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    South African futures 2030: how Bafana Bafana made Mandela Magic

    Institute for Security Studies, 2014
    The impact of the policy and leadership choices that South Africans will make in the years ahead is significant. This paper presents three scenarios for South Africa up to 2030: ‘Bafana Bafana’, ‘A Nation Divided’ and ‘Mandela Magic’.
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    Media freedom, transparency and governance

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
    Can good governance exist without a free and independent media? Africa’s premier governance and accountability tool – The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) – seems to have ignored the issue.
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    Making the news: why the APRM didn't

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
    The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has not generated a national conversation in South Africa. This paper asks:  Is it a failure of the African Union and its subsidiary organisations, or of citizens who did not seize the opportunity? Or is it the fault of the media?
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    Chinese provinces as foreign policy actors in Africa

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009
    China's engagement in Africa is becoming increasingly multilayered, as provinces are stepping up efforts to expand their presence in Africa. This paper provides a general picture of how Chinese provinces feature in the overall Chinese foreign policy system.
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    Democracy and accountability: balancing majority rule and minority rights

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009
    A society that has the necessary political will to exact accountability from those in charge is one in which constitutionalism has the chance to fl ourish. Accountability may, in this context, be defi ned as the obligation of those with power or authority to explain their performance or justify their decisions.
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    Biofuel technology transfer in IBSA: lessons for South Africa and Brazil

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009
    The success of biofuel production in Brazil (bioethanol in particular) is recognised as a tangible point of collaboration in the India–Brazil–South Africa (IBSA) Forum. Sharing knowledge and systematic technology transfer on biofuels can strengthen co-operation among IBSA countries.
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    Socio-economic problems facing Africa: insights from six APRM country review reports

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009
    Analysis of the first six African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM )Country Review Reports reveals common problems in the sphere of socio-economic development, albeit to different degrees. What can we learn, and do the solutions proposed hold promise?
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    Human rights in foreign policy and practice: the South African case considered

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010
    This paper argues that human rights have come to be widely understood as occupying a legitimate place in foreign policy. However, less clear are exactly how this is to be put into practice and the nature of states’ responsibilities in this respect.
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    Off track? Findings from South Africa’s first APRM implementation report

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010
    This paper summarises and analyses the First Report on the Implementation of South Africa’s African Peer Review Mechanism Programme of Action (Implementation Report). Although the Implementation Report was initially praised at the African Union Summit in January 2009, a closer look reveals many of its faults and deficiencies.
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    South Africa's second term at the UN Security Council: Managing expectations

    Institute for Security Studies, 2010
    The re-election of the Republic of South Africa as a non-permanent member of the United Nations (UN) Security Council for 2011 to 2012 follows shortly after its previous tenure from 2007 to 2008, and has attracted attention from a variety of quarters. Much of this attention is the result of selective interpretations in the West of the country’s conduct during its previous tenure.

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