Policy Briefs

This policy brief recommends legislative and policy interventions at both national and provincial levels of government. First, constitutional and customary legal systems should be aligned to ensure that cultural practices are not applied in ways that perpetuate GBV. Second, adopting community-centred approaches that harmonize…

This policy brief therefore focuses on findings coming from two main processes: a reflection on our experiences facilitating, supporting or observing scaling and replication within and across municipalities connected to ePPMOSA. A review of existing literature concerning the diffusion and institutionalization of digital…

This policy brief argues for institutional reform by reconfiguring the deployment framework of APSA and the ASF to align institutional design with the changing conflict realities in Africa. It evaluates the structural and operational constraints that prevented timely preventive engagement in Cabo Delgado and proposes…

Corruption remains one of the most pressing national challenges and an obstacle to achieving a developmental, capable, and ethical state in South Africa. The National Anti-Corruption Strategy aims to fight corruption through a focused whole-of-society approach and encourage active citizen participation in the fight against…

This brief is directed at senior officials and decision-makers across SADC ministries responsible for environment and climate change, disaster risk management, social development, education, justice, public works, and communication. It also addresses regulatory bodies overseeing public media and communication. These actors are…

This policy brief asserts that the spread of the conflict in Mali is based on the ‘ungoverned spaces’ theory. A careful examination of the geography of conflict in Mali and the wider Sahel suggests that its epicenter lies in the country’s ‘ungoverned spaces’. Despite the disintegration of the Libyan…