Jacqueline’s law firm represents investors in Africa as well as governments, but she increasingly finds herself engaged as another kind of advocate. “I want to shift from deal making to mind shifting,” Musiitwa says. “Legal reform is intertwined with inclusive and sustainable development.” Musiitwa’s focus is now on the importance of good governance and rule …
As Africans who lived in the U.S. and who several years ago both decided to move back to Africa, we watched the U.S. Africa Leaders’ Summit (ALS) with much interest. We have each, at various points in time, lived in the United States and Europe, then chose to return to Africa. As we were discussing …
“There’s a general expectation that young people, and women particularly, don’t know what they’re talking about.” – SHAKILA KHAN So Africa is rising. Or so we hear. There has been an undeniable shift in the media narrative about the continent. Investors are flooding the region in their droves and they need legal representation, triggering a …
Limpho Hani is often visibly angry about the assassination of her husband. Twenty-one years later, she refuses to forgive or forget. In fact, she bristles with rage when the subject of her husband comes up. The loss of her husband, the father of her children, is not something she is prepared to approach gently. She …
With the announcement of his new Cabinet this past week, President Zuma has reaffirmed this government’s commitment to turning its back on the thirty-four miners who were shot down in Marikana in 2012. He has also sent an unequivocal message: the government will play no role in ending the crippling political impasse in the platinum …