South Africa’s food supply
21st April 2022 The farming sector is arguably the most important economic sector for South Africa’s development as it is directly linked to food security and... →
KwaZulu-Natal floods sound the alarm on climate adaptation
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 21st April 2022 The devastating floods in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province have claimed over 400 lives so far. Many people are unaccounted for, and the damage... →
Africa’s relationship with India: a diplomat’s view
20th April 2022 Rajiv Bhatia, who represented India as the most senior diplomat to Kenya, South Africa and Lesotho for a combined seven years, has written an... →
South Africa’s constitutional democracy debate: echoes of an inglorious past
19th April 2022 Some prominent politicians from South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) recently questioned the role of the courts in the... →
Online publication ties itself in knots in report on Nigeria’s debt profile
By: Africa Check 19th April 2022 As Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari prepares to leave office in early 2023, the country’s debt remains one of the most debated topics of his... →
Corruption stunts our freedom in South Africa
19th April 2022 The liberation struggle in South Africa, in Africa and elsewhere in the world where people once lived in chains, was aimed at achieving freedom for... →
ANC crisis derives not purely from indifference to the poor but also an absence of debate
By: Raymond Suttner 19th April 2022 The ANC-led alliance’s indifference to the plight of the poor and those marginalised in a range of other ways has been repeatedly noted. Given this... →
Investment gap
By: Terence Creamer 15th April 2022 South Africans have rightfully paid detailed attention to the state of the country’s generation assets over the past decade and a bit as... →
Local knowledge adds value to mapping flood risk in South Africa’s informal settlements 
14th April 2022 The current flooding in South Africa’s coastal city of Durban is dire and reports indicate that hundreds of people have died and thousands directly... →
