South Africa is serving as chair of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), a 21-member regional organisation with significant potential to contribute to enhanced collaboration within the Indian Ocean region.
A relatively small proportion of Tanzania’s rural population has access to electricity. Broad-based access to electricity is critical to inclusive, sustainable development.
Can the country conduct peaceful and legitimate elections, and who is most likely to win? After the explosion at a Mnangagwa rally in Bulawayo on 23 June, these questions are especially pertinent.
During a conference last year, I enthusiastically attended all the sessions, from good governance to peace and reconciliation, and human rights. But in the session on environmentalism, I sat at the back of the conference venue and checked my social media accounts. I did so because I have always associated environmental affairs and issues with white people.
This policy briefing makes recommendations on how the EU and South Africa could promote agriculture and agro-processing in the country, which will have a direct positive impact on women and youth employment, and ultimately poverty alleviation.
While plastic is a revolutionary material, plastic waste is difficult to manage and has significant adverse effects if it escapes into the environment, especially the ocean.
This briefing examines the need for and potential role of the SADC Regional Development Fund in addressing the region’s infrastructure needs.
Seismic surveys, which are conducted during oil and gas exploration, produce low-frequency high-intensity noise. These surveys have been shown to negatively impact marine fauna around the world to varying degrees.
On 21 March 2018, AU leaders met in Rwanda to finalise the signing of a new trade agreement creating the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Fisheries – and small-scale fisheries in particular – contribute significantly to economic and food security in Africa. Women play an important role along the fisheries value chain and in fishing communities. However, their contributions often go unrecognised and therefore unconsidered.
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