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Governance in Southern Africa Still Needs Work
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 17th June 2025 The APRM process at national level is sometimes stage-managed to include CSOs friendly to the government and silence or ignore critical voices... →
Do white farmers produce most of our key crops? Unpacking viral claims about South African agriculture
By: Africa Check 17th June 2025 For weeks in May and June 2025, widely followed accounts on X have circulated eye-catching and divisive statistics about race and farming in South... →
Africa’s five most politically stable countries
By: In On Africa IOA 17th June 2025 In a volatile continent, some African countries have achieved political stability that provides the foundation for national peace and prosperity. A... →
Xenophobia is an attack on democratic life and must be stopped – Part Two
By: Raymond Suttner 13th June 2025 To voice xenophobic statements and behaviour, as Gayton McKenzie has done, is to spit on the freedom of all South Africans because freedom is... →
Too sluggish
By: Terence Creamer 13th June 2025 The fact that it takes an exceedingly long time in South Africa for policy decisions to be made let alone implemented is something of a... →
Xenophobic actions are antagonistic to democratic life and must be stopped – Part One
By: Raymond Suttner 12th June 2025 Community involvement in xenophobic attacks Most xenophobic conflicts portray sections of the community as being extremely hostile towards foreign... →
Lungu’s death and the perils of a weak opposition in Zambia
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 11th June 2025 Without the former president to unite a fragmented opposition ahead of the 2026 elections, multiparty democracy will be the loser. The death of... →
Houthis in Somalia: friends with technological benefits?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 11th June 2025 The sharing of lethal drone technology with al-Shabaab and IS Somalia could recast the conflict in the Horn and beyond. Yemen’s Ansar Allah –... →
Johannesburg’s problems can be solved – but it’s a long journey to fix South Africa’s economic powerhouse
10th June 2025 South African president Cyril Ramaphosa met senior leaders of Johannesburg and Gauteng, the province it’s located in, in March 2025 to discuss ways... →
Africa’s power pools: what the G20 can do to help countries share electricity
10th June 2025 South Africa holds the presidency of the G20 this year. The group is made up of 19 of the world’s largest economies, the European Union and the... →
