Instead of disconnected projects driven by external priorities, a country platform enables governments to set the agenda and direct finance to where it is needed.
- Emeritus Associate Professor in Public Law, UCT. Visiting Adjunct Professor, WITS School of Governance; Director, Africa Programme, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
Large-scale gas development could leave investors unable to recoup their money, because of a global shift towards renewables and green hydrogen.
The constitution and the principle of constitutionalism will continue to be politically contested territory. So far it’s held in South Africa.
The third and final part of our series What happened to Nelson Mandela’s South Africa on The Conversation Weekly podcast. Featuring interviews with Sithembile Mbete and Richard Calland.
The impeachment process could derail Ramaphosa’s political career and seriously hurt the governing ANC’s electoral prospects in 2024.
The new process of impeachment requires an objective test to be met.
Mandela, the first president of a democratic South Africa, made big strategic choices – not necessarily the right ones, but certainly ones that were befitting of the times.
Companies need to reset their mission so that profitability is a means to an end - the organisation’s social purpose - not an end in itself is essential.
The egregious failures in the Judicial Service Commission’s process have muddied the water and complicated the President’s decision-making.
The inquiry’s findings could be a defining moment for South Africa, but only if the work of the Commission leads to concrete action and systemic change.
The Chief Justice needs to have a single-minded and unyielding commitment to constitutional democracy and constitutional values, including social justice.
The extent to which presidents adhere to the constitutional written code will have profound implications in relation to their use of executive power.
South Africa has many problems. But, as Jacob Zuma has found out, the strength of its rule of law and the independence of its judiciary should not be underestimated.
Ramaphosa will be eager to communicate his position that no one should be above scrutiny and that all parts of society,should be examined by the Commission.
The former president is in a corner and largely isolated. His only option is to stir the pot so much that it gives him some kind of bargaining power.
The first of a series of fatal flaws in the idea is about where to draw the line.
The judgment creates a new layer of uncertainty in an already highly fluid situation and heaps further unwelcome pressure onto government.
For the first time since the end of apartheid in 1994, citizens have had to accept stringent restrictions on their normal civil liberties.
Already, we have seen a range of responses globally - from countries that apparently reacted too late, to those who acted relatively early.
Global cooperation is essential if climate action is to be effective, amid the right-wing onslaught against multilateralism.
The dilemma for Zuma and his legal team is this: by putting him on the witness stand, there is a risk that he would be found wanting, especially in terms of the detail of any matter.
Ramaphosa offered five simple yet bold goals for the next ten years that cut across the social and economic structural constraints that inhibit South Africa’s potential.
Some have argued that were the ANC to win 60% or more in this election, it would have given the party a blank cheque for further larceny
The state capture inquiry is a remarkable political as well as legal event.
Justice Zondo needs to get under the skin of the politics of state capture in South Africa, to get on record what happened, and why.
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