The Governance Report
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...
Eswatini Elections Weekly Tracker
SADC deploys Electoral Observation Mission On 19 September 2023, the President of the Republic of Zambia, and Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation announced that SADC...
Eswatini in 2023: A data overview
On Friday 29 September 2023, the Kingdom of Eswatini will hold its next general elections. A landlocked country in Southern Africa, Eswatini reports a total population of approximately 1.2 million – the second smallest of any non-Island African...
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...
Eswatini Elections Weekly Tracker
SADC deploys Electoral Observation Mission On 19 September 2023, the President of the Republic of Zambia, and Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation announced that SADC...
Eswatini in 2023: A data overview
On Friday 29 September 2023, the Kingdom of Eswatini will hold its next general elections. A landlocked country in Southern Africa, Eswatini reports a total population of approximately 1.2 million – the second smallest of any non-Island African...
Expert Analysis
Beware using Karpowership as a temporary electricity solution
South Africa needs a fast, reliable solution that can immediately help mitigate the effects of load-shedding and stabilise the energy transmission...
Zimbabwean project a chance to transform Africa’s mining sector
Africa’s mining sector must institute critical reforms if it is to avert the deepening of the resource curse. Increasing global demand for...
Corruption is a cancerous curse
In their excellent 2009 book, Violence and Social Orders, the late Douglass North and his co-authors make a compelling case that, throughout...
The private sector can help ensure local-level stability in South Africa
At the forefront of debates about the functioning of local government in South Africa is a question of stability. This discourse is understandably...
Is terminating the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit legal?
Introduction The Minister of Home Affairs, Aaron Motsoaledi, has every right to terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) regime, as he did on...
Addressing food insecurity as a governance issue
By the time this column goes to print, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the South African Reserve Bank will have decided on whether to again...
South African politics: Uncertainty prevails
At the time of last year’s local government elections, it appeared we were at the end of a political age in South Africa. Since then, however,...
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
What are Bobi Wine’s chances?
Many believe the 2021 presidential election in Uganda will go to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, but his main rival, Bobi Wine, a young upstart, seems to have united Uganda’s youth and urban population under the hashtag: 'We are removing a dictator.' GGA SADC Executive...
What are Bobi Wine’s chances?
Many believe the 2021 presidential election in Uganda will go to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, but his main rival, Bobi Wine, a young upstart, seems to have united Uganda’s youth and urban population under the hashtag: 'We are removing a dictator.' GGA SADC Executive...
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