Creator
Jaynisha Patel
Jaynisha Patel is a project leader for inclusive economies at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation. She is the recent co-author of an Afrobarometer paper on how South Africans perceive the cash grants systems, and holds a master’s in politics, philosophy and economics from the University of Cape Town
Breaking cycles of violence in Nigeria’s northeast region
Boosting human, social and economic development, and good governance, can help to change volatile communities into peaceful ones
Zimbabwe’s youth caught between patronage and plunder
It is estimated that gold worth $1.5 billion is smuggled annually out of Zimbabwe but this is only the tip of what has led to chronic poverty
Can harsh fiscal trade-offs still improve agency and social cohesion for South Africans?
This year’s budget will be a balancing act, but the treasury needs to prioritise restoring South Africans economic agency
Youth key to halting insurgency in Mozambique
Young Mozambicans in the country’s north, who are driven to join Islamic insurgents by poverty, must be included in peace and security efforts
Pockets of instability in Kenya are underpinned by unequal development
Stability in Kenya hinges on a just, equitable distribution of resources, and a commitment to progress human development for the marginalised
Who finances Mozambique’s insurgency?
Informal banking and trade are both a lifeline for local communities and a grey area for terror financing, requiring progressive efforts to develop rather than de-risk
Intensifying economic insecurity may threaten South Africa’s social cohesion
The country’s social fibre is under strain and one cannot help but feel that something will have to give
Rise in forced labour expected amid the Covid-19 economic crisis
Criminals prey on desperate people by offering them false promises of a better life. In fact, they are coercing them into lives of exploitation and misery