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ACCOUNTABILITY

The perpetual nature of capture in South Africa

South Africa is not experiencing an episodic crisis, one that can be resolved through commissions and reports

  • Dimakatso John Manthosi
  • Keletso Gaborone
  • Nonhlanhla Ndimande
7 min read
The required reforms appear straightforward but enacting them is a formidable task because the obstacles are not technical, but political. File: Photo
ANTONIO GUTERRES

The United Nations at 80: Real reform or ritual?

After eight decades, the UN is facing a slide into irrelevance, underlining the need for reform in financing, mandates, representation and partnerships

  • Daryl Swanepoel
6 min read
A vehicle of the Presidential Guard of Niger passes in front of the Niamey conference center where the first summit of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) summit was held in Niamey on July 6, 2024. (Photo by BOUREIMA HAMA/AFP via Getty Images)
AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA

African nations must push for homegrown solutions to the continent’s problems

The financial resources for solutions must also be sourced from within the continent, allowing Africa to maintain control over its destiny

  • Mpilo Cele
5 min read
The labour court last week halted an attempt by the South African Police Service management to subject Major General Feroz Khan, its head of security and counter-intelligence, to an expeditious disciplinary process which could have led to his summary dismissal. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ARTICLE

A new minister must lead reform of the police 

A lack of effective political leadership has contributed to the stagnation and decline of the South African Police Service

  • David Bruce
6 min read
Historian Professor Samuel Huntington, author of such books as The Clash of Civilisations and Political Order in Changing Societies.
APARTHEID

Harvard legend Samuel Huntington was not an apartheid advisor

Sazi Bongwe’s branding of the late professor as a ‘villain of apartheid’ and advisor to PW Botha is false, slanderous and unethical

  • Gerrit Olivier
5 min read
President Cyril Ramphosa says the country has reached 95% of its five-year R1.2-trillion target by 2023 (David Harrison/M&G)
CIVIL SOCIETY

Government has a second chance to improve transparency efforts

The government’s recent commitments to the Open Government Partnership fall short of what is needed, but there is a chance to improve them

  • Mukelani Dimba
4 min read