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At present South Africa is simply placing a potentially dangerous market into the hands of criminal syndicates and international traffickers.
The Bomvana say the global development agenda has created division because it sees people as individuals rather than primarily as members of a collective.
Governments should change their approach by deepening collaboration with citizens to ensure delivery of urban infrastructure
Cameroon’s English speaking people suffer gross marginalisation and are treated as second-class citizens by the Francophone government.
As a branch of government, the courts must naturally be accountable for the exercise of their power. The means of achieving their accountability must be balanced against their necessary independence.
The African Union’s role in Sudan’s political crisis proves that it’s legal framework is strong enough to resolve regional disputes
The Mnangagwa regime’s coercive acts are a continuation of the violence and brutality of the Mugabe era, while he seeks global re-engagement and selective national dialogue.
Colonialism and apartheid sought to make traditional leaders accountable to white officials by tying them to land.
South Sudan has been in the business of building peace for years but is no closer to implementing the roadmap to peace than when it drafted the first agreement.
Bad governance and political manoeuvring increase the risk of communal conflicts
Using the military continuously in internal roles for which it is not structured, funded or trained simply speeds up its decline.
The Public Protector’s Office has become embroiled in political scandals under the current incumbent, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane.
Social media is shaping Africa’s political engagement in diverse and complex ways.
The election’s result endorses other evidence that trust in South Africa’s constitutional settlement and its political institutions is steadily declining.
Corruption includes both what people do and what they fail to do. The critical issue is a person’s motive.
Calls for secession in Ethiopia could destabilise the entire nation.
Given the framework within which removals under the Group Areas Act took place in Cape Town, a social disaster was inevitable.
We found that women who had access to subsidised day-care services were 17% more likely to be employed than those who were not.
Secrecy over who funds political parties should trigger fears that government decisions will reflect the wishes of large donors.
Women were able to pursue an impressive feminist agenda as South Africa made its transition to democracy. But 25 years later there’s not a lot left of the early victories.
Germany praises itself for having declared a ‘special responsibility’ for Namibia since independence. But the relationship is viewed differently from Windhoek.
In a surprising change in trends, citizens in many African countries increasingly support government restrictions of press freedom.
Like many great men, the legacy of Ghana’s independence hero is not uncontested.
The already extremely fragile political condition cannot handle any further instability and chaos.