This issue covered a range of topics, including an article focused on how state-business relations negatively affect South Africa’s growth equilibrium by Alan Hirsch. Catherine Grant Makokera and Mary-Beth Makokera’s research article discusses South Africa’s trade policy in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic while Romola Adeola looks at how the Kampala Convention provides protection for people who have been internally displaced within Africa due to xenophobia. Ingo Henneberg considers how international contact groups affect international conflict management. The issue includes six book reviews – two of which are focused on Sino-African relations.
For the full line-up of the issue, please see below:
Original Articles
International contact groups: Ad hoc coordination in international conflict management
By Ingo Henneberg
By Alan Hirsch
By Romola Adeola
China, region-centric infrastructure drives and regionalism in Africa
By Oscar M Otele
By Guilherme Ziebell de Oliveira and Nilton Cesar Fernandes Cardoso
Research Article
South Africa’s trade policy post COVID-19
By Catherine Grant Makokera and Mary-Beth Makokera
Book Reviews
UN Reform: 75 Years of Challenge and Change
Reviewed by Suzanne Graham
The Army and Politics in Zimbabwe: Mujuru, the Liberation Fighter and Kingmaker
Reviewed by David Moore
China, Africa, and the Future of the Internet
Reviewed by Xiaoling Zhang
The Finances of Regional Organisations in the Global South: Follow the Money
Reviewed by Melina Breitegger
Electoral Politics in Africa Since 1990: Continuity in Change
Reviewed by Kealeboga J Maphunye
Chinese Peace in Africa: From Peacekeeper to Peacemaker
Reviewed by Sanusha Naidu
