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Why some won't be celebrating Namibia's independence 29 years on
19th March 2019 Namibia’s South West African People’s Organisation (Swapo) is an exception among the liberation movements that became governments in Africa. As... →
No proof for ‘12-million jobs’ in Nigeria’s rice industry, as presidential aide claimed
By: Africa Check 19th March 2019 Rice has become a staple food in Nigeria, Africa’s most populated country, making the industry a priority for governments wanting to improve their... →
25 years of democracy (Part 5): xenophobia repudiates foundational values of democratic South Africa
By: Raymond Suttner 19th March 2019 Why is xenophobia so important? Some readers may believe that the title of this article places too much weight on xenophobia. It comprises a set... →
ANC in KZN has unveiled a countdown clock
19th March 2019 Today, the African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal unveiled a countdown clock at its headquarters in Durban as ANC volunteers across all... →
The Great Lakes can’t afford more instability
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 18th March 2019 Regional tensions in the Great Lakes are reaching an alarming level, with neighbours Rwanda and Uganda publicly raising the tone over the past few... →
African peer review: progress is being made, but there are problems
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 18th March 2019 There was great excitement and hype when the African Peer Review Mechanism was launched 16 years ago. This was because it presented an innovative... →
Masisi and Khama’s spat rocks the steady Botswana boat
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 15th March 2019 Will the increasingly ugly and public spat between Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi and his predecessor Ian Khama remain just a shoving... →
Premature Deindustrialisation?
By: Terence Creamer 15th March 2019 Despite the ongoing transition to one where industrial activity is increasingly supported by digitalisation, automation and artificial... →
High cost of having China as Africa’s partner of choice
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 14th March 2019 Africa’s history is laced with decades of colonial exploitation, which together with developmental assistance programmes such as the International... →
Does South Africa’s finance minister have his job creation numbers right?
By: Africa Check 14th March 2019 In a speech peppered with biblical quotes and many tales about plants, finance minister Tito Mboweni outlined his budget for South Africa on 20... →
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