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    Releasing the prisoners from their dilemma: how to resolve labour tensions in South Africa’s mining sector

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013
    This brief quotes that labour legislation in South Africa creates strong incentives for rival unions to value violence over co-operation. Indeed, mining companies cannot afford to offer the kind of wage increases that are being demanded, while labour unions refuse to temper their demands.
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    State–civil society relations: the potential contribution of the African Peer Review Mechanism

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013
    The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is Africa’s home-grown governance promotion and monitoring tool. It has made one of its priorities the involvement of civil society organisations (CSOs) in the assessment of national initiatives.
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    The OAU/AU at 50: democratic governance as a precondition for a sustainable African future

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    The African Union (AU) was formed in 2002 after the Organisation for African Unity (OAU) was deemed to have achieved its goals. Nevertheless, when compared with the OAU, the AU has been more successful in achieving greater security on the continent, thereby allowing development to take place.
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    Trade in financial services in Southern Africa: what room for negotiators post-2008 financial crisis?

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011
    This study examines the impact of the financial crisis and of Group of Twenty (G20) reform on trade in financial services in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, focusing specifically on corporate, trade and project finance from the standpoint of the biggest banks in South Africa.
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    South Africa’s role in the BRICS and the G-20: China’s view

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    The Chinese government and academia believe that as the largest economy in Africa, South Africa’s membership of the BRICS since 2011 has made the BRICS a more powerful and representative voice to speak for developing countries. As such, The Chinese government has attached great importance to the country’s relationship with South Africa.
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    Launch of the Civil20, Moscow, Russia

    South African Foreign Policy Initiative, 2013
    After many years of lobbying by international civil society for a formal civil society process and space at the G20, the Civil20 was launched under the G20 Presidency of Russia, and a meeting of the Civil20 was held in Moscow, Russia in June 2013. This policy brief from SAFPI looks at the purpose behind Civil20, and  gives an overview of the meeting.
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    A qualitative reframing of private sector corruption: considerations from the natural resource sectors in South Africa

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2013
    The currently used concept of private sector corruption does not cover new types of corruption that have emerged in response to the increasing complexity of the public-private boundary and the effects of more liberalized markets.
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    Civil society - BRICS engagement: opportunities and challenges

    Society for Participatory Research in Asia, 2013
    The nature, scale and strength of civil society across the five BRICS countries vary greatly. While civil society is reasonably strong and visible in Brazil, India and South Africa, its nature and pattern is
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    MRV across multi-level governance: national, provincial & municipal institutions in South Africa

    Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2012
    This case study focuses on how sub-national level government in South Africa are engaging with monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of climate projects. Interviews and stakeholder consultations have provided insight into some of the existing reporting practices and highlighted some of the learnings and experiences from local and provincial government.
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    BRICS Information Centre

    Based at the University of Toronto, Canada, the BRICS Information Centre aims is to serve as a leading independent source of information and analysis on the BRICS interaction and institutions.

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