The Governance Report
Stability lies at the heart of prosperity
Investors and the business community have an incentive and a responsibility to enhance local governance performance in South Africa. This is the clear conclusion in the latest intelligence report...
Guinea’s coup: why it happened and where to from here?
On 5 September 2021, after gunfire in the streets of Guinea’s capital city Conakry, members of the Guinean Special Forces (GSF) arrested President Alpha Condé and seized power in a coup d'état. Lieutenant-Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, head of the GSF...
Zambia’s new day – the hard work begins
To paraphrase OR Tambo’s seminal speech in 1977: Zambians, you might think it is very difficult to wage an election struggle. Wait until you are in power. At that stage you will realise that it is actually more difficult to keep the power than to...
Stability lies at the heart of prosperity
Investors and the business community have an incentive and a responsibility to enhance local governance performance in South Africa.
Guinea’s coup: why it happened and where to from here?
On 5 September 2021, after gunfire in the streets of Guinea’s capital city Conakry, members of the Guinean Special Forces (GSF) arrested President Alpha Condé and seized power in a coup d'état. Lieutenant-Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, head of the GSF...
Zambia’s new day – the hard work begins
To paraphrase OR Tambo’s seminal speech in 1977: Zambians, you might think it is very difficult to wage an election struggle. Wait until you are in power. At that stage you will realise that it is actually more difficult to keep the power than to...
Expert Analysis
Zimbabwe: Have the lessons been learned? The signs aren’t good
Public reaction to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s tweet announcing the death of Lands and Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri on July 29 summarised the polarised nature of the Zimbabwean society, while also serving as a barometer of the effectiveness of government policies in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Do citizen protests matter?
A sustained combination of internal and external pressure is required to create a genuine civilian government in Zimbabwe Ahead of planned mass...
Kenya: Forgotten promises, corruption and ‘relathieves’
Pressure has been piling up on the Kenya government to accelerate the national roll-out of its proposed Universal Health Coverage (UHC) plan in the wake of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
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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