The New Illiberalism and Emerging Protectionism
The global economic crisis has bred a “new illiberalism”. Its features are Big Government and emerging protectionism.
South Africa’s (and the World’s) Second Dance of Freedom
Some reflections on the occasion of the SA Institute of International Affairs 75th Anniversary.
by Bobby Godsell, Cape Town, 12 May 2009
Attracting the Youth Vote
After their third landslide victory, the African National Congress now occupies 264 of the 400 seats in South Africa’s parliament.
Should Two Africas Share One Africa Day?
Africa Day: a moment for the continent to reflect on its past, and to dream of its future. But Africa Day is also a commemoration of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963.
Rethinking the ‘Buy Local’ conditions in the SA Infrastructure Investment Programme
The current global economic crisis has forced countries to design and implement various economic stimulus packages. Infrastructure investment programmes are major form these stimulus packages take.
Anniversary: The legacy of Jan Smuts
Perhaps nothing better captures the legacy of Jan Christiaan Smuts than the bronze bust that greets visitors in the entrance hall of the building that bears his name – Jan Smuts House – housing the South African Institute of International Affairs.
Reckoning with the APRM Recommendations
The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) aims to promote ‘good governance’ in Africa, through systematic reviews of a state’s governance practices and subsequent recommendations, made by the APRM’s Panel of Eminent Persons in each report, on how to improve them.
The Lessons of April 22: Ballots vs. Bullets
Wednesday 22 April 2009 will be remembered by many in Africa an historic day. Almost 80% of eligible voters in South Africa went to the polls peacefully in a national election to choose their fourth government since the watershed elections in 1994 that established a non-racial democracy in the country.
Support for Zimbabwe’s Recovery: A Lost Opportunity for SADC?
It has been over a month now since the unity government in Zimbabwe published proposals to dig the country out of the economic hole it has been languishing in over the best part of the past decade. T
The More Things Change: What Zuma’s Presidency Means for the Rest of Africa
In a little over two weeks, Jacob Zuma will be sworn in as fourth president of South Africa since the advent of democracy in 1994.