The Meaning of Africa Day
Oh, that sunset on the beach of Sali, south of Dakar… the peace and quiet of the mountains of Lesotho… the beat of Mozambican, Cape Verdean and Angolan music… the taste of Injara in the restaurants of Addis Ababa…
Society Must Drive SA Peer Review
SA has started its own African Peer Review Mechanism process with a call for submissions from individuals, institutions and groups on any of four areas of the review: democracy and political governance; economic governance and management; corporate governance; and socioeconomic development.
Nepad Must Guide Business in Africa
The Kebble-Maduna saga, the arms deal, the mining charter and mining royalty bill have thrown into sharp relief the complex and often fraught relationship between business and government. It also brings into question the critical rules of engagement.
Can we not see ourselves in the immigrants we despise?
The South African government’s response to the report of the Panel of Eminent Persons of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) was: “The assertion that illegal immigrants are subjected to brutal and inhuman treatment is strongly disputed.”
EDITORIAL: A Millennium Growth Agenda for Africa
The nations of the world unanimously approved the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which commit humanity to radically reducing poverty. But they never asked a most basic question: how will meeting the MDGs make the poor more economically competitive and self-reliant?