Zimbabwe: Failure to Act on Abuses Threatens Conflict Diamond Process
The decision to give Zimbabwe no more than a slap on the wrist for the human rights abuses which its army has committed on the Marange alluvial diamond fields in the south-east of the country seriously threatens the future of the diamond industry’s initiative to avert consumer boycotts of its gemstones.
African Peer Review: A Progress Update
Seven years after it was established at the inaugural African Union (AU) Summit in Durban in July 2002, how has the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) – the continent’s voluntary home-grown governance monitoring tool – fared?
Forest Governance in Africa
This paper sets out to provide an overview of key forest governance issues across the African continent.
Trade Policy Trajectory in South Africa
Against the backdrop of the global economic crunch and the local economy’s recession, there is a fierce debate on South Africa’s (SA) trade policy trajectory.
Digging Deep for Profits and Development? Reflections on Enhancing the Governance of Africa’s Mining Sector
Africa’s wealth in mineral resources has seldom been used to the benefit of the inhabitants of the countries concerned.
Economic Partnership Agreements and Intellectual Property Rights Protection: Challenges for the Southern African Development Community Region
The signing of the comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) by the European Community (EC) and Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) countries covering a wide range of issues, including intellectual property (IP) provisions, has the potential to influence negotiations for other EPA groups that have only signed a series of ‘goods-only’ interim EPAs.
Africa as an actor in global governance reform for development
Africa in a New World
The Road to Copenhagen: Climate Change, Energy and South Africa’s Foreign Policy
The Copenhagen climate change conference set for December 2009 is one of the most significant negotiations since the agreement in Kyoto.
Major Trade Policy Challenges Facing South Africa
The South African Institute of International Affairs hosted a Speaker’s Meeting addressed by the Honourable Dr Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry on ‘Major Trade Policy Challenges Facing South Africa’
Natural resource revenue governance: The EITI and South Africa
How can we improve the lives of the more than 3 billion people living in natural resource endowed countries?