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SIGNIFICANCE OF SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES (SEZs) AND THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH

Geopolitical & economic drivers of the Musina-Makhado SEZ (MMSEZ). Policy brief by Lisa Thompson and Hazel Shirinda July 2021

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Fort Hare Autumn School Advocacy

The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung is delighted to announce the Fort Hare Autumn School class of 2021 — the 9th class! Please join us in congratulating these 25 talented youth leaders.

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CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT PEOPLE’S VOICES IN NATIONAL CLIMATE PLANS

Civil society perspectives from Kenya, the Kyrgyz Republic, Morocco and the Philippines

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Gas investment and Powership Briefing Note June 2021

Under the guise of ‘Risk Mitigation’, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) is pushing 20-year electricity supply contracts for South Africa (SA) to import Liquified Natural Gas (LNG).

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WHAT IS THE ROLE OF SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH?

The brief summarizes the concessions that are offered under the SEZ legislation – now applicable to eleven declared zones

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'COVID-19 and intersecting challenges of land, economy and gender inequality in South Africa.'

In response to the relentless global health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, wealthy countries are rapidly rolling out and even 'stockpiling' vast quantities of vaccine doses.

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Re-imagining South Africa

Re-imagining South Africa is a Cape Town TV (CTV) project on a series of weekly current affairs shows on CTV – made possible by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, South Africa Office. This second series builds on the first series of 12...

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Call For Applications 2021. South Africa needs future leaders. Will you be one of them?

The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung South Africa believes in the power of young people. It invites 25 aspiring and talented students from Eastern Cape Universities (Fort Hare, Rhodes, NMU and WSU) to the 2021 “Fort Hare Autumn School on Social...

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Announcement! FES South Africa new Resident Representatives

“We are very glad to join the FES South Africa team and meet and work with all those who share the struggle for democracy, solidarity and social justice”, say our new Resident Representatives Uta Dirksen and Sebastian Sperling.

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Fort Hare Friday Seminar Series (FHFSS) Web-Seminar- Three Years After Nasrec: What is to be done about land expropriation?

South African government's poor performance in addressing the historical injustices through land redistribution has seriously depleted public confidence in the role of state in land reform.