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Ramaphosa in parliament: fact-checking claims about Cape Town’s budget and passenger rail
By: Africa Check 7th November 2025 In October 2025, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa answered questions from members of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), one of two... →
Head spinning
By: Terence Creamer 7th November 2025 Given the many moving parts in play currently within the electricity industry, there is a real risk of becoming distracted from what is truly... →
Can South Africa’s social grants help people make a better life? Research offers hope
6th November 2025 There is now a growing global consensus that additional measures are needed to support the agency of social protection beneficiaries. Such support... →
Unchecked, Sudan’s war could trigger another genocide against Darfurians
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 6th November 2025 African and international efforts to stop the war have been slow. Now swift action, including possibly invoking R2P, is vital. After an 18-month... →
Denied fair elections, Tanzanians make their mark through protests
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 6th November 2025 Protests show that citizen-led power, if sustained, could pressure governments to implement meaningful and sustainable reforms. On 1 November,... →
African Youth Agency Amplified: SAIIA’s Role at the Y20 South Africa 2025 Summit
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 6th November 2025 For African youth, the absence of a final Y20 communiqué shows that moving from symbolic participation to true co-governance remains difficult,... →
Social work is a serious profession – why not youth work? What South Africa needs to get right
5th November 2025 About 3.5-million South Africans aged 15-24 are disengaged from the formal economy and education system. In the first quarter of 2025, 37.1% of... →
African countries need strong development banks: how they can push back against narratives to weaken them
5th November 2025 A quiet but consequential contest is playing out in the global financial architecture. One that could determine Africa’s ability to finance its own... →
Lake Chad Basin: repeated flooding weakens an already stricken region
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 5th November 2025 Better water retention infrastructure would enable communities to withstand the region’s many security and developmental challenges. The Lake Chad... →
Africa’s trade deal with the US was left in limbo: what exporters can do about it
4th November 2025 The US-Africa preferential trade deal – in place for a quarter century – expired on 30 September 2025. It’s far from certain if the trade deal will... →
