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South Africa’s visa regime keeps badly needed skilled workers out

South Africa’s visa regime keeps badly needed skilled workers out

by admins | 12 Sep 2023 | Development, Economics, South Africa

South Africa’s work visa regime is laborious, lengthy and inefficient. The process deters foreign investment, widens the skills gap and throttles productivity, economic growth and development. Between 2015 and 2021, only 16 097 critical skilled-worker permits...
Is South Africa’s defence force up for new thinking?

Is South Africa’s defence force up for new thinking?

by admins | 7 Jun 2023 | Military, South Africa

Among a flurry of references to ambitions and planning processes, Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Thandi Modise’s recent budget speech offers glimmers of hope about the ‘rescue [of] the SANDF’ – the South African National Defence Force. In his 2021 cabinet...
SA foreign policy must balance constitutional values and national interest

SA foreign policy must balance constitutional values and national interest

by admins | 25 May 2023 | Democracy, Development, Foreign Policy, Governance, South Africa

South Africa’s foreign policy seems rife with confusion and lack of principle. Capacity in the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has deteriorated in recent years as the country stumbles from one crisis response to the next. This is publicly...
What does a wounded ANC mean for South Africa’s prospects?

What does a wounded ANC mean for South Africa’s prospects?

by admins | 6 Dec 2022 | Democracy, Futures, South Africa

Much ink will be spilt and tweets posted about the future of South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, his governing African National Congress (ANC) party, and South Africa in the coming weeks and months. On 2 December, the president was apparently dissuaded from...
South Africa’s future is tied to ANC leadership and election battles

South Africa’s future is tied to ANC leadership and election battles

by admins | 27 Jan 2022 | Democracy, Development, Economics, Elections, South Africa

What does South Africa’s future hold? Can it move away from corruption and political infighting and on to a path of economic growth and stability? At a 26 January roundtable with top political analysts and economists, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) tested...
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