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The global health system can build back better after US aid cuts – here’s how
5th August 2025 Steep cuts in US government funding have thrown much of the field of global health into a state of fear and uncertainty. Once a crown jewel of US... →
Ubuntu matters: rural South Africans believe community care should go hand-in-hand with development
4th August 2025 The failure of many development initiatives has led some scholars, especially those associated with the post-development and decolonial schools of... →
Drones, disinformation and guns-for-hire are reshaping conflict in Africa: new book tracks the trends
4th August 2025 Alessandro Arduino has researched Africa’s security affairs with a particular focus on the use of private military companies and other... →
October elections will reveal the extent of Tanzania’s democratic decline
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 4th August 2025 As the country slides towards electoral authoritarianism, even SADC and EAC election observers have been excluded from the polls. Tanzania is... →
South Africa’s electricity price is soaring. Why protests are often the only way for people to be heard
1st August 2025 Millions of unemployed South Africans, many of whom survive on a Social Relief of Distress Grant government grant of R370 per month, are not able... →
Liberation Movements Summit tries to revive its members’ declining fortunes
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 1st August 2025 The annual summit of the six Southern African liberation movements reveals why they haven’t evolved. The 2025 Liberation Movements Summit provided... →
The Brics Expanded: Shaped by – or Shaping – the Global Order?
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 1st August 2025 The expanded Brics membership strengthens its goal to represent the Global South and boosts its economic and demographic influence in creating... →
FUL July 2025 Newsletter – Major events relating to the judiciary and the rule of law
1st August 2025 This briefing note seeks to provide a short overview of significant events in the preceding month, relating to Freedom Under Law’s work on the... →
How geopolitics is changing the climate action landscape
By: Saliem Fakir 1st August 2025 Reality sings a different tune these days: hard power has thrown out the soft power model of the late Joseph Nye. Hard power now decides the terms,... →
8 policies that would help fight poverty in South Africa’s economic hub Gauteng
31st July 2025 Poverty goes beyond income. It often arises when health, education and opportunities fall short of meeting people’s needs. Individuals are... →
