Almost a third of African countries have already held, or will still hold, general or presidential elections in 2024. A significant concentration of these are in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)...
Southern African Development Community
SADC concludes its Mozambique mission while new DRC deployment faces high risks
The Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) will largely complete its withdrawal from Cabo Delgado this month (July 2024), three years after its deployment. Personnel who remain will do so...
Gas plan is a regional opportunity
In the wake of South Africa cementing itself as a coalition nation — through forming a government of national unity — attention is focused on re-elected President Cyril Ramaphosa to announce a new cabinet. The new...
2024 SADC elections: A call to deepen grassroots democracy
This year, almost a third of African countries will hold general or presidential elections. Many of these will take place in Southern Africa, including South Africa next month, Botswana and Mozambique in October and...
Is the Southern African Development Community (SADC) afflicted by premature deindustrialisation?
This paper, by Dr Ross Harvey and Pranish Desai, quantitatively examines SADC's industrialisation trends, considering factors like South Africa's weak performance and the impact of oil and mineral rents. It takes as...
Zimbabwe election needs to be called out for what it is
Good Governance Africa believes the Zimbabwe election needs to be called out for what it is; illegitimate and neither free nor fair. GGA is dismayed that Namibian President Hage Geingob, along with ANC...
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