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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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December 24, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
Jacob Zuma’s Hold on Power
Jacob Zuma’s political power is based on his support by the African National Congress’s political apparatus – often called Luthuli House, after the party’s headquarters building in Johannesburg. With…
March 7, 2016
Global Governance
Headed South: Jacob Zuma Leads South Africa toward the Precipice
—Johannesburg, March 6 South Africa is in the grips of its most serious economic and political crisis since 1994, when the country elected its first post-apartheid government under Nelson Mandela. T…
March 17, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa’s President Zuma in Trouble with His Party
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has often been accused of corruption. But, until recently his hold on the governing African National Congress (ANC), with its huge parliamentary majority, has ensu…
April 20, 2016
Global Governance
So You Want to Be a Global Power: South Africa’s Ambitions on the World Stage
The following is a guest post by Naomi Egel, research associate in the International Institutions and Global Governance program. As a member of the BRICS, a leader in African peacekeeping, and an as…
May 17, 2016
South Africa
South Africa’s Currency Falls Again on Rumors of Finance Minister’s Arrest
On May 15, the Sunday Times (English, Johannesburg) published rumors of the impending arrest of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan over alleged revenue service irregularities. However, on May 16, Beeld …
