Looking ahead to the State of the Nation Address (SONA) and subsequent debates, the good news is that South Africa went nearly a full year without load-shedding. It would clearly have been better for the President if...

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by Good Governance Africa | Feb 3, 2025
Looking ahead to the State of the Nation Address (SONA) and subsequent debates, the good news is that South Africa went nearly a full year without load-shedding. It would clearly have been better for the President if...
by Pranish Desai | Jan 31, 2024
A somewhat perplexing disconnect lies at the heart of South African democracy today. On the one hand, the country continues to perform relatively well, particularly within the African context, on the global indices of...
by Helen Acton | May 13, 2022
Gwede Mantashe, the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, has threatened to judicially review the Zondo Commission’s (‘the Commission’) findings against him. This decision highlights legal and political weaknesses...
by GGA Reporter | Mar 25, 2022
Friday, 25 March 2022 The Fourth South African Investment Conference (SAIC) is under way at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg. The conference sets out to: showcase the investment opportunities available in...
by Dr Ross Harvey | Feb 21, 2022
As the president rightly acknowledged, the fact that the State of the Nation (SONA 2022) did not unfold in parliament is a useful analogy for the fact that our country is on fire, too often quite literally. Though...
by Good Governance Africa | Feb 11, 2022
Good Governance Africa (GGA) has studied the president’s SONA 2022 speech from last night. The speech includes some laudable attempts at addressing the ANC’s lamentable record in governance over the past year and in...