SAJIA Volume 31.1 is now available on the Taylor & Francis website. The issue includes articles on diverse topics, such as the potential for cross-border e-commerce in the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area, the challenge of semi- consociationalism in Burundi, and the role of the African Group of Negotiators in multilateral negotiations on climate change. Other articles consider ECOWAS’ response to the resurgence of coups d’etat in West Africa, or explore the roles of ecological modernisation and environmental justice in South Africa’s approach to waste management post-1994. The issue also includes five book reviews.
Research articles
Understanding the African Group of Negotiators in the multilateral negotiations on climate change
By Brian Mantlana and Basanda Nondlazi
ECOWAS and the challenge of preventing a resurgence of coups d’état in West Africa: An assessment of the ‘Zero Tolerance’ policy
By Hakeem Onapajo and Dele Babalola
Advancing regional cooperation within AfCFTA through an integrated cross-border e-commerce system
By Renata Thiébaut
Semi-Consociationalism in Burundi
By Talal Hachem and Eduardo Wassim Aboultaif
Exploring the conflicting ideals of ecological modernisation and environmental justice in South Africa: Evidence from the 2020 National Waste Management Strategy
By Michael Hector and Derica Lambrechts
Book reviews
Southern African Security Review: African perspectives on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism, edited by Anthoni Van Nieuwkerk, Lucy Shule and Stephen Buchanan-Clarke
Reviewed by Buyisile Ntaka
Coal and Energy in South Africa: Considering a Just Transition, edited by Lochner Marais, Phillippe Burger, Maléne Campbell, Stuart Paul Denoon-Stevens, Deidré van Rooyen
Reviewed by Tumi Malope
Digital Citizenship in Africa: Technologies of Agency and Repression, edited by Tony Roberts & Tanja Bosch
Reviewed by Tomiwa Ilori
Peacemaking and Peacebuilding in South Africa, by Liz Carmichael
Reviewed by Sven Botha
The Justice Laboratory: International Law in Africa, by Kerstin Bree Carlson
Reviewed by Claire-Anne Lester
