How South Africa and Pakistan elites hollow institutions and block progress

South Africa’s stagnation stems from weak institutions and elite capturePakistan’s “ungovernable” institutions mirror South ...
The Conversation

Power cuts in South Africa: trend to get off the grid is gathering pace, but total independence is still a way off

Hartmut Winkler receives funding from the National Research Foundation. South Africans have been battered by power shortages for several years. These have worsened to the point that towards the end of ...
Washington Examiner

African Independence

BECAUSE OF AND in spite of Hollywood films like The African Queen and television shows like Tarzan, tropical Africa south of the Sahara and north of the Zambezi is terra incognita for most Americans.
Bloomberg L.P.

South Africa’s Kganyago Roots for Central Bank Independence

South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago defended the independence of the monetary authority, which has faced repeated calls for its mandate to be expanded ahead of elections this year.
Naija Gist - Latest

1960: Africa's year of independence

The year 1960 was to be crucial for Africa: 17 sub-Saharan countries became independent from their European colonisers, 14 of them from France. Harold Macmillan delivers his Wind of Change speech ...

The Newest V.I.P.s at the U.S. Embassy in South Africa? Afrikaners.

The white descendants of Europeans who colonized the country are getting greater access to American officials this year, both ...
Daily Herald

South African delegation welcomed to Aurora on Independence Day weekend

Mayor Richard Irvin recently welcomed delegates from South Africa to Aurora. As America celebrated 248 years of freedom and democracy, South Africa is celebrating its 30th year free from apartheid. Dr ...