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The African Development Bank’s shareholders must decide whether the mandate will expand to crowd in private finance, derisk green investment and underwriter regional public goods, or retreat to classical project lending.
BOTSWANA

SADC trade deal with EU criticised for not promoting regional economic development

Supporters of the pact say its programmes provide assistance that facilitate trade

  • Mark Paterson
6 min read
Until South Africa’s higher education system produced African-centred knowledge that was internationally recognised
CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

No tidy truths in the post-colony

Recent debate exposes both student activists’ and academics’ blind spots on decolonisation

  • Mark Paterson
6 min read
The African Development Bank’s shareholders must decide whether the mandate will expand to crowd in private finance, derisk green investment and underwriter regional public goods, or retreat to classical project lending.
CENTRE FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION

​SADC must be more open about region-building

The bloc needs to adopt a more genuinely democratic approach to spreading the word about its work to win broader popular support

  • Mark Paterson
5 min read
CENTRE FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION

Swazi mediation on the cards

Mediation between the Swazi government and labour movements and opposition parties is due to start within weeks.

  • Mandy Rossouw
3 min read
CAPE TOWN

Is the ICC too selective in its actions?

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is using Africa as a guinea pig, it was claimed during a recent seminar in Cape Town.

  • Miriam Mannak
4 min read
CAPE TOWN

ANC would campaign against death penalty

The African National Congress would campaign against the death penalty if a referendum was held on the issue, the party’s secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Wednesday.…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read