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SAIIA and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs invite you to join the co-authors of the policy brief and subject matter experts as they discuss areas where the objectives of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and Resolution 1540 intersect and the opportunities to strengthen synergy and mutually reinforcing action.
4 min read As the recorded number of infections in Africa edges towards the six million mark, it has become clear that Covid-19 is not only a public health challenge. Apart from the devastating economic impact of lockdowns and related regulations, the pandemic is undermining the well-being of democracy in Africa. In prioritising public health, governments have drawn on emergency legislation to implement lockdown regulations. These measures narrowthe gap between authoritarianism and democracy and can be used as a pretext for authoritarian regimes to hold on to power. The pande...
Pandemic vote: What will the local government elections look like? 12 Mar 2021 Health and safety: Local government by-elections have taken place since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, but nationwide elections pose a much greater logistical challenge. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy Pure Politics is our mission to better understand our democracy and how to improve the structures that underpin it. By going beyond media soundbites, we can all become more informed and active citizens. On 27 April 1994 images of long, snaking voter lines in South Africa were broadcast to millions around the globe. It w...
Africa Needs Nuclear Power to Propel Economic Development and Eliminate Poverty-Will Ghana Take the Lead? Africa's only nuclear powerplant in Koeberg South Africa. (Courtesy cbn.co.za) Ghana has correctly focused on obtaining energy from nuclear power to realize their ambition of becoming an industrialized economy. It is worth remembering that under President Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana had, I believe, the first test nuclear reactor on the continent. Seventeen African nations are in various stages of planning for nuclear energy stations in their countries. The energy-flux density of nuclear power is...