International Politics

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Introduction

Within the framework of its International Politics Programme, HBS Southern Africa aims to strengthen the international discourse on issues of resource governance and foreign and security affairs in Africa. The foundation is especially interested in South Africa’s role as an active player on the continent and globally as well as in emerging powers such as China or India that entered the scramble for Africa’s natural resources. As such, the foundation hosts conferences and supports research on these and related subjects.

Our hope is that such efforts will contribute to an improved understanding of issues that are of strategic importance to (Southern) Africa’s development agenda and enhance South-North and South-South networking and exchange.

For more information, please contact Jochen Luckscheiter, International Politics Programme Manager: Jochen.Luckscheiter'at'za.boell.org

Resource Governance

REPORT

Chinese Construction Companies in Angola: A Social Responsibility Perspective

March 29, 2012 - The body of this paper discusses and analyses the principal themes that emerged from the interviews conducted in Luanda, Angola between 18 -25 October 2011. This is followed by recommendations for the Chinese government, the Angolan government and Chinese companies. By Lucy Corkin more»

PUBLICATION SERIES

Perspectives #03/ 2011: Politics, Principles and Practice: Zimbabwe's Diamonds and the Kimberley Process

- October 14, 2011 - Zimbabwe's Marange diamonds have been tainted by reports of violence, human rights abuses and smuggling, fuelling doubts about the credibility and effectiveness of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KP). How could the Marange impasse be resolved? more»

PUBLICATION

South African Mining Companies in Southern Africa - Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility

- April 16, 2010 - South African companies are increasingly looking for investment opportunities in the wider SADC region in a bid to benefit from favourable international markets for minerals, in competition with western and Asian companies. These investments have social and environmental impacts on people working in, and living around, mines. This book assesses South African mining and gas companies corporate governance and social responsibilities in five SADC countries. more»

Foreign & Security Affairs

PUBLICATION SERIES

Perspectives #01/2012: A Fractious Relationship - Africa and the International Criminal Court

July 20, 2012 - Although there continues to be widespread popular support across the African continent for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its mandate to prosecute high-level individuals accused of perpetrating international crimes, strong anti-ICC sentiments are brewing among parts of Africa’s political elite and state actors. more»

E-NEWSLETTER

G20 Update #12: A Wedding of the G20 and the B20?

- June 6, 2012 - Read the latest edition of the G-20 Update, a regular newsletter covering the G20 summits, and related processes and outcomes. more»

CONFERENCE PUBLICATION

Climate Change, Resources, Migration: Securing Africa in an uncertain climate

- February 10, 2010 - This new publication presents the critical themes that informed the debates during the conference ‘Climate Change, Resources, Migration: Old and New Sources of Conflict in Africa?’ hosted by the Heinrich Böll Foundation on the 2nd and 3rd of August 2009 in Cape Town. The conference, while analysing the current state of Africa’s peace and security architecture, focused on the structural root causes of conflict in Africa and on the question of whether the security framework in place offers appropriate answers to deal with these challenges. more»