‘Ghost town’ awaits the presidential cavalcade
President Jacob Zuma will not only address a post-Sona rally but also meet with business leaders for lunch before his address. The lunch will…
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President Jacob Zuma will not only address a post-Sona rally but also meet with business leaders for lunch before his address. The lunch will…
It’s State of the Nation Address time again. Once again we are lining up like lambs before the proverbial slaughter. We know we are…
Arguably the greatest success story of Cuba, for a small country, under Fidel Castro, was that the island, under a punishing economic blockade by…
Maybe the ANC already does know that it’s in trouble. Mantashe, who somehow manages to annoy a little less than some of his other…
African parliaments becoming more independent from presidents and executives is a prerequisite for improving the quality of democratic governance in Africa. This Policy Brief presents…
It’s been another rather unsettling political week both globally and locally. It started with the inauguration of Donald Trump as unlikely president of the United States….
Introduction The Pan African Parliament (PAP) launched in 2004, is struggling to transform from a toothless organisation to one that holds continental leaders and…
The North African uprisings of 2011, dubbed the “Arab Spring”, which toppled long-standing autocratic leaders and regimes, successfully secured key policy demands and brought…
Will the US under the presidency of Donald Trump, who has promised to turn the world’s largest economy determinedly inwards, undermine democracy globally and in…
With the end of Obama’s Presidency we are losing rare inspirational and humane leadership. The exemplary and graceful leadership provided by the Barack Obama…