Independent candidates can reignite youth participation
The month of April marked 27 years since South Africa’s first democratic national elections on 27 April 1994. This was the genesis of the country’s multi-party, proportional representation electoral system that has been used ever since. However, this is set to change.
Optimising Agricultural Value Chains in Southern Africa After COVID-19
COVID-19 has affected global value chains (GVCs) by interrupting transport and logistics, supply and production dynamics, and demand and consumption patterns.
Chinese International Contractors in Africa: Structure and Agency
As the builders of many of Africa’s mega infrastructure projects, Chinese international construction and engineering contractors (ICECs) are a significant group of actors in Africa.
Do Chinese Infrastructure Loans Promote Entrepreneurship in African Countries?
This paper examines the impact of Chinese economic infrastructure loans on entrepreneurship for a sample of African country recipients.
Proposals to make the T20 a more impactful, effective, and continuous think tank process
The T20 process has been put on a new footing during the German T20 process in 2017 by establishing issue-specific task forces as the key organisational structure.
Your voice, your planet, your future
This Earth Day, let’s get real! The planet is facing a climate crisis and the prosperity of future generations is at risk. We need to take urgent action to create a more sustainable and equitable world for all.
South Africa has failed to champion human rights in the world. But that’s changing
The story of democratic South Africa and its approach to human rights in the rest of the world is a tale of woe.
Strengthening Southern Africa’s NDCs to Bolster Farmers’ Interests
Agriculture and other land-use sectors play a major role in the global response to climate change – as a large source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as a carbon sink, and as a sector vulnerable to climate extremes and variability.
Botswana civil society’s submission to the APRM
The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) was introduced in 2003, as a mutually agreed instrument to monitor and promote governance to which African countries voluntarily accede.
SADC e-Mobility Outlook: A Zimbabwean Case Study
The current landscape in the Zimbabwean transport sector is characterised by high operating costs which in turn increases production costs for industry and commerce, thereby negatively affecting the competitiveness of Zimbabwean-made products in the region.