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Stability versus resilience
By: Terence Creamer 23rd January 2026 The revised Eskom unbundling strategy announced is emerging as something of a touchstone for government’s commitment – or otherwise – to reforming... →
Good State and community-based development
By: Saliem Fakir 23rd January 2026 One must be guided by several precepts when considering community-based development. The first is that if you do not know something, do something.... →
Mpumalanga at the turning point: Building a future beyond survival
22nd January 2026 The story of Mpumalanga has always been told in images of contrast. A province of soaring escarpments and deep coal seams. A place of the rising... →
Trump’s Africa policy: strategy or shakedown?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 21st January 2026 The 2025 US National Security Strategy recasts Africa from partner to price tag in a transactional, resource-driven era of great-power rivalry.... →
2026: Africa’s year to turn climate ambition into action
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 21st January 2026 Before global constraints become irreversible, countries must show how loss and damage can be measured and linked to development and debt. The 2025... →
South Africa’s Non-Alignment Posture Under the GNU: Still Seeking Multipolarity Amid Great Power Rivalry?
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 21st January 2026 Policymakers argue that South Africa’s openness to engaging with contested powers reflects its pursuit of a more equitable, multipolar world order.... →
Getting into university is only the first hurdle for students from rural South Africa. Here’s what comes next
20th January 2026 As universities in South Africa prepare to admit a new group of students, thousands of young people from rural parts of the country hope for a... →
Nigeria’s former election umpire has been appointed an ambassador: why this is a red flag
20th January 2026 The Nigerian Senate confirmed the appointment of the immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as an... →
Africa’s human rights institutions are electing leaders. Why this matters
19th January 2026 Member states of the African Union (AU) will hold their most consequential election of the year in February 2026, to fill ten vacancies in... →
Stilfontein mine disaster: the deadly cost of information failure
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 19th January 2026 Last year’s tragic events at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa show the danger of poor information in policing operations. In mid-January a... →
