The African National Congress faces two big challenges: fewer South Africans trust it, while its electoral support has been waning.
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The vision set out by Cyril Ramaphosa has the seeds for galvanising South Africans to get back on the right path. But it urgently needs a plan to make it happen.
Moyane’s axing ends one of the last vestiges of Zuma’s continued influence in the country’s governance.
Initiatives to boost South Africa’s economy could reinforce structural weaknesses without addressing the high levels of inequality.
South Africa’s finance minister has chosen to walk a tightrope rather than face tough choices about cutting expenditure or raising taxes.
Despite a relatively slow start, South Africa can speed up its implementation of the SDGs.
The axing of the prosecutions head follows sweeping changes to other king positions in the security cluster by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
A survey shows 70% of South Africans feel immigrants pose a threat to the country.
Mandela did not make the decision to jettison Taiwan and recognise China. He adhered to a decision by the governing ANC.
South Africa must position itself to play a decisive role in shaping a new world order as the theUS retreats from global leadership.
Nelson Mandela’s centenary celebrations provide a chance to debunk the lie that he sold out black South Africans.
The way Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is being remembered recalls the outpouring of grief and iconic status Eva Peron the First Lady of Argentina was accorded.
It’s important yet complicated to align national development plans with the SDGs. But it isn’t impossible.
South African commercial law courses do not address the question of what norms and procedures govern business relations in indigenous African communities.
Both the state of the nation address and budget speech didn’t leave a sense that there has been much reflection on the depth of the economic malaise gripping South Africa.
A tumultuous era has ended and there’s a silver lining to the cloud that has been hanging over South Africa.
The politicians who removed Zuma are likely to be running the government for the next five years. Current events were their first test and offered a hint of how the country may be governed.
Cyril Ramaphosa is no Messiah, and when the post-Zuma champagne corks stop popping, South Africans need to assess him as a mere mortal.
President Jacob Zuma’s camp is pushing to have him replaced by an interim leader as an excuse to prolong his disastrous rule for their own benefit.
South Africa’s finance minister’s medium term budget speech offered hope of potential economic game changes. But will he be bold enough to make them?
Principales colaboradores
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Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Head: Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Research Fellow, Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Urban Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Political Economy, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Emeritus Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Associate professor, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor at the University of Pretoria and Co-ordinator of the South African SDG Hub, University of Pretoria
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Professor in Political Science, University of South Africa
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Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Distinguished Reserach Professor, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Professor of Economics and Finance, Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria
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Professor and Head of Department of Political and Conflict Studies, Nelson Mandela University
