Despite its vagueness, the RET has become central to the contemporary ANC. It is destined to remain a powerful bloc within the party, and a constant constraint on Ramaphosa leadership.
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Peacebuilding – Analyses
Ignoring any order of the court undermines democracy and the rule of law. No one should be above the law.
The interests of bandits and jihadists are converging in Nigeria and this poses a formidable threat to the country’s security.
Education can’t make up for inadequacies in other policies that continue to cause mass unemployment.
Interventions against intimate partner violence may work better if they target the mechanisms that make empathic women more vulnerable.
More than half a million Ethiopian migrants have been deported from Saudi Arabia since 2017.
To stem the tide of violent extremism across the Sahel region, especially northwest Nigeria, the vulnerabilities and grudges of border communities need to be properly addressed.
The new book is structured around apartheid profiteers, war profiteers, state capture profiteers, welfare profiteers, failing auditors, conspiring consultants and bad lawyers.
Some vulnerable populations may have fallen through the cracks despite efforts to improve access to HIV services during the pandemic in Nigeria.
The spy watchdog needs to make its findings on complaints against the country’s intelligence agencies public as a matter of principle.
South Africa had one of the best national gender machineries globally. But, these were dismantled and replaced with a dysfunctional ministry for women, youth and people with disabilities.
After 40 years in office, Cameroon’s 89 year old Paul Biya is the second longest serving leader in Africa. He is already eyeing another contest in 2025.
The East African Court of Justice has been a keen promoter of the rule of law, democracy and human rights.
Based on official statistics, we conclude that the country has made more progress towards land reform than is generally suggested.
Kenyan families with access to mass media are significantly more afraid of terrorism than those without access.
Tensions between the US and South Africa – this time over the terror alert – are nothing new. Their relations have always had highs and lows since South Africa became a democracy in 1994.
Besides good equipment, M23 is fighting a well-organised conventional war in which it has intimidated the national army.
South Africa’s policies need to do more to protect vulnerable and marginalised small-scale fishers and fishing communities.
Ghanaians aren’t using the new ‘smart’ street address system which was intended to improve service delivery.
Study finds that the language used in news reports is often part of the problem, not the solution.
There were high expectations for COP27, the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. COP conferences broadly provide a platform for the negotiation of international…
Adequate wastewater treatment systems are crucial to ensure that wastewater from the oil industry does less damage.
Al-Shabaab remains a strong regional actor and has proved itself to be a resilient force. It’s time to weigh a non-war strategic option
Mandela, the first president of a democratic South Africa, made big strategic choices – not necessarily the right ones, but certainly ones that were befitting of the times.
Mountain systems are sensitive to climate change. Loss of snow and ice sets off effects which have wide ranging consequences.