The Conversation
South Africa’s massive Sasol petrochemical plant faces serious challenges – new report
24th October 2024 The giant Secunda complex of Sasol, South Africa’s biggest chemicals and energy company, provides the fundamental ingredients to South Africa’s... →
IMF isn’t doing enough to support Africa: billions could be made available through special drawing rights
24th October 2024 At the 2021 UN Climate Summit, Barbados prime minister Mia Mottley called for more and better use of special drawing rights (SDRs), the... →
Zimbabwe’s water supply is in crisis: how political interference and underfunding did the damage
24th October 2024 In Zimbabwe, control over water is supposed to be decentralised. In other words, the seven regions in the country have the authority to govern... →
End of coal in South Africa: what 100,000 workers will need when their jobs go
23rd October 2024 South Africa’s move to renewable energy means that the coal industry will be phased out over the coming decades. This transition away from a... →
Cameroon after Paul Biya: poverty, uncertainty and a precarious succession battle
23rd October 2024 Cameroon’s President Paul Biya is 91 years old. He is Africa’s oldest head of state and only one has served longer: President Teodoro Obiang Nguema... →
Zimbabwe’s ZiG: devaluations won’t fix a currency that’s in trouble because of government overspending
23rd October 2024 The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe devalued the ZiG by 43% on 27 September 2024. This weakened the official exchange rate from 13.9 ZiG per US dollar to... →
South Africa’s unity government won’t dent poverty and inequality if it follows the same old policies – sociologist
22nd October 2024 A recent poll by the Social Research Foundation, a think thank, found that 60% of South Africans thought the government of national unity was... →
Education and gender equality: focus on girls isn’t fair and isn’t enough – global study
22nd October 2024 For the past two decades, investing in girls’ schooling has been hailed as a cornerstone of promoting gender equality in sub-Saharan Africa.... →
South Africa’s 36.1% electricity price hike for 2025: why the power utility Eskom’s request is unrealistic
18th October 2024 South Africa’s state-owned electricity company, Eskom, has applied to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa to approve a 36.1% electricity... →
Egypt-Ethiopia hostilities are playing out in the Horn – the risk of new proxy wars is high
17th October 2024 Egypt recently deepened its involvement in the war-weary Horn of Africa by arming Somalia and deploying its troops in the embattled country. To... →
