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ACTIVATE COMMUNITY UPLIFTMENT

Youth need to be central to government’s policymaking

Young people answered the call to service during this crisis and made a significant contribution during lockdown, they deserve to be recognised as changemakers

  • Althea Farmer
3 min read
Continental drift: Algerians demonstrate against Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for a presidential fifth term.
2019 TRENDS

Strategic trends in Africa in 2019

Economic growth is on the up, but so is debt; foreign powers are circling and democracy is retreating, but people power continues

  • Faith Mabera
8 min read
Q&A: Sipho Pityana, who is on the council, has asked whether Nedlac is doing its job. (Jakob Polacsek/World Economic Forum)
COUNTRY

‘Closed shop’ Nedlac grilled again

Critics are asking if the council, which debates social and economic policies, is fit for purpose

  • Sarah Smit
4 min read