Dialogue Online
SALO’s series of signed analysis papers by researchers, practitioners and guest writers.
COVID-19 and the question of Human Security in Zimbabwe
DOWNLOAD PDF VERSION Context Last year (2019) marked the 25th Anniversary of the Human Security concept; it was also a year that highlighted the increasing salience of the adverse impacts of climate change on various communities throughout …
Dialogue Online Archives
“The elders sit under the big tree and talk until they agree…talking until you agree (or agree to disagree) is the essential (essence) of the traditional African concept of democracy…” Julius Nyerere Since SALO’s central focus is peace and …
Dialogue Online No2 of 2017- "The Role of the International Community in South Sudan" by Ms Emmaculate Asige, 19 July 2017
As shown by cases such as the Rwandan Genocide, the international community’s reaction to African civil wars has often been too weak, too little and/or too late. However, since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005, …
Dialogue Online No. 2/2016: “LGBTI Rights and South Africa’s Proposed Hate Legislation”by Katherine Sutherland, 07 June 2017
The proposed hate crime and hate speech bill is a step towards combatting hate directed at vulnerable groups and ensuring alignment between practice and constitutional provisions. South Africa was the first nation to clearly prohibit …
Dialogue Online No. 2/2016: “South African foreign policy’s conflict mediation outcomes are significantly shaped by the democratic deficit which characterises the African continent” By Sambulo Mathebula, July 2016
South African foreign policy has brooked a fair amount of criticism from observers and commentators in recent times. The suggestion has been that it is unclear and that its core values and priorities are obfuscated by practitioners. The …
Dialogue Online No. 1/2016: Succession Politics in Zimbabwe: Grace Mugabe and the End of Patriotic History By Tamuka Charles Chirimambowa
9 March 2016 In this piece, University of Johannesburg PhD student, Tamuka Charles Chirimambowa, examines the possible permutations of the ongoing factional fights within Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party to succeed the aging party and …
Dialogue Online No. 14/2015: Special Feature: 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children "My friend trafficked me so that she can pay her university fees" by Ms Abigail Javier, Multimedia Journalist, Live Mag SA
The publication of this featured story on Dialogue Online is inspired by the Campaign 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children commencing the 25th of November 2015. It falls under SALO’s Agenda 2030 Development …
Dialogue Online No. 13/2015: "China-Africa FOCAC Summit: how China can help African countries advance peace in the 2030 Agenda" By Richard Smith (Southern African Liaison Office (SALO), Showers Mawowa (SALO and University of Pretoria), Anna Moller-Loswick (Saferworld) and Thomas Wheeler (Saferworld)
The sixth meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation provides an opportunity to deepen partnership, address collective challenges, and enable African countries to make significant progress towards the peace-related targets in the 2030 …
Dialogue Online No. 12/2015: “Trendsetting the Third India-Africa Summit (IAFS 3) in Africa’s Development Trajectory” By Sanusha Naidu
In this article, Sanusha Naidu examines India-Africa trade relations within the context of the forthcoming, Third India-Africa Summit (IAFS 3) to be held from 26 – 29 October 2015. She argues that the summit presents an opportunity for …
Dialogue Online No. 11/2015: "Commemorating Women’s Month" By Litlhare Rabele
August gives an opportunity for all of us in South Africa to reflect on the status of women in South Africa, the role that women play in development, to take stock of achievements, celebrate women who have contributed to the political and …
Dialogue Online No. 10/2015: “The Nordic Welfare Model: Lessons for South Africa” By Showers Mawowa
This article is inspired by a seminar hosted by the Swedish Embassy in Pretoria on 17 June 2015. The seminar was on the “Nordic Welfare Model as a Transformative Tool” and possible lessons for South Africa. This is a relevant topic for …
Dialogue Online No. 9/2015: "ADDRESSING THE PLIGHT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN UNDER THE ADDIS ABABA PEACE, SECURITY AND COOPERATION FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO" By Tumba Dieudonné
The capture of the city of Goma in November 2012 by the rebel group known as the Movement of 23 March (M23) exacerbated the suffering of women and children in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In order to end the …
Dialogue Online No. 7/2015: "Zimbabwe’s Politics of Despair" By Professor Brian Raftopoulos
In an insightful commentary on the current state of Zimbabwe politics, Joost Fontein writes about the prevalence of despondency in which a ‘new timescale of hope and aspiration’ has emerged ‘that makes both the present and any immediate …
Dialogue Online: No. 6/2015: "Zimbabwe’s Re-Engagement by the Western Community: A Call for a Calibrated Approach." By Tamuka Charles Chirimambowa
Post 31st of July 2013; the Western Community has signalled or started engaging and normalising relations with Zimbabwe after close to two decades of contested leadership and disputed electoral outcomes. The signing of a bilateral grant …
Dialogue Online - No. 5/2015: "A Critique of the Current Regional Approach to Human Security within the Context of Informality and a Pervasive Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (ASM) Sector" By Tamara Naidoo and Showers Mawowa
The Southern African Development Community (SADC)’s human security infrastructure embraces the notions of freedom from want and fear as represented in the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Report (1994) . However …
Dialogue Online - No. 4/2015: "Peace and Security in the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Progress and Prospects?" By Showers Mawowa
Though the connection between peace and development is commonly acknowledged, the inclusion of peace and security in the emerging post-2015 development framework has been one of most contested propositions. The consensus around 17 …
Dialogue Online - No. 3/2015: “Swaziland’s Elusive Path to Democracy: What role for SA and the Region?” By Klaus Stig Kristensen
Just as with the South African struggle against apartheid, while internal pressure is essential, international solidarity, especially by the regional community, plays a key role in a potential democratic transition. In this article Klaus …
Dialogue Online - No. 2/2015: “Western Sahara: Africa’s Unfinished Business” By Howard Smith
One of the anomalies of Twenty-first Century Africa is the existence of a single remaining colony on the continent, Western Sahara, colonised by neighbour the Kingdom of Morocco. In this contribution, Howard Smith gives a brief resumé of …
Dialogue Online - No. 1/2015: “Climate Change Exposes the Limitations of the State-Centred Approach to Peace Building in Somalia” By Tamara Naidoo
Somalia, due to perennial instability, has had a long history of international peacebuilding experiments that in turn, almost set the tone for global peace-building discourse and practise. Despite the successive and concentrated …
