Westgate represents Africa’s Somali malaise
Just over a month ago, President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya wrote an op-ed about the tremendous opportunities that were opening up to Kenya and east Africa from their geographical positioning in one of the world’s most dynamic regions – the Indian Ocean Rim.
A Critical Assessment of the G-20 Food Security Agenda
As part of the Global Economic Governance project undertaken by the South African Institute of International Affairs in collaboration with the International Development Law Unit at the University of Pretoria, a critical assessment was recently undertaken to evaluate how effectively Africa’s interests and concerns are directly and indirectly addressed in the Group of Twenty (G-20) processes.
Governing Africa’s Mangroves: A Sustainable Future
Despite their widely recognised socioeconomic and ecological value, mangroves are among the world’s most threatened vegetation types.
AGOA: more critical than ever to both African and US economies
A full agenda of dialogues with US Congress, US business and the US administration has been prepared for South Africa’s Trade and Industry Minister, Rob Davies, as his department starts South Africa’s lobbying effort for the seamless renewal of the African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA). Minister Davies and his senior aides travelled to the US last week to cajole the US congress and other thought leaders of the importance of US–Africa economic relations, as well as to argue South Africa’s case for an unfettered renewal of AGOA.
SA-UK Relations: Collective Understanding and Mutual Trust Needed
South Africans may not appreciate that a diplomatic Bilateral Forum between South Africa and the United Kingdom is something unusual for the British. Pretoria has many similar arrangements and it can be difficult to keep track of them all, but for the United Kingdom it is rare and in Africa, it occurs only with South Africa.
Small-Scale Fisheries in a Modernising Economy: Opportunities and Challenges in Mozambique
Mozambique is in a period of rapid transition. Since the end of civil war in 1992 sound governance, infrastructure investments and support from the donor community have helped to boost commerce and tourism.
Mining Law Amendment neglects clarity, opens door for rent-seeking
Public submissions to parliament on the revised Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill (MPRD-AB), originally gazetted in December 2012, were due last Friday September 6, 2013. It is hard to overstate the extent to which the final incarnation of this Bill will affect South Africa’s economic wellbeing.
G-20 Russia summit will focus on tax avoidance schemes
Leaders of the Group of 20 (G-20) nations gather in St Petersburg, Russia, today, under a Syrian war cloud. Global economic crisis is in the air again, this time centred on emerging markets. The G-20 cannot fix geopolitical problems; nor will it rescue the world from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke’s tapering of quantitative easing.
What are the prospects for success at the G-20?
Group of 20 (G-20) leaders gather in St Petersburg, Russia, on Thursday 5 September. Global crisis is in the air again, this time centred on emerging markets; in principle, this is a circumstance that is tailor-made for this forum. What are the prospects for success at the G-20 — and with what implications for South Africa?
G-20 Food Security in Africa: Measures to Strengthen the G-20 Agenda
Against a background of growing international concern over the security of world food supply, the G-20 group of nations first recognised the need for improved global management of food security at its Pittsburgh summit in 2009.