Disinformation, governance and the South African election
By Phumzile van Damme – republished from ISS African Futures How can we safeguard South Africa’s hard-won free and fair elections in the age of disinformation online? Phumzile Van Damme weighs in. On 9 March 2024, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, the daughter…
Jacob Zuma, the MK Party, and the Kremlin’s GRU
On December 28, 2007, the Directorate of Special Operations (DSO), known as the Scorpions, charged Jacob Zuma with eighteen charges of money laundering and corruption based on seven hundred and fifty-three illicit payments he received while serving as the Deputy…
Exclusive: Senior Research Fellow Martin Plaut on China, Russia and keeping the Red Sea open
The United States and Britain have carried out strikes against targets linked to Houthis in Yemen. It’s the first time strikes have been launched against the Iran-backed group since it started targeting international shipping in the Red Sea late last year. An international…
Iran Is Secretly Supplying Combat Drones To The Sudanese Army
Iran has secretly supplied Sudan’s armed forces with combat drones in a new intervention which risks further destabilising the region. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) has been equipped with the Mohajer-6, a single-engine unmanned aircraft which can carry up to…
A Joint Base On The Moon – But What’s In It For China?
China and South Africa to team up in space.
Putin sends his assassin chief into Africa to run Wagner
Putin To Install His Assassin In Chief As Head of Wagner in Africa.
