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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

The African Union Commission at a crossroads

Institute for Security Studies

With elections for new commissioners in February 2025, member states must decide what kind of commission they want. One weakness of the African... 

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

Trading in focus

REAL ECONOMY: ELECTRICITY

Few would disagree that aggregators and traders will have an important and increasing role in South Africa’s future electricity market. Even in the... 

Latest Saliem Fakir

Single-cause issues and the problem of collective action

LOW-CARBON FUTURE

In his book, How Neoliberalism Failed, and What a Better Society Could Look Like, which critiques neoliberal policies and explores alternatives for... 

Latest The Conversation

#NamibiaElections2024: Fact-checking ruling Swapo party manifesto

The Conversation

Namibians will vote in presidential and parliamentary elections on 27 November 2024.  The South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo) has been... 

Other Opinions

#OndoDecides2024: Fact-checking debate claims made by the two main candidates for the governor’s office

Other Opinions

Nigeria’s Ondo state goes to the polls on 16 November 2024 to elect a governor, with incumbent Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress... 

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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