The Governance Report
Max Price’s statues and storms
Professor David Benatar reviews Dr Max Price’s Price, Max. Statues and Storms: Leading Through Change (Tafelberg, 2023). The book recounts Max Price's experiences as vice-chancellor of the...
The hidden (and not so hidden) injustice of coal
A new class action lawsuit being brought against Exarro puts the role of coal in our society firmly in the spotlight. Depending on how one measures it at any given time, South Africa depends on coal for over 80 percent (or 42GW) of its electricity...
Anticipating COP28 and its implications
The United Nations COP27, which concluded in November 2022, left behind mixed outcomes. Although there were some advancements, such as establishing a loss and damage fund, the overall progress fell short of the urgent action required to address the...
Max Price’s statues and storms
Professor David Benatar reviews Dr Max Price’s Price, Max. Statues and Storms: Leading Through Change (Tafelberg, 2023). The book recounts Max Price's experiences as vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town (UCT) during the turbulent "Fallist" years of 2015 to...
The hidden (and not so hidden) injustice of coal
A new class action lawsuit being brought against Exarro puts the role of coal in our society firmly in the spotlight. Depending on how one measures it at any given time, South Africa depends on coal for over 80 percent (or 42GW) of its electricity...
Anticipating COP28 and its implications
The United Nations COP27, which concluded in November 2022, left behind mixed outcomes. Although there were some advancements, such as establishing a loss and damage fund, the overall progress fell short of the urgent action required to address the...
Expert Analysis
Eswatini post election: Time for a national dialogue
The Kingdom of Eswatini held its 2023 General Elections on 29 September. As the kingdom is an absolute monarchy under the rule of King Mswati III,...
Energy poverty and its implications for load-shedding in South Africa
December 2023 will mark 16 years since loadshedding became prominent in 2007. What was initially conceived as a temporary measure has become a...
South Africa’s worsening water security crisis
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the United Nations General Assembly on 19 September. He rightly said that many developing nations are unlikely...
Eswatini king’s autocratic rule mars its upcoming elections
Good Governance Africa (GGA) expresses deep concern over the lack of inclusive governance in Eswatini, which casts a shadow over the credibility of...
Zim polls saga: Challenges, concerns and strategies for the future
Zimbabweans exercised their democratic rights on August 23 and 24, participating in crucial elections that would determine their representatives in...
Extended misrule in Gabon mirrors wider African retrogression
Following the 26th July 2023 coup d'etat in Niger, the world woke on 30th August to news of another military putsch, this time in Gabon. Resurgent...
New BRICS+ bound to hit a wall?
On 24 August, coinciding with a controversial election being held in neighbouring Zimbabwe, the latest BRICS summit concluded in Johannesburg. The...
Covid-19
Here you’ll find up-to-date Covid-19 stats provided by the WHO COVID-19 DASHBOARD and in-depth reporting on the governance around Covid-19
SOUTH AFRICA: A prescription for good governance in health
When then Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi used a state hospital in 2013, the event was unusual enough to make headlines. Until then, it would have been unheard of for a senior politician to use a public hospital.
COVID-19: Cameroon adopts 3T strategy but emergency fund remains cloudy
Cameroon is one of the most badly hit countries by the coronavirus in Sub-Saharan Africa. By 11 July, the country had recorded 15,173 cases, emerging with about half of the total number of cases in the central African sub-region.
Nigeria: A pandemic and a weak health system
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up challenges for Nigeria’s health system quite unlike those posed by the Ebola virus or other epidemics, and also emphasised its weaknesses, across the board.
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Election Tracker
Lesotho heavyweights fall as new party gains ground after election
The 2022 National Assembly Elections were the tenth since independence in 1966. They were regulated by the Constitution of Lesotho of 1993, as amended. In addition to the Constitution, the elections were governed by the National Assembly Electoral Act of 2011 and the...
Chris Maroleng interviews Zambia’s new UNIP president, Bishop Trevor Mwamba
Ahead of Zambia's 12 August elections, GGA's Chris Maroleng interviews the new president of the late Kenneth Kaunda's United National Independence...
Uganda 2021 Election: Implications and Lessons
Introduction On Saturday 16 January 2021, the Electoral Commission of Uganda (EC) once again declared President Yoweri Museveni and his National...
Uganda Election Day 2021: Summary
While we wait for the official results to be verified and released, the following will provide a summary of events that took place on election day...
Chris Maroleng interviews Zambia’s new UNIP president, Bishop Trevor Mwamba
Ahead of Zambia's 12 August elections, GGA's Chris Maroleng interviews the new president of the late Kenneth Kaunda's United National Independence Party (UNIP), Bishop Trevor Mwamba, asking him, 'will the coming elections be free and fair?' Click...
Uganda 2021 Election: Implications and Lessons
Introduction On Saturday 16 January 2021, the Electoral Commission of Uganda (EC) once again declared President Yoweri Museveni and his National Resistance Movement (NRM) as the winners. He will start his 6th term as president of Uganda. Museveni...
Uganda Election Day 2021: Summary
While we wait for the official results to be verified and released, the following will provide a summary of events that took place on election day in Uganda  Polling Stations  Most polling stations opened at 07h00 and closed at 16h00. Some polling...
Lesotho heavyweights fall as new party gains ground after election
The 2022 National Assembly Elections were the tenth since independence in 1966. They were regulated by the Constitution of Lesotho of 1993, as amended. In addition to the Constitution, the elections were governed by the National Assembly Electoral Act of 2011 and the...
Chris Maroleng interviews Zambia’s new UNIP president, Bishop Trevor Mwamba
Ahead of Zambia's 12 August elections, GGA's Chris Maroleng interviews the new president of the late Kenneth Kaunda's United National Independence Party (UNIP), Bishop Trevor Mwamba, asking him, 'will the coming elections be free and fair?' Click...
Uganda 2021 Election: Implications and Lessons
Introduction On Saturday 16 January 2021, the Electoral Commission of Uganda (EC) once again declared President Yoweri Museveni and his National Resistance Movement (NRM) as the winners. He will start his 6th term as president of Uganda. Museveni...
Uganda Election Day 2021: Summary
While we wait for the official results to be verified and released, the following will provide a summary of events that took place on election day in Uganda  Polling Stations  Most polling stations opened at 07h00 and closed at 16h00. Some polling...
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