The Governance Report
GGA to partner with ESG Africa Events
Good Governance Africa (GGA) is pleased to announce that it will partner with ESG Africa Events to host the next ESG Africa conference. The conference will be held at the Sandton Convention Centre...
Russia’s aggression in Europe is highly destructive for African nations
President Vladimir Putin is fast escalating the kind of brinkmanship which history teaches us will lead to another world war if it is not skilfully contained. Good Governance Africa condemns Russian aggression and the invasion of the Ukraine in...
Running towards a fiscal cliff with no parachute
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s maiden budget speech appeared to make all the right noises. It referenced the state of the nation address, gave some substance to the ambitions outlined there, and was mildly honest about some of the risks...
GGA to partner with ESG Africa Events
Good Governance Africa (GGA) is pleased to announce that it will partner with ESG Africa Events to host the next ESG Africa conference. The conference will be held at the Sandton Convention Centre from 6 to 8 September 2023, and will focus on topics linked to...
Russia’s aggression in Europe is highly destructive for African nations
President Vladimir Putin is fast escalating the kind of brinkmanship which history teaches us will lead to another world war if it is not skilfully contained. Good Governance Africa condemns Russian aggression and the invasion of the Ukraine in...
Running towards a fiscal cliff with no parachute
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s maiden budget speech appeared to make all the right noises. It referenced the state of the nation address, gave some substance to the ambitions outlined there, and was mildly honest about some of the risks...
Expert Analysis
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...
The state of local governance in South Africa
Why effective governance is important beyond the 2021 municipal elections As South Africa prepares for the upcoming Local Government Elections on...
Lesotho’s political impasse – a case of déjà vu?
Stuck in a rut “If we can just get to the next scheduled elections in 2022, that will be an achievement.” - Lesotho political commentator After...
Reliving the horror of Gukurahundi
The Matabeleland Massacre has been the worst blot on an atrocious human rights record in Zimbabwe In January 1983, Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF quashed...
C-19 in Kenya: Youth job scheme: a real deal or an empty promise?
Kenya launched an ambitious plan dubbed Kazi Mtaani in early June that sought to shield thousands of jobless young people from the biting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Repression in Zimbabwe exposes South Africa’s weakness
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe and President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa in 2018. PHOTO GCIS Roger Southall, University of the...
As Covid empties plates, is it time to go BIG?
South Africa already had a hunger crisis before the Covid-19 pandemic struck. As early as 2014, Oxfam reported that one in four South Africans went to bed hungry every day.
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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