Fracking trucks in Botswana © Jeffrey Barbee / High Cost of Cheap Gas

Fracking the Kalahari

Botswana's secretive dash for gas

DRC Colonel Kubuta prays in Lake Kivu © Pete Muller for New York Times

Rethinking the Enemy

Men, Masculinity and Violence

Southern Africa Resource Barometer

Boost for mining oversight

SADC-Parliamentary Forum adopts Barometer

OPENPhoto 2013

OPENPhoto 2013

Victories & Violations: Minority Rights in Africa

High Cost of Congolese Gold

High Cost of Congolese Gold

Poverty, Abuse and the Collapse of Family and Community Structures

The King and the People

At the rate at which Simon Bright is churning out films about African rulers, the filmmaker might soon get the moniker of 'chronicler of power'. After his 2011 documentary, Robert Mugabe…What Happened?, Bright has moved down south to Swaziland to make The King and The People

SA police must investigate Zimbabwe torture case
Richard Lee | Nov 27th, 2013

Landmark ruling for international justice by South African Supreme Court

Namibia failing to end forced sterilisation

On 4 November the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights passed a resolution condemning the practice of coerced sterilisation of marginalised women, including women living with HIV. ...

Exposing Botswana's gas plans

Botswana has been quietly handing out licences for natural gas production covering vast tracts of land including half of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve

Angola's anarchic security sector

The leaking of a confidential dossier detailing the kidnapping, torture and murder of two Angolan activists, who have been missing since May 2012, has confirmed our worst fears about the barbarity and inhumane nature...

How many Zimbabweans are in South Africa?

A recent report published on the website of SW Radio Africa stated that “it is believed” there are “between two and three million Zimbabweans living and working” in South Africa. Citing interviews conducted by the Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency...

Corporate pillage is a war crime

The laws of war, also known as international humanitarian law, have long protected property against pillage during armed conflict.
Kimberley Process conference report - Through an African Lens

Through an African Lens: Reimagining responsibilities and definitions...

Timed to coincide with the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme Intersessional meeting in Kimberley, the Southern Africa Resource Watch...

our hCard

Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa(OSISA)
Building vibrant and tolerant democracies
148 Jan Smuts Avenue; Rosebank, GP 2196; South Africa
E 28° 2.1600000000001" S -26° 8.7420000000001"
Telephone: +27 (0)11 587 5000
FAX: +27 (0)11 587 5099

Twitter Feed

  • Mila Dezan: South to South Cooperation Research Project showcasing evidence based advocacy http://t.co/INaUZ3sNIk
    20 hours 28 min ago
  • Workshops on development for quality in ECDE will take place in Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau & Sao Tome and Principe #ECDEConf
    20 hours 33 min ago
  • Mobilized and empowered communities sustain community based collaborative care (CBCCs) - Thomas Kanjodo #ECDEConf
    20 hours 34 min ago
  • Research structure for professional development for quality ECDE includes workshops on diagnosing the situation of education. #ECDEConf
    20 hours 39 min ago
  • Thomas Kanjodo of Sightsavers, making a presentation on quality ECDE for children with disabilities. #ECDEConf http://t.co/3tXyNflHvQ
    20 hours 51 min ago

Our newsletters

Sign up for our newsletter to receive stories, research, and news, delivered periodically to your inbox.

Translate

English French German Italian Portuguese Russian Spanish