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Latest Raymond Suttner

Creation of the GNU did not resolve the multi-faceted broader crises facing South Africa

Raymond Suttner

While writing a previous series evaluating the Government of National Unity (GNU) after 100 days, I said more than once that the GNU was... 

Latest Ebrahim Fakir

Electoral Politics: From competition and contest to potential conflict

Politics 360 - Ebrahim Fakir

South Africa is scheduled to hold an election in 2024. It is a much-anticipated one, since speculation is rife that the ANC may likely lose its... 

Latest Econ3x3

South Africa must push agricultural exports within Brics

Econ3x3

South Africa has an export-led agricultural sector, with exports having been a major catalyst in the sector’s growth over the past three decades.... 

Latest Institute for Security Studies

Loss and damage still stuck in the mud

Institute for Security Studies

Support for financing loss and damage isn’t keeping pace with climate impacts in vulnerable countries. Climate change is causing many development... 

Latest South African Institute of International Affairs

South Africa’s G20 Presidency in 2025: A Pivotal Moment for the Country and Africa

South African Institute of International Affairs

Poverty, unemployment and inequality will top South Africa's G20 presidency agenda. The Group of Twenty (G20) is an intergovernmental economic... 

Latest Real Economy

Far-reaching consequences

REAL ECONOMY: ELECTRICITY REGULATION

By the time you read this, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) will be about halfway through its nationwide public hearings into... 

Latest Saliem Fakir

Industrial policy: from conceptualisation to implementation in Africa

LOW-CARBON FUTURE

Someone gave me valuable advice once: Do not solely rely on the opinion of a policy wonk about anything if the wonk has not experienced it himself... 

Latest The Conversation

Illegal mining clampdown in South Africa: treating desperate people like criminals is an injustice – legal scholar

The Conversation

Illegal artisanal gold mining in South Africa is in the spotlight again. Under Operation Vala Umgodi (“plug the hole”), South African authorities... 

Other Opinions

MFWA, Dubawa and Ghana Fact establish Ghana Fact-checking Coalition ahead of December elections

Other Opinions

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Dubawa, FactSpace West Africa and other civil society organisations working on information hygiene,... 

Latest Aubrey Matshiqi

The Health of the People Must be the Supreme Law

Political Insight - Aubrey Matshiqi

Cicero, the highly gifted orator and lawyer - he of the heydays of the Roman Empire, once argued that the health of the people, the health of... 

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