The trade relationship between Europe and Africa in terms of the extractive sector is characterised by inequitable resource interdependence, whereby Africa does not benefit fully from its natural resources.
In much of Africa, the political economy shaping the private sector, as well as disincentives for the private sector to engage in peacebuilding and state building, militates against a peace-positive role for the private sector in extractives governance or broader efforts to promote SDG 16.
SAIIA recently joined the world’s leading think tanks in Tokyo, Japan, from 26 to 27 May at the Think 20 Summit of the Japanese presidency.
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s inauguration, scheduled to coincide with Africa Day on 25 May this year, intended to highlight ‘government’s commitment to advancing the African agenda and to strengthening ties between South Africa and its neighbours’, according to The Presidency.
Developing ocean-based resources in areas such as fisheries, aquaculture, coastal tourism, transport and ports, mining and energy, could generate U.S. $20.8 billion a year for the 220 million people of the western Indian Ocean region, according to a recent report. But coastal and marine ecosystems will have to be preserved, and the adverse effects of climate change combatted if this potential is to be realised.
It is just hours before the 2019 national elections in South Africa and the hashtag #IWantToVoteBut is trending nationally on Twitter.
The 2019 elections coincide with an important milestone in South Africa’s history: it is also the 25th anniversary of the country’s first ever democratically-held elections.
In line with SADC’s objective to establish a real-time integrated network of capital markets, the Committee of SADC Stock Exchanges (CoSSE) established an interconnectivity model that will allow investors in each country to trade on all SADC exchanges through their local brokers.
On the 27 April 1994 some friends and I decided to vote at a polling station in Soweto. In South Africa’s first democratic election, voters could cast their ballot at any polling station.
It’s been 25 years since South Africa re-joined the international community. In that period, the country has been prominent in helping craft global norms, creating effective institutions in Africa and raising the continent’s profile internationally.
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