Sub-Saharan Africa needs to step up and move with the times
Fresh from attending the World Economic Forum’s summer Davos in Dalian, China, I feel relatively good to be African.
South Africa–European Union Trade: Age-old Chestnuts and Dealmakers
The recent fourth annual South Africa – European Union (EU) Summit on 15 September 2011 was preceded by a day of intensive engagements between Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies and his counterpart from the European Commission on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations between the EU and the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
The hurdles of the African Peer Review
Is Uganda to be yet another country to duck its responsibility under the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) – Africa’s much heralded governance programme?
Services Trade Liberalisation and the Role of the Services Sector in South African Development
South Africa’s 2010 Trade Policy and Strategy Framework (TPSF) document envisages a ‘strategic tariff policy’ in line with government’s major development objectives, key among which are employment creation and industrial development and restructuring.
SADC Trade in Services: Negotiating the National Interest
Despite the significant growth and opportunities in trade in services, countries remain reluctant to open key service industries to unfettered competition, and regulations continue to restrict or even prevent international trade in this sector.
What Does BRICS mean for China?
After more than 30 years of reform and opening up, China under its fourth generation of leadership faces a big challenge to both manage its development and define its world role.
Nansen Lecture: “Migration in Africa, An Enduring Phenomenon”
To highlight the dilemma of refugees globally, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Lawyers for Human Rights and the Royal Norwegian Embassy of South Africa held the annual Nansen Lecture, entitled “Migration in Africa, An Enduring Phenomenon?” at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA).
Implementing the APRM: Views from Civil Society – The Lesotho Report
What has changed in Lesotho’s governance since it underwent the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) country review in 2009?
A refreshing approach to the environment
A truly inspiring and uplifting event with international ramifications took place in Johannesburg on Thursday evening, 1 September.
The Spectres of Covert and Unmanned Wars in the Post-9/11 World
There are two seemingly obscure consequences of 11 September 2001 attacks on the United States that do not receive the attention they deserve in public debate.