The Conversation
South Africa’s economy has taken some heavy body blows: can it recover?
3rd June 2022 Economists are growing increasingly concerned about South Africa’s economy. This is because the country’s three major macroeconomic problems –... →
Unvaccinated South Africans told us why they weren’t interested in having Covid jabs
3rd June 2022 South Africa is currently facing a new wave of infections related to the much higher transmissibility of the omicron Covid variant and its... →
South Africa’s hunger problem is turning into a major health crisis
2nd June 2022 One in ten South Africans go hungry every day. As a result malnutrition levels are high. Malnutrition has three simultaneous dimensions:... →
Here’s how much learning South African children lost in the pandemic
1st June 2022 When a state of disaster was declared in South Africa in 2020 in response to the COVID pandemic, a hard lockdown was instituted and schools were... →
Somalia’s election raises more questions than answers
1st June 2022 Somalia now has a new parliament – and a president elected by its 329 lawmakers. This followed more than a year’s delay. Somalis are asking whether... →
ANC policy papers touch on key issues facing agriculture and land reform in South Africa
1st June 2022 The latest policy discussion document published by the African National Congress (ANC) presents a positive change from the ambiguous agriculture... →
What it will take for South Africa’s ailing power utility to keep going
31st May 2022 The chief operating officer of South Africa’s electricity utility, Eskom, warned in May that the government should urgently start building new... →
UN peacekeeping in Africa is working better than you might think
27th May 2022 Media headlines often make it seem as if peacekeeping is not going well; they tend to highlight violence, displacement and abuse. The quantitative... →
Pan-African integration has made progress but needs a change of mindset
25th May 2022 This year’s celebration of Africa Day provides another opportunity to assess how far continental integration has progressed. Integration would mean... →
The African Union’s conflict early warning system is no more. What now?
25th May 2022 Since 2017, the African Union (AU) has undergone institutional reforms to increase its efficiency and effectiveness. The gist of these reforms was... →
