Tag: Good Governance Africa (GGA)
INVITATION | The Zimbabwe Crisis: from revolt to reform
We hope you will join us for an upcoming public webinar, The Zimbabwe Crisis: from revolt to reform, on Tuesday, 22 September 2020, at 15:00 – 17:00hrs (SAST). Please register online to attend HERE | The event will be held over Zoom |
BOOK REVIEW | Extremisms in Africa Vol 2
Over the past two decades, the rapid emergence and spread of extremist organisations has become a primary source of insecurity in Africa. Extremist organisations represent the fluid and variable nature of conflict systems today and are at the heart of some of Africa’s most enduring conflicts.
Diaspora diaries and football politics
Football and politics have always enjoyed a fascinating relationship. During this year’s World Cup, the political subtext was especially elevated, given the geo-political significance of the event being hosted in Russia. But beyond the obvious diplomatic undercurrent, the tournament brought a number of complex political issues to the fore.
Megacities | key drivers of economic performance
Most of sub-Saharan Africa’s cities are ill prepared for the rapid and dramatic population increase that will occur by 2035. For decades to come, sub-Saharan Africa’s economic and social future will be shaped by one of the most important megatrends on the continent: urbanisation.
Blue Economy | Africa’s new frontier?
Hailed by the African Union (AU) as the ‘new frontier of African renaissance’, the idea of the blue economy is gaining prominence across the continent. In 2014, the Seychelles, an early advocate of the blue economy, championed the agenda as ‘a vital part of Africa’s future development’. Meanwhile, states, including Kenya and South Africa, have begun formalising policy and legal frameworks to ‘unlock the ocean economy’, as a 2014 government report put it.
Dilemmas of land reform for the Ramaphosa era
When the democratically elected government took power in 1994, led by the ANC, three central elements of land policy were announced: land restitution, land redistribution and tenure reform. Land issues are being debated intensely and there are a number of interesting new developments: a new presidency of the ANC; a pending Restitution Amendment Act at present invalidated by the Constitutional Court; the High-Level Panel report to parliament; a new Communal Tenure Bill; and a land audit by AgriSA.
