Malawi vs Tanzania vs SADC: Regional dispute resolution bites the dust
As Malawi stands poised to assume the chairmanship of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in August 2013, it does so amidst a fractious border dispute with Tanzania.
South African Development Partnership Agency (SADPA): Strategic Aid or Development Packages for Africa?
The following report is an in-depth analysis commissioned by the South African Institute of International Affairs between 2012 and 2013 that explores South Africa’s past, present and future development assistance to the rest of the continent.
Brazil–Africa Technical Co-operation: Structure, Achievements and Challenges
Increasingly, Brazil is regarded both within and outside of Africa as a reliable development partner.
Zimbabwe: Beyond Election Day 2013
Even before Zimbabweans went to the polls on 31 July 2013, the Southern African Development Community’s Organ on Politics, Defence and Security raised a litany of concerns about the elections. SADC requested that the election be postponed in order to allow reforms as provided for in the Global Political Agreement to be effected.
Parliament submission on South Africa’s Trade Agreements and relations
On 1 August 2013, SAIIA’s Peter Draper was invited to give a presentation on South Africa’s Trade Agreements and relations to a workshop at Parliament.
SA’s gold miners, bosses on path to mutual destruction
South Africa’s gold mining industry is in a perilous condition. In the second quarter of this year alone, the gold price plummeted $220 (R2 153) an ounce, partly in the wake of US economic recovery, which has reduced the demand for gold as a secure store of value.
Baba Jukwa, Social Media and Zimbabwe’s future
If there is one thing that is different to the 2008 Zimbabwean elections, it is that the 2013 election has a new ‘candidate’. His name is Baba Jukwa. The anonymous social media icon and commentator, portrayed as a cartoon of an old man and coined ‘the Julian Assange of Zimbabwe’, has attracted the world’s attention.
The African Union and Security
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), but it is more fitting to reflect upon the progress of its successor, the African Union (AU).
African Integration: What do New National IDs in Lesotho and South Africa Mean?
National identity, a sense of belonging and the right to citizenship are fundamental human rights. In South Africa last week, in addition to celebrating the 95th birthday of Africa’s living legend, Nelson Mandela, the government also started rolling out ‘smart’ national identity documents (IDs).
South Africa’s nuclear plans
Two International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) conferences have recently taken place in quick succession. The first, an International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Power in the 21st Century held in St Petersburg Russia from 27 to 29 June 2013, saw the last minute withdrawal of both the Energy Minister and the CEO of Eskom.