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.
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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