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The Data for Governance Alliance (D4GA), a consortium committed to promoting data-based advocacy and engagement between pan-African civil society organisations (CSOs) and African Union organs, has launched an advocacy manual and a scorecard on access to courts during COVID-19.
During the first week of February 2023, I had the privilege of conducting a short research trip to Botswana with Prof Cheryl Hendricks. We spent a few days in Gaborone and then made our way Kasane, situated on the borders of Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia. This area, where the Chobe river flows into the Zambezi, is the world’s only quadripoint. We returned to South Africa, just prior to the much-awaited State of the Nation Address (SONA) on the 9th of February. In this short piece we share some of our insights on the decline of democracy in these two countries, once heralded as its torchbearers in Southern Africa.
Dr Webster Zambara, Senior Project Leader of Peacebuilding Initiatives at [...]
On 12 and 13 May 2022, the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) and the Southern Africa Youth Forum (SAYoF) co-hosted a two-day conference, funded by the Norwegian Embassy in SA, on The Role of Youth in Promoting Transitional Justice in Southern Africa. The hybrid conference physically gathered 40 youth leaders representing Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) member states in Johannesburg, South Africa, while other attended via Zoom transmission.
Over two days in May, the IJR hosted an international conference, in partnership with Leipzig University and the Research Institute of Social Cohesion (RISC), – an alliance of eleven university institutes across Germany, on “Populism(s) and social cohesion in Southern Africa: A regional challenge, a global challenge?’’
In May, Inclusive Economies launched the second of its country-focused [...]
This research document investigates the role of human development [...]
There has been an increase in the amount of news being sourced from digital platforms such as the internet and social media in Africa. According to the latest analysis from Afrobarometer, Conroy-Krutz and Kone (2022) found Afrobarometer data indeed highlight these digital divides. The privileged still get more from these platforms than the underrepresented. However, there is an increase underrepresented groups enjoying more access to digital media.
The end of February 2022 marked a major turning point in international relations after Russia launched a full-scale invasion into Ukraine. Many see this as a flagrant violation of the international norms and standards that have developed over the past decades, including notions of sovereignty, international law, individual human rights and freedoms and democracy. At the same time the invasion has also been hailed as an opportunity for a restructuring of the global system.
Over the last six years, IJR has been leading a research project aimed at narrowing the gap between mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) and peacebuilding (PB). This project is based on the premise that war, violent conflict, and its legacies weaken the social fabric that governs relationships and the capacity for recovery.