Discussions

Message Today marks the founding of the Organisation of African Unity which is now known as the African Union. This occasion provides an opportunity to reflect on key issues perti...

Paul Kalenga, a tralac Associate and Senior Trade Policy Adviser at the SADC Secretariat and TradeMark Southern Africa comments on making the tripartite FTA work. He argues that t...

This year will be a busy one on the trade front for countries in east and southern Africa. There is, at this stage, little evidence of appetite among key players for concluding th...

Taku Fundira, a tralac Researcher, discusses the need for tariff rationalisation and common criteria for determining sensitive products within the proposed trip...

Taku Fundira, a tralac Researcher, discusses “Towards a Tripartite COMESA-EAC-SADC Free Trade Area: The Process, Issues and Priorities” (17-18 June 2010, Ar...

Africa Day We are celebrating Africa Day today. The African Union has chosen ‘Building and Sustaining Peace through Sports’ as the theme for 2010. With the final countdown to ...

Gerhard Erasmus, tralac Associate, discusses whether SACU will have a permanent summit. It has been announced that a meeting of Heads of State and Government of the SACU member st...

Sean Woolfrey, a tralac Researcher, discusses Industrial Development Zones in South Africa. Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, the South African government’s Industrial Policy Actio...

Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, discusses the progress made after the 15th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference. Since the closing ...

JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, discusses the energy services developments in the Southern African Region. The energy sector provides essential backbone support to almost all econo...

Taku Fundira, a tralac Researcher, discusses competition law and regional integration. Over the past two decades, there has been growing interest in increasing...

Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, comments on the differences between the Kyoto Protocol and the Copenhagen Accord. The United Nations Climate Change Conference (7-18 December...

Paul Kruger, a tralac Researcher, comments on the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum that was held in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, from 27 – 31 January 2010. Every year ...