Introductory essay: The role of the constitution in South Africa’s foreign policy
All countries face a range of conflicting pressures when making and implementing foreign policy. They are motivated by an interest in promoting their national interests.
It takes more than a single agency to fight corruption
Human instinct is to set up an institution to deal with big problems. That’s one reason we have so many ministries of this, that and the other. But establishing yet another body — on its own — will not necessarily resolve endemic corruption.
Tackling South Africa’s Infrastructure Deficit: The Role of Development Finance Institutions
Infrastructure development is widely considered to be pivotal to South Africa’s economic recovery plan and growth prospects.
Cameroon’s authoritarianism fuels its Anglophone separatist war
Cameroon is dealing with a deadly though insufficiently reported civil war in its two English-speaking (minority) regions of the North-West and South-West.
New Dimensions of Growth and Development in Africa–China Cooperation
Africa’s engagement with China has grown considerably over the past two decades, and
this growth trajectory is bound to continue.
The City Surveillance State: Inside Johannesburg’s Safe City Initiative
South African cities are increasingly turning to technology-aided surveillance to police
public spaces.
The New Frontier for the EU–Africa Relationship and its Relevance for Southern Africa
In late 2020 the relationship between the European Union (EU) and Africa had reached
a frontier and the next phase in the relationship was very unclear.
SADC and the Abuja Declaration: Honouring the Pledge
In 2001, the African Union (AU) member states signed the Abuja Declaration, thereby
pledging to allocate at least 15% of their national budgets each year to improving their
healthcare systems.
Zimbabwe shows potential to lead e-mobility transition
The adverse effects of the climate emergency mean that it is critical for the world to accelerate the transition to low carbon technologies to reduce emissions.
The road to a post-2020 global biodiversity framework: Considering African priorities
The commemoration of World Wildlife Day on 3 March this year has added significance as global stakeholders work towards a new set of targets to preserve nature under the Convention on Biological Diversity.