South African Institute of International Affairs
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... →
Future of the African Peer Review Mechanism hangs in the balance
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 2nd February 2016 On 29 January 2016, a group of Africa’s Heads of State and Government met in Addis Ababa to determine the fate of one of the AU’s most daring... →
Higher Education Failing to Give Africa’s Youth a Pass
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 29th January 2016 Events globally, across Africa, and in South Africa – urban riots in France in 2005 and Britain in 2011, the ‘Arab Spring’ uprisings, student... →
The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Investment: A Panacea for the Promotion of Investment Act?
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 22nd January 2016 On 19 January President Jacob Zuma announced the establishment of an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Investment. This took some in the... →
Policy reform is key for future of mining
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 4th January 2016 As a mining jurisdiction, South Africa’s score (relative global rank indexed out of a maximum of 100) on the Fraser Institute Investment... →
Save water, produce energy, innovate to tackle climate change
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 11th December 2015 Sustainable development summits and climate change negotiations have slowly but steadily paved the way to the recognition of the inextricable... →
Adept negotiations needed by Africa at FOCAC
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 4th December 2015 The upcoming Forum on China Africa Co-operation (FOCAC) summit in South Africa, the sixth gathering since 2000 and only the second to be held at... →
Leveraging China-Africa relations starts with communication
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 1st December 2015 In the context of a ‘normalising’ Chinese economy, that seeks to move from a manufacturing-centred economy to one driven by consumption and... →
South Africa and AGOA – What is at Stake?
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 30th November 2015 US President Barack Obama’s announcement earlier this month to Congress to partly suspend South Africa’s benefits under the Africa Growth and... →