The Governance Report
Understanding South Africa’s coalition landscape
Ahead of the 2024 elections, debate about coalition governments and their effect on political stability is proliferating because the ANC appears to be at risk of losing its majority of voter share...
Reconciling interests and values in an era of great power competition
The world is entering a new era of great power competition. Renewed, and emerging rivalries between major countries including China, India, Russia and the United States will define how the world navigates some of the great challenges of this...
Zimbabwe – an urgent call to restore justice and confidence
Post 23 August – Zimbabwe needs to do more to restore trust and confidence With the inauguration, cabinet announcement and swearing-in of new Ministers well out of the way, on 18 September, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa left for the 78th...
Understanding South Africa’s coalition landscape
Ahead of the 2024 elections, debate about coalition governments and their effect on political stability is proliferating because the ANC appears to be at risk of losing its majority of voter share both nationally and locally. We can therefore expect to see an increase...
Reconciling interests and values in an era of great power competition
The world is entering a new era of great power competition. Renewed, and emerging rivalries between major countries including China, India, Russia and the United States will define how the world navigates some of the great challenges of this...
Zimbabwe – an urgent call to restore justice and confidence
Post 23 August – Zimbabwe needs to do more to restore trust and confidence With the inauguration, cabinet announcement and swearing-in of new Ministers well out of the way, on 18 September, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa left for the 78th...
Expert Analysis
Africa and the tyranny of the cult of mediocrity
It is a piercing indictment of African liberation sensibility when, like some biblical Jews in the long desert to Canaan who demanded that Moses...
The Zimbabwean nightmare and tragic optimism of Mutambara
To mention Zimbabwe and the idea of a “dream” in the same sentence, as Professor Arthur Mutambara has done, is to be provocative and challenging....
Mandela Day 2023: How true is SA to his legacy?
In 1909, at the apex of the British Empire, Westminster passed an Act of Parliament which banded together four colonies on the southern tip of...
Addressing the education gender gap in Africa
Education is a door opener and a life-changer, especially for girls and women, senior United Nations officials stressed at the 56th session of the...
Africa Day – GGA’s GDI Programme reflects on wins and challenges
Since the launch of the African Union (AU) on July 9, 2002, the AU has made significant contributions to the development of the African continent....
The need for the ‘Post Office of Tomorrow’
Over the last decade, the South African Post Office (SAPO) has experienced significant business issues, including debt to creditors and a lack of...
African states need strong audit institutions to stem fraud, money laundering
Corruption is a major problem for Africa, with the continent losing billions of dollars every year to illicit financial flows (IFFs) caused by...
Covid-19
Here you’ll find up-to-date Covid-19 stats provided by the WHO COVID-19 DASHBOARD and in-depth reporting on the governance around Covid-19
COVID-19: In South Africa, a constitutional crisis and even worse inequality
When President Cyril Ramaphosa stepped up to the podium on 15 March 2020, to announce a National State of Disaster, 10 days after the first confirmed case of coronavirus in the country, there was a collective sigh of relief.
COVID-19: Corona cases triple in precarious Zimbabwe
On 23 March, 2020 Zimbabwe recorded its first coronavirus (COVID-19) casualty, national broadcaster Zororo Makamba. The renowned and highly influential 30-year-old journalist contracted the virus during a visit to New York, and his subsequent passing created widespread panic resulting in a quick call-to-action.
COVID-19: In Kenya, confusion and corruption while politicians flout lockdowns
Kenya was engulfed by a cloud of apprehension on 12 March 2020, when the Ministry of Health confirmed the country’s first case of coronavirus since its outbreak in China in December 2019.
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Election Tracker
Angola pre-election day developments
Election campaigns Indications are that election campaigning has remained relatively peaceful with no major incidents of violence reported. The National Youth Council launched a door-to-door voter education campaign in Luanda. This campaign helped inform and educate...
Electoral abuse and a fearful electorate
Zimbabwe has found itself trapped in continuous protests and violence as citizens remain unsatisfied with electoral outcomes Zimbabwe’s elections...
Governance implications of the Malawi election June 2020 rerun
Late on Saturday 27 June, 2020, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson, Justice Chifundo Kachale, formally announced the election...
Electoral abuse and a fearful electorate
Zimbabwe has found itself trapped in continuous protests and violence as citizens remain unsatisfied with electoral outcomes Zimbabwe’s elections since 1980, when the country gained independence, have traditionally been a do-or-die affair...
Governance implications of the Malawi election June 2020 rerun
Late on Saturday 27 June, 2020, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson, Justice Chifundo Kachale, formally announced the election results. Dr Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) had won the election with 58.57% of the...
Angola pre-election day developments
Election campaigns Indications are that election campaigning has remained relatively peaceful with no major incidents of violence reported. The National Youth Council launched a door-to-door voter education campaign in Luanda. This campaign helped inform and educate...
Electoral abuse and a fearful electorate
Zimbabwe has found itself trapped in continuous protests and violence as citizens remain unsatisfied with electoral outcomes Zimbabwe’s elections since 1980, when the country gained independence, have traditionally been a do-or-die affair...
Governance implications of the Malawi election June 2020 rerun
Late on Saturday 27 June, 2020, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson, Justice Chifundo Kachale, formally announced the election results. Dr Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) had won the election with 58.57% of the...
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