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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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April 18, 2017
Politics and Government
No Confidence Vote Postponed in South Africa
Speaker of the South African National Assembly Baleka Mbete has postponed the date for a vote of no confidence in the government of Jacob Zuma from April 18 to early May. The delay was caused by the …
February 8, 2017
South Africa
Jacob Zuma and the State of the South African Nation
On February 9, President Jacob Zuma will deliver South Africa’s annual State of the Nation speech in parliament. The substance of the speech is likely to be a mixture of policy stability with calls f…
October 21, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa’s Possible Withdraw from the International Criminal Court
South Africa’s Jacob Zuma administration’s notice to the United Nations of its intention to withdraw from the International criminal Court (ICC) has been received with consternation by civil society …
June 7, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa’s Land "Expropriation Bill"
There is less than meets the eye to the South African parliament’s passage at the end of May of a land reform bill, called the “Expropriation Bill.” Ostensibly, the new legislation has some similarit…
