Transnet’s internationalisation and SA foreign policy Lebohang Makekeng Transnet has the operational and technical know-how to contribute to the continent’s infrastructure and economic growth, as envisioned in the African Union’s Presidential Infrastructure Championing Initiative (PICI). Leveraging this potential contribution by means of Transport Diplomacy could rekindle and solidify Pretoria’s leadership role in Africa. In this…
Africa-China Industrial and Infrastructural Cooperation: Recommendations November 2019 Text by Dr Fritz Nganje, Dr Philani Mthembu, Moab Merid, Akabondo Kabechani, Messay Mulugeta, Kofi Kouakou, Shaida Nampoba, Salim Kaunda, Gedion Jalata, Professor Liu Minquan and Nakubyana Mungomba. Edited by Bhaso Ndzendze and Dr David Monyae On 18 and 19 September 2019, CACS hosted a two-day conference…
The 2018 FOCAC Summit: Prospects for an African Multilateral Policy towards China in a Changing Global Economy Bongane Gasela, researcher, Centre for China-Africa Studies This Policy Brief analyses the 2018 FOCAC Ministerial Conference and Summit held in Beijing, China, from 2 to 4 September 2018. The author starts with a brief overview of its setting,…
Sino-Kenyan Co-operation: Whither the West? Dr Westen K Shilaho, Postdoctoral Fellow, SARChI Chair of African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy, University of Johannesburg March 2018 This Policy Brief analyses co-operation between China and Kenya against the backdrop of Kenya’s international relations from independence to the present. It places this co-operation in the ambit of Kenya’s security…
Sino-African Relations in 2017: Where to from here? Dr David Monyae, Co-Director, University of Johannesburg Confucius Institute Bhaso Ndzendze, Research Director, University of Johannesburg Confucius Institute China is playing a growing role in Africa. Despite political transitions in at least five African countries, relations with China in 2017 showed both resilience as well as great…
The US, Russia, China and Africa in the Evolving Global Order Dr David Monyae, Co-director, University of Johannesburg Confucius Institute This Policy Brief examines the current global order in which Africa is widely seen to have been given a peripheral role, but which is also in a state of change, due to the resurgence of…
The BRICS Model of South-South Cooperation Swaran Singh, August 2017 In this Policy Brief, Prof Swaran Singh of the School of International Studies of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India, traces the history of South-South Cooperation, and examines the potential of the BRICS Alliance for advancing its ideals. To download the Policy Brief, click…
BRICS Studies: Some Suggested Themes Chris Landsberg, Francis A. Kornegay, Jr and Mzukisi Qobo July 2017 ABSTRACT: Developing interdisciplinary policy studies focusing on Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) can be considered a natural spin-off of the annual BRICS summitry, inclusive of the think-tanks, academic forums, and symposia forming part of the build-up…
Regional Industrialisation in Southern Africa: The Role of African–Sino Partnerships May 2017 This Policy Brief was developed by the UJCI and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), in collaboration with Oxfam International’s Africa-China Dialogue Platform, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It reflects and elaborates on the deliberations at a seminar entitled ‘Prospects for SADC Regional…
