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False jobs, foreign battlefields: Policy gaps that exposed South Africans (opens the original)
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The return of South Africans allegedly lured into Russiaâs war exposes a preventive failure spanning overseas recruitment, online advertising, travel screening and consular protection. Wellington Muzengeza is an independent journalist and political risk analyst specialising in governance, strategic infrastructure and African sovereignty. He is a Research Fellow at the Africa Centre for Critical Minerals and Energy Transition, founder of BuiltAfrica and author of The Informal State. In February
SAâs data centre boom exposes a dangerous digital governance paradox (opens the original)
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Cape Townâs authorisation of two colossal data-centre complexes has ignited the predictable chorus of public alarm. The arithmetic alone is staggering: an annual electricity demand of 174 megawatts and billions of litres of water in a country already struggling with energy instability and chronic water stress. Such figures understandably provoke anxiety, yet to anchor the debate solely in environmental strain is to misread the deeper drama. What is unfolding in South Africa is not merely an ec
Angolaâs Russia case signals a new phase of information warfare in Africa (opens the original)
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Angolaâs legal action against Russian nationals underscores a pivotal shift in Africaâs approach to information warfare, challenging external narratives and asserting national sovereignty over digital influence. Wellington Muzengeza is an independent journalist and political risk analyst specialising in governance, strategic infrastructure and African sovereignty. He is a Research Fellow at the Africa Centre for Critical Minerals and Energy Transition, founder of BuiltAfrica and author of Th
From liberation ally to labour pipeline â SA, Russia, and the politics of silence (opens the original)
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While at a state level Russiaâs relationship with countries in Africa continues with the old talking points of cooperation and the strengthening of Global South partnerships, an issue that remains on mute is that of Africans being recruited to fight in Ukraine. Wellington Muzengeza is an independent journalist and political risk analyst specialising in governance, strategic infrastructure and African sovereignty. He is a Research Fellow at the Africa Centre for Critical Minerals and Energy Tra
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