Want to understand how the Coalition works? Take a look at climate policy
Oct 31, 2021 23:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
This weeks excruciating case of a prime minister being beholden to a rogue section of his own Cabinet over climate policy has again drawn attention to the arcane nature of Coalition arrangements. While the numbers...
The EU's Green Deal: opportunities, threats and risks for South African agriculture
Oct 31, 2021 23:34 pm UTC| Politics Economy
The European Union among a host of other countries is seeking to implement urgent policy measures to combat the effects of climate change. In its 2030 climate target plan, the EU aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions...
Boris Johnson has ended the age of austerity – but his party isn't on board
Oct 31, 2021 23:32 pm UTC| Politics
As the Conservative party wrestled with its future direction towards the end of the 1970s, Margaret Thatchers think tank, the Centre for Policy Studies, published a pamphlet of speeches by its co-founder, Keith...
South African local government elections: why a great deal hangs on the outcome
Oct 31, 2021 23:31 pm UTC| Politics
More than 250 local elections will be held in each one of South Africas municipalities on 1 November. More than 10,000 councillors have to be elected. For this reason, more than 95,000 candidates have been nominated,...
How to meet America’s climate goals: 5 policies for Biden’s next climate bill
Oct 31, 2021 23:27 pm UTC| Politics
President Joe Bidens new climate strategy, announced after his original plan crumbled under opposition in Congress, will represent a historic investment in clean energy technology and infrastructure if it is enacted. But...
Citizen-government coalitions could hold the key to the reform of African cities
Oct 31, 2021 23:25 pm UTC| Politics
Cities across Africa are growing at an astonishing rate. All 20 of Africas fastest growing cities have experienced average growth rates of more than 6% over the last decade. Gwagwalada, on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria,...
Industrial policy paved the way for Dangote's empire. Why it didn't deliver for all Nigerians
Oct 31, 2021 23:24 pm UTC| Politics
Dangote Industries Limited dominates the Nigerian cement market and is a key player in the rapidly expanding African cement business. The conglomerate has also expanded its manufacturing activities in a range of food...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
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