Auxiliary documents
[Source: GIGA Focus by Hannah Smidt.]
A growing number of governments in sub-Saharan Africa are now cracking down on civil society organisations addressing human rights issues. Governments are not only shrinking the space for civic activism, but also destroying the backbone of democracy and inclusive development. Read more
[Source: Graensen Grenzen by Robert Kappel.]
It is becoming increasingly difficult to read the same optimistic and pessimistic analyses about Africa. Read more
[Source: Politicsweb by John Kane Berman.]
South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has long been committed to the implementation of a “national democratic revolution” (NDR). Read more
[Source: Africa Spectrum – GIGA by Susan Booysen.]
The contemporary condition of the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa, viewed through the lens of hegemony and by means of four sets of correlates of decline and potential renewal, reveals an organisation that has turned away from lethal decline, yet by 2018 was battling to reconstitute a powerful, united historical bloc to underpin a new hegemony. Read more
