South African Institute of International Affairs
The Foreign Policies of African States in the Age of Democracy and Human Rights
By: Sane Dhlamini 25th April 2016 The establishment of the AU in 2002 created opportunities for an ambitious democracy and human rights agenda in the foreign and continental... →
South Africa and Nuclear Security Summits
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 14th April 2016 The Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) process – to prevent non-state actors, particularly terrorists, from acquiring nuclear material – was launched... →
South Africa's responsibility to the 'poor, the voiceless and the least remembered'
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 6th April 2016 Speaking in February at the annual council meeting of the South African Institute of International Affairs, I expressed my fear that the... →
Building Freedom to Build Democracy
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 1st April 2016 Human Rights Day celebrates a precious proposition: each individual is a full member of society, with entitlements to opinion and behaviour that... →
The Abuja-Pretoria axis should reboot and pivot toward solving Africa’s multitude of challenges
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 31st March 2016 President Jacob Zuma, accompanied by seven members of his executive and a dozen business leaders, undertook a high profile and widely commented... →
Unhappy South Africans
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 23rd March 2016 The World Happiness Index 2016 was released in Rome this week, ahead of World Happiness Day, which took place on 20 March - a day before South... →
AGOA and the future of US – Africa trade relations
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 22nd March 2016 The US Congress passed the African Growth and Opportunity (AGOA) Act into law in 2000 in order to promote US and African trade relations and... →
Turning its Fortunes Around – Lucky 13 for the APRM?
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 9th March 2016 On 9 March, the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) turns 13. ‘APRM Day’ commemorates the formal launch of Africa’s innovative governance... →
Moving South Africa Away from Junk Status?
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 26th February 2016 Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has just presented his first Budget Speech since being reappointed following the unceremonious firing of Minister... →
Keeping the wolf from the door – Did President Zuma succeed?
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 17th February 2016 The single most significant thing that President Zuma acknowledged in his ‘State of the Nation Address’ last week was the risk of a credit rating... →
