Other Opinions
Place or national identity and affinity for strangers
By: Brandon Hamber 6th May 2011 I realised recently how fickle I am. This happened while watching the 2011 US Masters golf tournament on TV. →
Investing in women and girls in Africa: Is ‘smart economics’ and Brand Aid the appropriate approach?
By: In On Africa IOA 5th May 2011 Product RED and other socially ‘responsible’ commodities are becoming increasingly popular among ethically concerned shoppers. In the western... →
A novel intervention for HIV & AIDS: Books of Hope ‘give voice’ to new HIV & AIDS prevention initiatives
By: In On Africa IOA 4th May 2011 Today, approximately 33.4 million people worldwide are living with HIV & AIDS.(2) Efforts to scale up prevention have become the focus of a... →
Oil price volatility and economic development in Africa
By: In On Africa IOA 3rd May 2011 Since the beginning of February 2011, the northern region of Africa has witnessed a series of political protests aiming to oust current political... →
African Election Review – Pre-election: Chad; Madagascar; Nigeria – Post-election: Benin; Djibouti;
By: In On Africa IOA 29th April 2011 The pre-election section of this month’s African Election Review examines three upcoming presidential elections. The first of these is the... →
The future of Libya at risk as armed mobilisation and civil war leads to the loss of political strategy 
By: In On Africa IOA 28th April 2011 This paper examines the war being fought in Libya between Colonel Gaddafi’s forces and the opposition with their stronghold in Eastern Libya.... →
Regime change in North Africa: The seeds of the Arab Spring are fecund, but will democracy bloom?
By: In On Africa IOA 26th April 2011 In this article I offer a backgrounder on the uprisings, revolutions, and democratic developments ongoing throughout the Arab world. I undertake a... →
Gaddafi’s bedfellows: The price of an extended leadership in Africa
By: In On Africa IOA 21st April 2011 As the winds of change blow across North Africa, it is howling a firestorm in the direction of the conundrum that is Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. The... →
A tragedy which was waiting to happen
By: Denis Worrall 20th April 2011 Outside of the small Orange Free State town of Ficksburg few people could have known of the existence of Andries Tatane - one would say an ordinary... →
All aboard! Is South Africa’s proposed high-speed railway a shady deal or a positive development?
By: In On Africa IOA 20th April 2011 It seems the idea of a South African high-speed railway is not likely to disappear soon.(2) Initially, the brainchild of former Minister of... →
