Youth Call for Social Change
In dusty Dakar with its litter-strewn streets and heady interlaced smells of spice and goats, an astounding transformation is taking place which holds invaluable lessons for the rest of the continent.
Unpacking the South Africa – Nigeria relationship ahead of the AU Summit
The bilateral relationship between South Africa and Nigeria is often described as cordial.
Shifting global value chains have implications for policy
How can World Trade Organisations rules be advanced in the absence of a conclusion of the Doha round? Other approaches need to be explored, including plurilateral or small group negotiations under the auspices of the WTO.
Ten years of a contrasted union: The African Union at the crossroads or business as usual?
The 19th summit of the African Union (AU) from 9-16 July in Addis Ababa will in all likelihood not be ordinary, as it will mark a decade since the transformation of the Organisation for African Unity (OAU) into the AU in 2002 in Durban, South Africa.
Rio+20 in the rearview mirror
The intentions of the recent UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil, Rio+20, compared to its 1992 precursor, were less about revisiting the outcomes from past events than crafting its own path towards sustainable development for the next decade.
The Chinese media in an era of state-led communication
China’s unique economic growth story has attracted significant international and African media attention.
Mozambique’s Security Cooperation: Protecting the Maritime Borders
The rising threat of piracy along Africa’s eastern coastline was brought home to many South Africans after the recent rescue and release of a South African yachting couple, Bruno Pelizzari and Debbie Calitz, following 20 months of captivity by pirates.
Leveraging Services Trade Liberalisation for Enhanced Food Security in SADC
The global food crisis of 2008 threw into sharp relief the problem of food security in many developing countries.
South Africa and the US$2 billion pledge to the IMF
News headlines were last week screaming about the US$2 billion pledge that South Africa made to the IMF.
Powerhouses slowing down, but still vital BRICS in the wall
China’s economic slow-down has been somewhat overshadowed recently by the Eurozone crisis and the threat of a ‘Grexit’.