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The UK’s indulgence of kleptocratic elites from Russia and Eurasia is an acute example of the phenomenon of professional enabling.
Pravin Gordhan was throughout his life driven by a deep commitment to non-racialism.
The ANC tied itself in knots defending Zuma’s destructive bad behaviour in the past. Acting against him now would require it to own up to its sins.
A comprehensive strategy does not seem to be an immediate priority for Congolese authorities with an eye on elections.
The book shows how parts of South Africa now fester with organised crime.
Putin’s militarized security state has been growing since 2004 at the expense of social services and living standards for Russians.
The election results raise the real possibility that the ANC could be looking at another defeat in the 2024 general elections.
Highly compensated ‘enablers’ such as financial experts, lawyers, accountants, notaries, estate agents and company service providers are assisting oligarchs, dictators and criminals around the world.
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’.
In claiming the election was “stolen” from him and using the office of the president to the benefit of his family, Trump dips into the authoritarian playbook to convert power into property.
In South Africa, state corruption has taken hold with utter disregard for ethics and democratic norms in a cynical exploitation of the post-apartheid transformation agenda.
President Paul Biya’s credibility and legitimacy are increasingly being tarnished, amid growing support for opposition candidates.
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s term in office so far, makes it seem that South Africa can hope and dream again. That’s quite a gift for Freedom Day.
Not all African leaders are willing to be swept by the democratic reforms of the early 2000s.
For the first time since its unbanning the ANC needs to find a new direction. Its supporters and South African voters are no longer content with resolutions that promise to end to corruption.
Angola’s president-elect, João Lourenço, has a reputation for relative probity. But, he’s unlikely to rock the boat as Eduardo dos Santos remains party chairman.
The twilight of Jacob Zuma’s ruinous presidency coincides with growing revulsion at his misrule of South Africa. But, it’s important that his erstwhile supporters acknowledge their complicity.
Documents released ahead of the policy conference of South Africa’s embattled governing ANC show it hasn’t the guts or internal balance of forces, for self-correction and renewal.
On both economic and political dimensions South Africa potentially has a long way further to fall from its current messy institutional realities.
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor in International Relations, University of Exeter
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Associate Professor, UCT School of Economics; South African Reserve Bank Research Chair in Financial Stability Studies, University of Cape Town
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Executive director, Africa Institute of South Africa, Human Sciences Research Council
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PhD candidate in Political Studies at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Johannesburg
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Visiting Professor and Professor Emeritus, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Leicester
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Professor, Sociology, University of the Western Cape, Nelson Mandela University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation, University of Pretoria
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Political and International Studies, Rhodes University
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Professor, Accounting, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Honorary Associate Professor, College of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Rwanda
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Professor of Urban Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Fellow, Australian National University; Concordia University
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Professor of Law, American University