The five permanent members of the UN Security Council’s right to veto decisions – often in their own interests – and their laxity in implementing reform proposals are among the international body’s crucial failings
Incompetence, corruption and cronyism are part of many liberation organisations for complex reasons, but such organisational culture tends to persist into government.
The past cannot be erased, but leaders can choose how to respond to it and how to forge a better future
Companies must behave like model democratic citizens if they are to earn and retain society’s social licence to operate
Reporters in Eswatini, Egypt, Nigeria, Uganda, Ethiopia and Cameroon have been arrested
Politicians must desist from blaming the actions of the former oppressor for their own decisions
The death of an Eighties student activist reminds us how much South Africa owes to that generation
The ANC’s well-meaning attempts at redress have failed, which means the issue has yet to be properly addressed
Technology provides African governments with new, efficient ways to deliver services
Attempts at agricultural transformation in Africa have failed largely because of revenge and populist and ideologically driven reforms