Nuclear technology has made great advances with small modular reactors, which could potentially help South Africa transition away from coal to a cleaner energy source. Leleti Maluleke, junior researcher for GGA's Human...
South Africa
New patterns of political violence in SA
The nature of political violence in South Africa has changed over the decades since the first democratic election in 1994, becoming more intense and also concentrated in the local municipal landscape. The...
Meaningful consultation with communities: what does it mean?
The recent High Court case that interdicted Shell’s seismic blasting campaign off South Africa’s Wild Coast demonstrates how indigenous communities are using the courts to protect their constitutional and customary...
Policy, legal and regulatory issues in Africa’s digital sphere
Common adages in our information and knowledge-based society are that data is the “new currency” and “new oil”, powering every human endeavour. African countries have leapfrogged into the global digital economy, with...
When data access is at the mercy of regime change
Tanzania is credited for having been at the forefront in embracing Africa’s Open Data initiatives about nine years ago, aimed at promoting the public use of data to spur economic growth and hold government officials to...
The gig economy – global but precarious
Today, more than half of the world’s population is connected to the internet. In Africa, there are more than 590 million internet users and over 800 million mobile phone subscribers. Some observers note that such...
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