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The Great Tsek of 2025 – unpacking a typical South African response
26th May 2025 It is Tuesday evening. I am seated with a friend and my son in our favourite restaurant in Bloemfontein. My son listens to our conversation as I... →
Land reform: A new South African approach seeks to address a politically charged issue with pragmatic food production goals
By: In On Africa IOA 23rd May 2025 Analysis in brief: Centuries of colonialism dispossessed many Africans of their land. Radical attempts at land reform in the past have failed,... →
Will security operations halt Kenya-Ethiopia cross-border crimes?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 23rd May 2025 Kenya’s police have achieved some positive results, but lasting solutions require ongoing cooperation between the two countries. In February,... →
Less haste, more speed?
By: Terence Creamer 23rd May 2025 Updating South Africa’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for electricity has always been a perilous endeavour. Despite various attempts, it took... →
Value without values
By: Saliem Fakir 23rd May 2025 “Scarcity is the judgement decreed by our economy,” Marshall Sahlins writes in Stone Age Economics – a line that casts long shadows over our... →
As the UN turns 80, is a new era of peacekeeping possible?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 22nd May 2025 Despite significant headwinds, a recent UN ministerial meeting reflected broad backing for reformed peacekeeping. With the future of... →
Trump’s Afrikaners are South African opportunists, not refugees: what’s behind the US move 
22nd May 2025 South Africans are wearily attuned to governments’ Orwellian misuse of language. After all, South Africa is a country where a one-time government... →
NATO and the G7: global power fractures that Africa must watch
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 22nd May 2025 Geopolitical shifts in the Western alliance could considerably impact Africa’s fortunes. Two major summits in June could expedite one of the most... →
Satellite images reveal the dark side of household solar power – South Africa’s green transition is only for a few
21st May 2025 As winter approaches, memories of the past haunt South Africans in more ways than one. The country has experienced years of rolling blackouts,... →
Can Realpolitik drive renewed regional cooperation in West Africa?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 20th May 2025 The AES-ECOWAS split has sparked pragmatic cooperation based on strategic interests between neighbouring countries. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger’s... →
