When policymakers reduce electricity scarcity to a few factors like theft and vandalism, to be solved with technology and stiff penalties, they miss other factors that contribute to electricity theft.
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The problem in municipalities is not that the wrong people are being chosen. It is that the wrong people are doing the choosing – not only of candidates but of what they do if elected.
The way foreign aid is disbursed needs to be revisited to avoid the traps it’s fallen into in the past.
Paying out for vital services has a serious impact on mental health.
Ramaphosa is set to go down in the annals of history as an ANC president who presided over a tumultuous epoch in the party’s evolution.
Rob Davies is critical of economic policy, starting with the Mandela administration. He reserves particular criticism for its macroeconomic policy framework introduced in 1996.
Residents of Nairobi’s informal settlements use names as a way of voicing the issues that they struggle with every day.
Unlike most politicians but typical of a negotiator, South Africa’s president has not put his plans on the table for public scrutiny.
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 Iraqi health sector has struggled for years to keep up with standards and technology in healthcare, due in large part to the 1991 sanctions.
The judicial process in South Africa is hugely contested. This places an exaggerated burden on the courts to act with maximum independence and impartiality.
Biden’s $4 billion plan to fight crime, corruption and poverty in Central America is massive. But aid can’t build viable democracies if ‘predatory elites’ won’t help their own people.
There may be significant limitations to the political reform that can be realised by new president Samia Suluhu Hassan.
Ramaphosa’s rise to power in 2018 offered South Africans hope that he would end corruption. Indeed, he made promises to do so. But he has met with resistance, especially within the ANC.
Traditional leaders do not adequately represent the interests of rural communities in dealing with mining companies.
The life, death and work of murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia may finally be bearing fruit.
Leon mulls over the Democratic Alliance’s biggest challenge: ‘how to maintain its majority support among minorities, and increase its meagre voter share among the black majority’.
The resistance during this election cycle is even more passionate than in recent years.
Biya’s long rule has robbed Cameroon of its credibility as a stable and peaceful country.
The Buhari government has a long way to go in its anti-corruption battle as seen in the latest Transparency International rankings.
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