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Maritime security can help resolve the Mozambique insurgency
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 15th July 2020 Over recent months the bloody insurgency in the northern Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado has taken an unprecedented maritime turn. If it... →
Understanding and Reducing Alcohol-Related Health Harms in South Africa
15th July 2020 Alcohol abuse is a serious global challenge with severe harms that manifest as economic, health and social problems and costs (Sibanda, 2019;... →
The ANC insists it's still a political vanguard: this is what ails democracy in South Africa
14th July 2020 A common claim of the governing African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa is its commitment to participatory democracy: the involvement of... →
Police and courts must do more to reduce gender-based violence
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 13th July 2020 On average, 856 women and 321 children were murdered over 107 days in 2018/19, according to South African Police Service (SAPS) crime statistics.... →
Time to shake up the house
10th July 2020 Mr President, two weeks ago I persuaded you to nudge the head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to bring us some real drama. I got the... →
How COVID-19 is putting the rule of law to the test across Africa
10th July 2020 A number of Africa’s fragile democracies have become vulnerable to the sword of leaders assuming wide-ranging powers under cover of emergency... →
The G20’s Covid-19 debt relief plan needs to go further
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 10th July 2020 The G20 is taking a lot of flak lately. It’s a global club of the world’s richest and most significant economies, but its reputation has diminished... →
Maximising impact
By: Terence Creamer 10th July 2020 As South Africa weighs an infrastructure-led economic recovery at a time when, owing to extreme fiscal pressures and warnings of a sovereign-debt... →
Social engineering is not just a socialist thing
By: Saliem Fakir 10th July 2020 ‘Social engineering’ is seen in some circles as a swear phrase and associated with socialism – meaning surrendering individual sovereignty into... →
Covid-19 vaccine trial in South Africa: everything you need to know
9th July 2020 There isn’t enough clinical research being done in Africa. Less than 2.5% of all clinical trials in the world are done on the continent. This is... →
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