Deon Cloete – The Conversation

Hawkers carry their produce to the market walking past a truck yard on on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Photo by Gideon Mendel/Corbis via Getty Images

August 31, 2022

Southern African countries can do better at infrastructure: what the choices might look like

Lesley Wentworth, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Deon Cloete, South African Institute of International Affairs

Countries in southern Africa should start focusing on greater regional interconnectedness and collaboration.

Coal operations at one of South Africa’s coal-fired power plants. Industrial policy needs to envisage less reliance on carbon. Photo by Phill Magakoe /AFP via Getty Images)

July 25, 2022

Industrial policy options for southern Africa: scenarios set out possibilities and risks

Julius Gatune, Maastricht School of Management and Deon Cloete, South African Institute of International Affairs

The scenarios provide plausible and possible alternatives for futures of industrialisation. They also alert decision makers to desired and undesired development pathways.

A market in Zambia. The Anthropocene in this case looks at the world positively and how to overcome challenges. Shutterstock

January 5, 2017

Incubating ideas on how southern Africa can manage the Anthropocene

Laura Pereira, Stellenbosch University; Deon Cloete, Stellenbosch University; Maike Hamann, Stellenbosch University; Reinette Oonsie Biggs, Stellenbosch University; Rika Preiser, Stellenbosch University, and Tanja Hichert, University of the Free State

The Anthropocene is often associated with problems such as climate change and inequality. But there is also hope that it can come with positive change for the benefit of people.

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