A year ago, Good Governance Africa (GGA) released a press statement that Vladimir Putin was “fast escalating the kind of brinkmanship which history teaches us will lead to another world war if it is not skilfully...
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African governance – Voice of civil society is critical in 2023
Globally, 2022 was not a good governance year. Just as the negative impact of Covid-19 lockdowns was starting to turn around, Russia violated the international order by invading Ukraine. What Putin thought would take a...
The Russia-Ukraine War and addressing Africa’s food security challenges
The Russia–Ukraine war has highlighted and worsened systemic weaknesses in the current international food system which pose a disproportionate risk to African countries, and companies doing business in Africa, due in...
The precarious balance between development, human rights and protecting the environment
The impact of climate risk on investment portfolios is overblown, and investors should not worry. After all, some madman always screams about the world's end, which has not ended yet. Stuart Kirk, former Global Head of...
Russia in Ukraine: South Africa’s unprincipled stanceÂ
The South African government’s policy on Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine comes in the context of its record on human rights internationally, which is a sorry tale. In the pursuit of its own agenda...
South Africa foreign policy: Ambiguous or misunderstood?
Misalignment in South Africa’s foreign policy strategy has been the subject of much recent scrutiny and criticism. Could the issues involved be due to ambiguities in South African foreign policies or are they due to...
