The Governance Report
The Cape Assurance Corridor: Turning Maritime Security into a Regional Export for Southern Africa
Escalating instability in the Middle East in light of US-Israeli strikes on Iran has shifted from a single-corridor problem into a multi-chokepoint shock. Renewed attacks on commercial shipping in...
A silver lining? The US aid freeze should spur Nigeria to greater self-reliance
Foreign aid has never been the solution to Nigeria’s multiple development challenges. However, the halt to US development assistance and the de facto shutdown of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will cause additional...
Leveraging 4IR for Governance and Urban Development in Johannesburg
Johannesburg’s ability to harness the transformative potential of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is hindered by persistent governance and administrative weaknesses. While the city scores well for service delivery and economic development, its...
The Cape Assurance Corridor: Turning Maritime Security into a Regional Export for Southern Africa
Escalating instability in the Middle East in light of US-Israeli strikes on Iran has shifted from a single-corridor problem into a multi-chokepoint shock. Renewed attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden continue to undermine confidence in...
A silver lining? The US aid freeze should spur Nigeria to greater self-reliance
Foreign aid has never been the solution to Nigeria’s multiple development challenges. However, the halt to US development assistance and the de facto shutdown of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will cause additional...
Leveraging 4IR for Governance and Urban Development in Johannesburg
Johannesburg’s ability to harness the transformative potential of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is hindered by persistent governance and administrative weaknesses. While the city scores well for service delivery and economic development, its...
Expert Analysis
Climate Change Act and the role of local government
South Africa’s response to addressing climate change has come full circle with the passing of the Climate Change Act in July 2024. This breakthrough...
e-Services in South Africa exacerbate inequality through digital barriers
Like many countries, South Africa has adopted e-government systems to deliver information and municipal services. While the government has embraced...
Exploring the Impact of Conflict on Communities in the northern Mozambique – southern Tanzania Borderlands Region
Since October 2017, Cabo Delgado in Mozambique has been the focal point of a violent insurgency, resulting in widespread human rights abuses,...
e-Services in South Africa exacerbate inequality through digital barriers
Like many countries, South Africa has adopted e-government systems to deliver information and municipal services. While the government has embraced...
Exploring the Impact of Conflict on Communities in the northern Mozambique – southern Tanzania Borderlands Region
Since October 2017, Cabo Delgado in Mozambique has been the focal point of a violent insurgency, resulting in widespread human rights abuses,...
2024 Mozambique Election Tracker
It’s time to book for the 2024 ESG Africa Conference
It's time to book for the ESG Africa conference, an event hosted by ESG Africa Events in partnership with GGA. The 2024 conference will be held at...
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
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.
The largest immunisation drive: Is Africa ready?
One of the largest immunisation drives in Africa’s history is about to commence and African governments must urgently ramp up their readiness, both on the front end with the administration of the vaccine as well as on the back end with supply chain and distribution...
SADC COVID-19 Pandemic – an Opportunity to Strengthen Governance
To many in the research community, Africa remains an anomaly, as it has experienced less of the coronavirus burden than many other regions in the world. According to the Africa Centre for Disease Control (AU CDC), as of 27 January 2021, at least 40 countries are...
MOZAMBIQUE INSURGENCY
SADC extraordinary summit on Cabo Delgado
Crisis meeting on the insurgency in Cabo Delgado The Southern African Development Community (SADC) held an Extraordinary Double Troika Summit, in Maputo, Mozambique, on 8 April 2021 on measures to address terrorism in Mozambique. The country's northern province of...
Empowering local communities to prevent violent extremism in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
Published within the Extremisms in Africa anthology series, this chapter by Leigh Hamilton and Rami Sayed focuses on the spread of Islamist ideology...
SADC and Mozambique – a quiet (loud) change in approach?
On Friday 27 November 2020, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) hosted an Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit in Gaborone, Botswana....
Going deep into Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado extremism
To counter violent extremism in places such as Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado properly, it’s necessary to understand the root causes of such conflicts...
SADC and Mozambique – a quiet (loud) change in approach?
On Friday 27 November 2020, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) hosted an Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit in Gaborone, Botswana....
Going deep into Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado extremism
To counter violent extremism in places such as Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado properly, it’s necessary to understand the root causes of such conflicts...
Election Tracker
South Africa 2024 Elections Tracker
By 5 July 2024 By 22 June First inaugural sitting of Parliament: The inaugural sitting of the 7th democratic parliament took place on the 14 June 2024. During this first sitting, the new members of parliament were sworn in and the Speaker of the National Assembly and...
Zimbabwe Elections Weekly Tracker – 4 to 15 August 2023
Nomination Court Issues Presidential Candidates On August 7, presidential aspirant Saviour Kasukuwere, filed an urgent High Court application...
Zimbabwe Elections Weekly Tracker – 20 July to 3 August 2023
Nomination Court Appeals Presidential Candidates issues On Wednesday 19 July 2023, Elisabeth Valerio of the United Zimbabwe Alliance (UZA)...
Zimbabwe’s 2023 elections: Who votes and why?
Zimbabwe is preparing for its 23 August 2023 Harmonised Elections. It does so against the backdrop of a complex past, where the struggle for...
Zimbabwe Elections Weekly Tracker – 4 to 15 August 2023
Nomination Court Issues Presidential Candidates On August 7, presidential aspirant Saviour Kasukuwere, filed an urgent High Court application challenging the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) over Statutory Instrument (SI) 140A of 2023, which...
Zimbabwe Elections Weekly Tracker – 20 July to 3 August 2023
Nomination Court Appeals Presidential Candidates issues On Wednesday 19 July 2023, Elisabeth Valerio of the United Zimbabwe Alliance (UZA) successfully appealed the decision that had initially excluded her from the presidential race when her...
Zimbabwe’s 2023 elections: Who votes and why?
Zimbabwe is preparing for its 23 August 2023 Harmonised Elections. It does so against the backdrop of a complex past, where the struggle for democracy and inclusivity has been marred by political instability, hardships, lack of meaningful electoral...
South Africa 2024 Elections Tracker
By 5 July 2024 By 22 June First inaugural sitting of Parliament: The inaugural sitting of the 7th democratic parliament took place on the 14 June 2024. During this first sitting, the new members of parliament were sworn in and the Speaker of the National Assembly and...
Zimbabwe Elections Weekly Tracker – 4 to 15 August 2023
Nomination Court Issues Presidential Candidates On August 7, presidential aspirant Saviour Kasukuwere, filed an urgent High Court application challenging the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) over Statutory Instrument (SI) 140A of 2023, which...
Zimbabwe Elections Weekly Tracker – 20 July to 3 August 2023
Nomination Court Appeals Presidential Candidates issues On Wednesday 19 July 2023, Elisabeth Valerio of the United Zimbabwe Alliance (UZA) successfully appealed the decision that had initially excluded her from the presidential race when her...
Zimbabwe’s 2023 elections: Who votes and why?
Zimbabwe is preparing for its 23 August 2023 Harmonised Elections. It does so against the backdrop of a complex past, where the struggle for democracy and inclusivity has been marred by political instability, hardships, lack of meaningful electoral...
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