South Africa in the news: South Africa Seen Risking More Frequent Unrest Without Reforms: South Africa will probably experience more frequent bouts of violent protests unless the government fast-tracks growth-enhancing structural reforms, according to the Centre For Risk Analysis. The …: “South Africa” – BingNews White House May Soon Require Most Foreign Travelers To U.S. …
Angola’s peculiar electoral system needs reforms. How it could be done: People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) supporters at a campaign rally. The party has run the country since independence in 1975. Photo by Osvaldo Silva / AFP) via Getty Images. Angola has a unique electoral system. Its main peculiarity is that it …
South Africa in the news: India’s economy will rebound on reforms: Anurag Thakur hits back at Chidambaram: The Finance Minister of state also regretted that ‘leaderless Congress (was) behaving like an ostrich reading economic data’.Consistent reforms and strong fundamentals have ensured that India had a …: “South Africa” – BingNews Thuso Mbedu went to a …
Choosing Lesotho’s judges on merit should be only the start of judicial reforms: The move towards an open process for appointing judges is unprecedented in Lesotho. shutterstock Lesotho’s Judicial Service Commission has started a process to recruit seven judges of the High Court through a merit-based process. In February 2021, the Commission issued a public …
Why Indian farmers are so angry about the Modi government’s agricultural reforms: India’s farmers have been protesting since the autumn, with a growing intensity that culminated in a violent breaching of barriers in the Red Fort in Delhi during India’s Republic Day celebrations on January 26. The protests were spurred by the passing of a …
South Africa in the news: Calls for economic reforms post-Covid: Social Justice Summit, hosted by the University of Stellenbosch, saw the launch of the M-Fund, a crowdfunding initiative aimed at accelerating the advancement of equality in pursuit of the Sustainable …: “South Africa” – BingNews Gans try crucial as Bulls move closer to South African title: Bulls centre …
South Africa in the news: Operation Vulindlela delivery unit set up to drive growth-supportive structural reforms: The Presidency and the National Treasury have established a formal structure in an effort to accelerate the implementation of structural reforms that, together with the recently launched Economic …: “South Africa” – BingNews Vodacom Business achieves MEF 3.0 SD-WAN …
Why Kenya’s pro-poor health financing reforms miss their mark: People wait for care at a Kenyan clinic. Photo by Wendy Stone/Corbis via Getty Images Kenya has made several reforms in recent years intended to expand health service coverage to a wider population, and with a specific focus on the poor, and to reduce financial hardship …
South Africa in the news: Ramaphosa considers Cabinet changes in bid to drive reforms: President Cyril Ramaphosa is considering making changes to his cabinet after he meets the ruling party’s leadership this weekend, people familiar with the deliberations said. The meeting could be a …: “South Africa” – BingNews Woman charged with smuggling 22 Ethiopian …
England planning reforms: the truth about local opposition to housebuilding: New housing in Wimborne, England. mr chris kemp/Shutterstock The government has announced plans for radical planning reforms in England which would remove local councillors and citizens from decisions on individual planning applications. More central policy direction and streamlined local plans that directly zone land for …
Why misogyny and hate crime reforms need more than slick campaigns: Shutterstock Wolf-whistling, catcalling and groping make up just some of the intimidating behaviour that women experience every day from men. But there is an attempt underway in the UK parliament that seeks to protect women from this kind of “acceptable” misogyny. On March 9, …
Global and historical lessons on how land reforms have unfolded: Large estates in Vietnam were collectivised. Shutterstock What can South Africa learn about land reforms from wider global and historical experiences in the 20th century? Most land reforms have involved transferring rights of ownership from wealthy landlords to poor, small-scale farmers working the land under …
Why decades of Kenya police reforms have not yielded change: A woman flees as a riot police officer beats her with a baton during a protest over fees at the University of Nairobi. EPA/Dai Kurokawa Images and video of Kenyan police officers brutalising a student during a recent protest at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture …
World Bank president: list of reforms African states should be demanding: The race is on to see who will replace outgoing World Bank President Jim Yong Kim. World Bank Photo Collection/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND The World Bank will launch the process for selecting the new World Bank President on 7 February. There’s been a great deal …
Flash crashes: if reforms aren’t ramped up, the next one could spell global disaster: Flight club. rawpixel.com In California, people fear the “big one” – an earthquake of such magnitude that it could wipe the state off the map. They look nervously at the intense seismic tremors from previous earthquakes and fear it is only …