To achieve inclusive governance in an African context, it is quite clear that a capable, caring, and effective state is…
Browsing: AIF Issue 65
After a decade of improvement in the quality of governance since 2012, Africa is back in the trenches, according to…
Across Africa, local government is the main governance authority responsible for connecting with local communities. Names given to these structures…
Elephants are a wonderful metaphor, not least in Africa. The largest land-based animals on earth, they are an unmissable presence…
The wave of democratisation in sub-Saharan Africa in the wake of the Cold War was met with widespread scepticism. Many…
The year 2023 marks two decades since the official launch of the Kimberley Process (KP) certification scheme. The certification…
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is consistently ranked as the top performing tertiary institution on the continent. In the…
Systematic and systemic marginalisation and the exclusion of any segment of a population in the democracy-building processes undermine the fundamental…
I first encountered Tisa Mothae in 2006 in a bustling part of Bree Street, Johannesburg, where homeless squatters and informal…
Since the establishment of the United Nations (UN) in 1945, the global multilateral institution has always paid attention to the…
