South African Institute of International Affairs
From first-mover advantage to coming from behind: A new phase of the Japan-Africa partnership
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 29th August 2016 When the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) was launched in 1993 by Japan in co-operation with the World Bank, the UN,... →
How can Tanzania’s engagement with the world be optimised by Magufuli?
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 16th August 2016 On 25 October 2015, Tanzanians elected John Pombe Magufuli as their president – nicknamed "The Bulldozer" for his self-assertive, brash leadership... →
The ‘frontline states’ in the Baltic Sea region are feeling increasingly threatened by Russia
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 12th August 2016 The already-anxious, West-aligned states bordering Russia are receiving alarmingly mixed messages from their NATO allies. At its summit in Warsaw... →
Dismantling Zimbabwe’s 'Deep State’
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 27th July 2016 The Zimbabwean state has provided some of the biggest lessons in humility for political analysts in this century. Its government, headed by the... →
A cry for recognition and protection: Zimbabwe’s forgotten Informal Cross Border Traders
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 22nd July 2016 The Beitbridge border between Zimbabwe and South Africa, the busiest border post in Southern Africa, has been rocked by unprecedented violent... →
Africa’s $100 billion infrastructure gap: why Africa must seize the moment on the New Development Bank
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 21st July 2016 Africa’s infrastructure financing deficit, estimated to be $100 billion a year, remains persistently large. The resulting lack of investment in... →
Reconfiguring South Africa’s BEE Models in Mining: Linking profits to employee share schemes
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 12th July 2016 The mineral resources minister recently gazetted an amended Mining Charter, which generated a good deal of controversy. Although the revised... →
Modi’s African safari
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 5th July 2016 Nearly nine months ago the third India-Africa Forum Summit, and the first that included all African states, was held with much fanfare in Delhi.... →
A New Narrative for African Agriculture
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 29th June 2016 The drought that has hammered Southern Africa over the past years is a potent reminder (if ever it was needed) of the foundational importance of... →
Uncharted territory as the UK opts to exit the European Union
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 27th June 2016 What many political and financial analysts viewed until a day before the British referendum on a European exit as scaremongering has come to be.... →
