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.
Angola, the Reluctant SADC Trader
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Trade (PoT) was signed in 1996 with the aim of increasing trade between member states through the elimination of tariffs and harmonisation of customs procedures.
A Boom for Whom? Mozambique’s Natural Gas and the New Development Opportunity
In the two decades since the end of Mozambique’s civil war the country has depended heavily on international donors to fund its development.
Reconciling growth and development with ecological integrity along Africa’s coastline
The value of nature’s ‘services’ and its non-market benefits need to be better understood and incorporated into the development choices that countries make.
Small-Scale Fisheries in Mozambique
Small-scale fisheries in Africa employ over 95% of fishers and provide more than 90% of the fish consumed across the continent. In Mozambique, as elsewhere on the continent, small-scale fisheries are a crucial component of the rural economy, supporting food security and livelihoods.