Nuclear technology has made great advances with small modular reactors, which could potentially help South Africa transition away from coal to a cleaner energy source.
Good Governance Africa
Insights into the Public Protector’s impeachment
Busisipho Siyobi, GGA's lead researcher in the Natural Resource Governance Programme, chats to Helen Acton, GGA researcher, about the President's decision to suspend the Public Protector Busiswe Mkhwebane. To read the full article, click here. [activecampaign...
Youth Day: Empowering African youth
In 1991 the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the then Organisation of African Unity (OAU) instituted the Day of the African Child (DAC), in memory of the June 16 1976 student uprising in Soweto, South Africa. At this time, students marched in protest...
New patterns of political violence in SA
GGA analyses the new patterns of political violence in SA
Can Africa join the digital data revolution?
Governments cannot plan for what they do not know. Or to put it another way, accurate, accessible and intelligible data is critical to inclusive development and governance in Africa. Reliable data is of particular relevance as the continent grapples with policymaking...
Reviewing the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), Ghana: Assessing Progress on the Renewed Anti-Corruption Fight
The Office of the Special Prosecutor in Ghana was instituted in 2018 to aid the Government of Ghana in the investigation and prosecution of cases and allegations of corruption and other criminal wrongdoing. Despite the presence of bodies such as the Economic and...
Poverty Mapping of the Obuasi Municipality and Obuasi East District
The mining industry in Ghana accounts for 1.2% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with minerals making up 31% of total exports, of which gold contributed about 96% of these total mineral exports as at 2017. The industry contributed 23.3% and 12.6% of the...
Running towards a fiscal cliff with no parachute
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s maiden budget speech makes all the right noises. But it lacks a critical focus on key governance outcomes and a real strategy to address the risks.
SONA 2022 – Some progress, lots of problems
Good Governance Africa (GGA) has studied the president’s SONA 2022 speech from last night. The speech includes some laudable attempts at addressing the ANC’s lamentable record in governance over the past year and in the longer term. Some of these are noted in our...
Farewell John Robertson, the economist who spoke truth to power
In John Robertson’s passing (1937-2022), Zimbabwe has lost one of its most eminent economists. Throughout his professional life, he remained a voice of conscience while bearing witness to the best and worst moments of Zimbabwe’s economic journey. Having...
Good Governance Africa
Advanced nuclear technology leaves coal in the dust
Nuclear technology has made great advances with small modular reactors, which could potentially help South Africa transition away from coal to a cleaner energy source.
Insights into the Public Protector’s impeachment
Busisipho Siyobi, GGA's lead researcher in the Natural Resource Governance Programme, chats to Helen Acton, GGA researcher, about the President's decision to suspend the Public Protector Busiswe Mkhwebane. To read the full article, click here. [activecampaign...
Youth Day: Empowering African youth
In 1991 the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the then Organisation of African Unity (OAU) instituted the Day of the African Child (DAC), in memory of the June 16 1976 student uprising in Soweto, South Africa. At this time, students marched in protest...
New patterns of political violence in SA
GGA analyses the new patterns of political violence in SA
Can Africa join the digital data revolution?
Governments cannot plan for what they do not know. Or to put it another way, accurate, accessible and intelligible data is critical to inclusive development and governance in Africa. Reliable data is of particular relevance as the continent grapples with policymaking...
Reviewing the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), Ghana: Assessing Progress on the Renewed Anti-Corruption Fight
The Office of the Special Prosecutor in Ghana was instituted in 2018 to aid the Government of Ghana in the investigation and prosecution of cases and allegations of corruption and other criminal wrongdoing. Despite the presence of bodies such as the Economic and...
Poverty Mapping of the Obuasi Municipality and Obuasi East District
The mining industry in Ghana accounts for 1.2% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with minerals making up 31% of total exports, of which gold contributed about 96% of these total mineral exports as at 2017. The industry contributed 23.3% and 12.6% of the...
Running towards a fiscal cliff with no parachute
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s maiden budget speech makes all the right noises. But it lacks a critical focus on key governance outcomes and a real strategy to address the risks.
SONA 2022 – Some progress, lots of problems
Good Governance Africa (GGA) has studied the president’s SONA 2022 speech from last night. The speech includes some laudable attempts at addressing the ANC’s lamentable record in governance over the past year and in the longer term. Some of these are noted in our...
Farewell John Robertson, the economist who spoke truth to power
In John Robertson’s passing (1937-2022), Zimbabwe has lost one of its most eminent economists. Throughout his professional life, he remained a voice of conscience while bearing witness to the best and worst moments of Zimbabwe’s economic journey. Having...