Posted on December 02, 2024
Despite its large membership, or perhaps because of it, the Group of 77 has struggled to define its identity in a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape. But its proven ability to build multilateral coalitions could position it to lead the international resistance to US President-elect Donald...
Posted on December 02, 2024
Climate change poses economic and social risks which can affect the workings of the financial system. The South African Reserve Bank approaches this in three ways. To tease out these issues, Danny Bradlow posed questions to Fundi Tshazibana, deputy governor of the South African Reserve Bank, in...
Posted on November 25, 2024
Professor Adekeye Adebajo contemplates the President-elect's decision to pick adherents of his Make America Great Again gospel, and warns about the potential consequences of prioritising loyalty over competence.
Posted on November 18, 2024
SA’s chairing of the bloc last year saw the expansion of the group to nine countries. Brics has sought to establish a more equitable global trade system, as well as to increase commerce, and promote socioeconomic development, among its members.
Posted on November 15, 2024
This opinion piece is authored by Tamuka Chekero and Noëleen Murray for the Operationalising a Just Transition in Africa (OJTA) research project.
Posted on November 12, 2024
It’s two years since Kenyan president William Ruto, in what seemed like a political gamble, rolled out a government-run microcredit scheme popularised as the Hustler Fund. The low-interest loans were touted as the “magic formula” to start or grow micro, small and medium...
Posted on November 06, 2024
The University of Pretoria expresses its deep sadness over the passing of Professor Noel Chabani Manganyi.
Posted on November 04, 2024
On Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday, Professor Adekeye Adebajo chronicles how Camp David was a personal peacemaking triumph for former the US president.
Posted on October 28, 2024
In commemoration of World Food Day, the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship (CAS) hosted a seminar on 16 October 2024 at the University of Pretoria. The event, led by the Food Systems Research Network for Africa (FSNet-Africa), focused on sharing a research agenda aimed at advancing the...
Posted on October 16, 2024
Under the watch of Amadou-Mahtar M’Bow, Great Zimbabwe and the Giza pyramids were declared world heritage sites. Professor Adekeye Adebajo eulogises the late Senegalese diplomat, and asserts his legacy as champion of Africa.
Posted on October 09, 2024
Climate change litigation and vulnerabilities: Global South Perspectives
Posted on September 26, 2024
Professor Daniel Bradlow co-authors this article providing recommendations to overcome the looming sovereign debt crisis and to mitigate challenges faced by lenders, particularly in Africa.
Posted on September 18, 2024
Pact for the Future seeks to rebuild faltering pillars of multilateralism writes Professor Adekeye Adebajo, as he outlines the challenges facing diplomats at the UN forum.
Posted on September 03, 2024
The United Nations Summit of the Future on September 22-23 represents a unique opportunity to strengthen multilateral cooperation. To advance peace, sustainable development, and human rights, Western governments must expand the UN Security Council and honor their longstanding development...
Posted on September 03, 2024
Professor Adekeye Adebajo highlights the opportunities to use policy dialogue to bring together civil society, diplomats, unions and the private sector to craft recommendations as South Africa ascends to the presidency of the G20.
Posted on August 20, 2024
Global Africans are true symbols of the globalisation of cultural identities argues Professor Adekeye Adebajo in his latest Business Day article.
Posted on August 06, 2024
Professor Adekeye Adebajo evaluates the appeal of Kamala Harris in the lead up to the 2024 US elections, and comments on the challenges to her campaign.
Posted on August 06, 2024
Dr Tamuka Chekero, one of our postdoctoral researchers affiliated with the Operationalising Just Transition in Africa (OJTA) project, participated in the Neuchâtel Graduate Conference on Migration and Mobility Studies held from July 11 to 12, 2024, at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Posted on July 23, 2024
Professor Adekeye Adebajo discusses the role of the public intellectual as particularly important in Africa, with such individuals having a responsibility to promote a cosmopolitan Pan-Africanism and pursue seemingly “lost causes” such as reparations for slavery and colonialism.
Posted on July 18, 2024
In South Africa, the issue of gender equity, both in society and in agrarian relations, is founded on settler colonialism perpetuated through race, class, sexism, and patriarchy, among many other forms of discrimination and exclusion. Zakes Hlatswayo considers the disconnect between policy and...
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