This piece by Paula Cristina Roque was first published by Daily Maverick. This type of relationship has been a realpolitik practice of many democracies’ engagements with autocratic, corrupt and failing states. Here’s why it is a problem. President Joe Biden’s visit to Angola this week, his first to Africa, has sparked much debate on a […]
This piece by Paula Cristina Roque was first published by African Arguments. Another stolen election has sent the people into the streets. They await Venancio Mondlane, the leader of the protest movement. The old elite await a $50 billion resource jamboree. Is this the end of FRELIMO? Mozambique’s fight for justice, freedom and prosperity is being […]
This piece by Paula Cristina Roque was first published by Daily Maverick. Mozambique’s largest observation platform comprising seven NGOs, with 1,900 observers across the country, declared that this month’s elections were fraudulent. International observers publicly questioned the credibility of the polls. Multiple gunshots under the cover of darkness pointed to an orchestrated execution. Twenty-five bullets were […]
This piece by Gregory Gondwe was first published by investigativeplatform-mw. As Malawi approaches its tripartite elections in September 2025, the government’s expanding surveillance infrastructure raises concerns about its potential to be used for political repression. Both the Cellebrite UFED system, capable of extracting deleted data from phones and computers, and the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR), which tracks […]
This piece by Herbert Moyo was first published by Daily Maverick. No amount of sugar coating can disguise the fact that the Lesotho Computer Crimes and Cyber Security Bill is designed to suppress free speech and shield those in power from public scrutiny. This is not a matter of cybersecurity — this is a matter […]
This piece by Frederico Links was first published by The Namibian. Flawed treaty will provide cover for installing a highly problematic law in Namibia Alarm has reverberated around the world following the adoption of the draft UN convention on cybercrime in early August 2024 by the Ad Hoc Committee of the UN General Assembly specifically […]
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This piece by Jane Duncan and Heidi Swart was first published by Daily Maverick. These are the issues the government needs to address to fix the security vetting system. The case of SABC head of news Moshoeshoe Monare should be used as an opportunity to set out the steps for doing that. Security vetting in […]
