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15 November 2018

WSG students awarded prestigious bursaries

PhD student, Ross Jennings was awarded the PV Thobias Educational Bursary while Andile Mbhele is a recipient of the...
04 November 2018

Politics and ethics walk into a bar...

There is no decent punchline available (not one that could be repeated in polite society). Trying to find ethics in...
25 October 2018

Staff profile: Enoch Godongwana – Visiting Fellow

African National Congress veteran Enoch Godongwana has joined the WSG as a visiting fellow until 2021.
24 October 2018

South Africa and the Indian Ocean: assessing strategic interests and roles

Is South Africa geared to lead and extract maximum benefit for the country, the continent, and the Indian Ocean region?
10 September 2018

Dismantling the state (capture) that Zuma built

It will be a lengthy and costly process to find out just how deep the state capture rot is and what the detritus is that...
31 August 2018

Who governs?

A week of telling snapshots of combat between capture and recovery. The Zondo Commission hearings go to the heart of the...
17 August 2018

Government of national unity the way out for Zimbabwe

South Africa needs to intervene to persuade Zanu-PF and the MDC Alliance leadership to secure peace through a coalition...
25 July 2018

The ANC of 2019

Zebra stripes, leopard spots and the troubled king of the political jungle.
Ibsa could function as a democratic organisation within BRICS itself
18 July 2018

Ibsa could function as a democratic organisation within BRICS itself

Ibsa was established in 2003. BRICS was established in 2009 by China, Russia, India and Brazil, with South Africa...

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