The Governance Report
Navigating uncharted waters: the road to Local Government Elections
Following the impasse and uncertainty over the constitutionality of moving local government elections to 2022, and the consequent Constitutional Court decision, South Africa will hold Local...
Intelligence in a time of crisis
Evaluating the security sector’s response to violent unrest and looting in Kwazulu-Natal and Gauteng Last week, South Africa was rocked by scenes of violent unrest and looting concentrated in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. At least 200 people...
Making sense of South Africa’s week of anarchy
Confronting the confusing narratives to better understand South Africa’s quagmire South Africans find themselves confronted with the ugly spectre of rioting and looting that has claimed over 100 lives, and also dealt a devastating blow to the...
Navigating uncharted waters: the road to Local Government Elections
Following the impasse and uncertainty over the constitutionality of moving local government elections to 2022, and the consequent Constitutional Court decision, South Africa will hold Local Government Elections (LGE’s) on 1 November 2021. The country is grappling with...
Intelligence in a time of crisis
Evaluating the security sector’s response to violent unrest and looting in Kwazulu-Natal and Gauteng Last week, South Africa was rocked by scenes of violent unrest and looting concentrated in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. At least 200 people...
Making sense of South Africa’s week of anarchy
Confronting the confusing narratives to better understand South Africa’s quagmire South Africans find themselves confronted with the ugly spectre of rioting and looting that has claimed over 100 lives, and also dealt a devastating blow to the...
Expert Analysis
Measuring up: where is ESG performance in extractives?
Over the last five years, a growing global movement has made considerable efforts to address key issues related to environmental, social and...
Climate change action requires climate change literacy
Five African presidents were invited by President Biden to join him at the Leaders’ Summit on Climate on April 22 and 23, 2021, where 40 world...
Learning from the experience of others – vaccine rollouts from around the world
“Fools say that they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by others’ experience.” ― Otto von Bismarck Six months have passed since the first...
Covid vaccine market opens door to a burgeoning counterfeit medicines trade
New posters have popped up on the streets of South Africa advertising ‘vaccination R150’. At first glance they could be referring to any vaccine,...
The COVID-19 pandemic a year on
On 5 March 2021, South Africa reached an important milestone: 100 000 vaccinations were administered to healthcare workers. Exactly a year to the day after South Africa recorded its first case of the coronavirus, it is a bittersweet triumph, but in these uncertain times, a triumph nonetheless.
A paradigm shift from false expectations of reform in a securocrat state, to a conference to resolve it.
The crisis in Zimbabwe: A paradigm shift ABSTRACT The discussion on the crisis in Zimbabwe has over the years been premised on the false expectation...
Innovating a new Intelligence Architecture in an uncertain world
Successful states are able to navigate the complexities of geopolitics, the challenges and opportunities that pepper the strategic landscape and...
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
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Election Tracker
Lessons from Trump’s dethronement for Africa
In a historic US election, President Donald Trump was ousted from office by Joe Biden. Biden won 50.8% of the popular vote, while Trump still managed 47.5% in the largest voter turnout since 1908. The presidency of Donald Trump is widely viewed as anomalous, a...
Lessons from Trump’s dethronement for Africa
In a historic US election, President Donald Trump was ousted from office by Joe Biden. Biden won 50.8% of the popular vote, while Trump still managed 47.5% in the largest voter turnout since 1908. The presidency of Donald Trump is widely viewed as anomalous, a...
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