Posted on Wed 07 June 2017 in Africa • Tagged with South Africa, business, Africa
Jannie Rossouw, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa has been rocked by news that it has slipped into a recession after its gross domestic product (GDP) declined 0.7% during the first quarter of 2017 after contracting by …
Posted on Mon 10 October 2016 in Africa • Tagged with politics, Mo Ibrahim Foundation, South Africa, Ghana, Mauritus, Rwanda, Uganda, Paul Kagame, Libya, Robert Mugabe
image from the Mo Ibrahim Foundation: 2016 IIAG Index Report
Declining safety and deterioration in the rule of law are holding back progress in governance in Africa. This is according to the latest Ibrahim Index of African Governance.
The index, started by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation a decade …