Justice Zondo needs to get under the skin of the politics of state capture in South Africa, to get on record what happened, and why.
The U.S. Capitol is seen here in this January 2018 photo. Three top Russian intelligence officials met with their American counterparts in D.C. in January. Why?
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In January, three top Russian intelligence officials met with their peers in Washington, D.C. What was their goal amid the Robert Mueller investigation? An expert on Russia speculates.
Lake Victoria sees high levels of illegal fishing carried out by local fisherman and traders.
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South Africa’s dysfuctional municipalities are characterised by very poor, or no delivery, of basic services such as refuse collection.
Former NSW minister Ian Macdonald (left) and union boss John Maitland are just two of the prominent figures who have been swept up in anti-corruption investigations at the state level.
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Public trust in government is sliding and there’s a perception that a small elite is reaping the benefits of political influence. This points to the need for a federal anti-corruption body.
Democratic Alliance leader, Mmusi Maimane is struggling to grow the party further.
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Salvatore Cantale, International Institute for Management Development (IMD) and Ivy Buche, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
The world’s largest financial scandal has toppled a government, threatened a currency, and revealed deeply problematic failings at a buccaneering Swiss bank.
Containing wealthy corruptors in underfunded, understaffed prisons is like putting a grizzly bear in a wobbly bamboo cage designed to hold goats guarded by unskilled shepherds.
Instructions on how to vote in Pakistan.
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Barack Obama was asked to give the Mandela Lecture because he represents what the global liberation struggle icon stood for. He struck the right chord.
Nelson Mandela, arriving for Thabo Mbeki’s inauguration in 2004.
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