Ebrahim Raisi’s unexpected death won’t shake Iran’s commitment to South Africa and BRICS
In an interview with Daily Maverick, SAIIA’s Senior Researcher on African governance and diplomacy Gustavo de Carvalho says that from a foreign policy perspective, there is likely to be a degree of continuity in Iran’s global engagement despite the recent death of the nation’s president.
South Africa: The era of coalition politics begins
In an interview with Forbes Africa, SAIIA’s Senior Researcher on African governance and diplomacy Gustavo de Carvalho says that the rise of the MK (uMkhonto weSizwe) Party as South Africa’s third largest political party is reflective of the factionalism and internal conflicts of the ruling ANC party.
Will South Africa’s 2024 election save its democracy?
Several polls suggest that South Africa’s ruling ANC party is likely to lose its majority in the upcoming May 29 general election. Speaking to Deutsche Welle, SAIIA’s head of the African Governance and Diplomacy Programme Steven Gruzd says that the ANC could still secure a slim majority vote.
GOP senators blast Biden admin moves in Africa as Russia looks to fill vacuum
Speaking to Fox News, Senior Researcher Gustavo de Carvalho says that Africa is becoming higher on the agenda of priorities for Russian foreign policy.
South Africa at 30: Diplomatic transformation
From Mandela’s moral foreign policy to more transactional international relations, South Africa’s fortunes on the world stage have ebbed and flowed over the past 30 years. In this Business Day feature, SAIIA’s head of the African Governance and Diplomacy programme, Steven Gruzd, discusses South Africa’s foreign policy over the past 30 years.
Glimpses from the Global South for the climate and just energy transition agenda
To promote knowledge exchange between Brazil and South Africa on the climate and just energy transition agenda in the context of the G20, Brics, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Think Tank 20 (T20), an engagement group linked to the G20 Social, held the seminar “Strengthening the Global South Climate Agenda – […]
How China’s demand for donkeys is devastating African communities
China’s demand for donkey hides, which are used to make an ancient health-related product called ejiao, has skyrocketed. This is not only endangering the global donkey population, but also poses socio-economic risks to African countries specifically. SAIIA Senior Research Associate, Dr Lauren Johnston, was interviewed by Reuters about her research on this issue.
Analysing Ramaphosa’s SONA amidst South Africa’s socioeconomic challenges
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s sixth annual State of the Nation Address took a nostalgic approach to the event as part of commemorating 30 years of democracy, as well as addressing what is likely to be the most highly-contested general election South Africa has seen since democratic rule. In an interview with Forbes Africa, SAIIA’s Senior Researcher, […]
South Africa’s president under pressure in state of the nation speech
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s sixth State of the Nation Address is expected to be the most important speech of his presidency to date, in an election year when his ruling party risks losing its parliamentary majority for the first time. In this interview with AFP, SAIIA’s Senior Researcher, Gustavo De Carvalho, gives his predictions for the […]
Diplomatic fallout of ICJ ruling on Israel could put South Africa’s AGOA renewal at risk
The Daily Maverick reports that after taking Israel, one of the US’s key allies to court, the South African government will need agile diplomacy to save the AGOA trade agreement. SAIIA’s chief executive Elizabeth Sidiropoulos was interviewed about the potential diplomatic fallout.