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Rooted in reality?
By: Terence Creamer 28th November 2025 When South Africa transitioned to democracy in the 1990s, and when climate constraints were not yet on the agenda, energy policy was arguably the... →
Improper political interference in SA policing: where to draw the line?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 27th November 2025 Given the grey area between policy and operations, transparency on the police minister’s directions to SAPS should be required. Inappropriate... →
South Africa’s Partial G20 Success in 2025
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 27th November 2025 South Africa’s G20 presidency has highlighted the continent’s financial challenges amid an urgent need for debt reform and access to sustainable... →
Thousands of criminals reoffend in South Africa – better data would show where the justice system is failing
27th November 2025 In a recent statement, South Africa’s minister of correctional services said more than 18 000 parolees had reoffended in the past three years. They... →
India and South Africa burn a lot of coal: what they can learn from each other about ending the dependency
26th November 2025 India and South Africa are both navigating one of the toughest challenges of the 21st century: shifting their electricity systems away from ageing... →
School violence doesn’t happen in isolation: what research from southern Africa is telling us
26th November 2025 School violence is a global public health phenomenon. This is when learners and teachers are the victims of physical and psychological abuse, cyber... →
Côte d'Ivoire’s democratic backslide: elections leave even less space for freedom
26th November 2025 Ivorians went to the polls on 25 October 2025 to choose between incumbent president Alassane Ouattara – seeking a fourth five-year term – and one... →
Soft power: missing element in the Chad-Cameroon border defence pact?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 26th November 2025 Strategies based on purely military operations can often alienate the very populations they aim to protect. The defence agreement signed by Chad... →
What Fiscal History Reveals About the Urgency for Mission-Oriented Climate, Nature and Development Finance
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 26th November 2025 The allocation of climate finance is revealing. Roughly 90% flows to mitigation, with just 10% reaching adaptation – an imbalance reflecting global... →
South Africa’s G20 presidency: Diplomatic Victory, But a Weak Final Declaration
25th November 2025 US president Donald Trump’s efforts to derail a successful wrap-up of the G20 summit in Johannesburg failed. Trump boycotted the meeting and the US... →
