Les institutions africaines en perte de crédibilité : voici comment restaurer le lien avec les citoyens: Depuis une décennie, les citoyens africains manifestent de moins en moins de la confiance envers leurs institutions publiques, selon une étude récente d’Afrobarometer. Les conclusions de cette étude remettent en cause la crédibilité et la légitimité des organes étatiques, …
State Capture eroded institutions in South Africa. How the revenue service is rebuilding itself: Shutterstock South Africa’s Revenue Service is one of many state institutions in South Africa that have been fingered in the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture. In addition, a special commission established to investigate internal governance at the agency found …
Jimmy Savile: how the Netflix documentary fails to address the role institutions play in abuse: Jimmy Savile was one of the UK’s most serious serial sexual predators. Over several decades the television personality groomed and abused up to 1,000 boys and girls in TV studios as well as patients at NHS hospitals across Britain. That …
South Africa and international financial institutions: a liaison group could recalibrate relations: South Africa has borrowed US$ 7bn from international financial institutions since the start of COVID. Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images Since the onset of the COVID pandemic in 2020, South Africa has borrowed a total of about US$ 7 billion (about R106 billion). …
Boris Johnson plans to take control of the independent Electoral Commission in another assault on democratic institutions: The prime minister, Boris Johnson, drew ire from across the political spectrum for trying to overhaul the rules that hold MPs to account during the recent Owen Paterson affair. Johnson whipped his MPs to support a parliamentary amendment …
Energy transitions: The role of institutions and market structures: Wind turbines at the Mehrum coal-fired power station in the Peine district in Lower Saxony, Mehrum. The phase-out of coal is planned by 2038. Julian Stratenschulte via GettyImages Many studies indicate that the root causes of climate change are mostly human activities. The 2021 Intergovernmental Panel …
South Africa in the news: Public finance institutions can play key role in just transition to sustainable industries – CER: Environmental advocacy organisation the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) conducted a case study of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) as part of efforts to assess the role public …: “South Africa” – BingNews Ashley Giles …
How informal institutions derail gender equality in Ghana and South Africa: Members of Ghana's parliament during a break from electing a new leader of parliament. Only 14% of parliamentarians are women. Nipah Dennis/AFP via Getty Images Only a quarter of parliamentary seats across the world are occupied by women. In Africa, this figure masks a …
COVID-19 has dealt a blow to Ethiopia’s private higher education institutions: A teacher in Ethiopia wears a face mask and stands behind a blue thread-line denoting a boundary between him and the students. Photo by AMANUEL SILESHI/AFP via Getty Images Ethiopia’s education sector has seen unprecedented challenges since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools …
Capitol attacks may jeopardise public access to democratic institutions: Washington DC’s Capitol building has been placed under extremely tight security since supporters of Donald Trump overran its halls. Their actions forced members of congress and staff to take shelter and barricade doors. A police officer lost his life as well as four other people. In …
Financial institutions do not have to choose cyber security over user experience to stop online fraud: Cyber fraud is rife in the financial industry, making it a big thorn in the side of banks and financial services companies who must continually switch-up their digital services and security to stay a step ahead of fraudsters. It’s …
SA Youth Savour Success: Samsung Partners with Educational Institutions to Successfully Support Youth Across South Africa: JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – 27 July 2020 – Samsung South Africa’s mission to empower youth in the ICT sector has produced incredible results since the launch of its Equity Equivalent Investment Programme (“EEIP”) a year ago. Software development skills …
Whiteness characterises higher education institutions – so why are we surprised by racism?: PlusONE / Shutterstock.com Rufaro Chisango, a black student at Nottingham Trent University, tweeted a video of students chanting “we hate the blacks” outside of her dorm. This shockingly racist abuse has quite rightly drawn widespread condemnation. Whenever someone does something explicitly racist, …
Michael Carrancho, PE, Deputy Director Office of Planning, Design, Construction, Smithsonian Institutions – a Africa interest event taking place on 2018-02-01 11:30:00 in United States Michael Carrancho, P. E. Deputy Director Office of Planning Design Construction Smithsonian Institutions Mr. Carrancho has over 25 years of design and construction experience in the U.S. and …
With broken institutions and a reeling opposition, what’s next for Kenya?: An opposition supporter in Nairobi's Mathare area. Siegfried Modola/Reuters I remember walking through the rubble of burnt out buildings some months after Kenya’s 2008 post-election violence. Houses owned by ethnic Kikuyu were razed to the ground in the city of Kisumu. A large night …