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The likely impact of COVID-19 on the extractive industries and its governance implications

Posted by Dr Ross Harvey and Sixolile Ngqwala | May 27, 2020 | 0 |

COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). Global policy responses have shut down economic activity in attempts to flatten the curve – to prevent a stiletto-type impact on the capacity of healthcare systems to provide care for COVID-affected patients.

Africa Day 2020: A unique opportunity for reflection

Posted by Dr Ross Harvey | May 25, 2020 | 0 |

Covid-19 has taken the world by storm. It has exposed deep fragilities in our global systems. Our economic systems, first and foremost, clearly require deep reform. Failing to properly account for ecological degradation has...

GANDHI NOW, COVID-19 AND THE NEED FOR SOLIDARITY ECONOMICS

Posted by Good Governance Africa | May 19, 2020 | 0 |

Blessed are the peacemakers and sustainers of life

When we set out on our journey to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Kasturba and Mohandas Gandhi in October 2019, the world was a very different place.