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The best of POWER TalkSouth Africa’s GNU Turns One: Marking one year of Unity and FrictionAs South Africa marks the one-year anniversary of its Government of National Unity (GNU), the country stands at a crossroads, again. The 2024 general election failed to produce an outright majority, ushering in a coalition arrangement intended to provide political stability and economic direction. But has it worked? Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is in conversation with Professor at Wits Business School, Prof. Jannie Rossouw, Professor Emeritus, Wits University, and Research Consultant, Prof. Susan Booysens, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the ISS and Head of African Futures, Dr Jakkie Cilliers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2025-06-1733 min
Wêreldwys met Jaco KleynhansWêreldwys | Afrika: Die kontinent van risiko’s en geleenthede | Ep. 24In hierdie week se episode van Wêreldwys doen ons saam met dr. Jakkie Cilliers ʼn deeglike ontleding van die probleme op die Afrika-kontinent, die oorsake daarvan en wat nodig is om uiteindelik meer Afrika-lande op ʼn pad van sukses te plaas. Wêreldwys | Afrika: Die kontinent van risiko’s en geleenthede | Ep. 242024-11-0137 min
Events at USIPAfrica Futures Summit: The Future of Africa in a Changing Global ContextOn April 16, USIP hosted the Africa Futures Summit to examine approaches to catalyze Africa’s potential to benefit and shape the global system. Discussions drew on the African Futures research, forecasting and policy analysis led by the Institute for Security Studies, along with perspectives from Africa, the African Diaspora and American experts.
Opening Remarks
Dr. Joseph SanyVice President, Africa Center, U.S. Institute of Peace
Dr. Fonteh AkumExecutive Director, Institute for Security Studies
Srik GopalPresident and Managing Partner, Humanity United
H.E. Dr. Monique NsanzabaganwaDeputy Chairperson of the Afr...2024-04-171h 35.jpg)
HSS Podcast - Global PerspectivesAfrica between East and West, global power shifts and a new world? – How is Africa and Europe responding to challenges and opportunities of advancing the rules based system.Since the COVID-pandemic and Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, global fault lines have deepened. System rivalry is becoming a buzzword and Africa seems to be in the center of it.
With the Russia-Africa Summit, which took place recently in St. Petersburg, the upcoming BRICS Summit in August in Johannesburg, and the Unite Nations Future Summit next year in New York there is a lot of discussion but also speculation in the international community about a new international order or a new world. While there is not necessarily alignment between and within BRICS and the states of the gl...2023-08-2132 min
Voices of AfricaJakkie Cilliers, Institute for Security Studies (ISS)Marcus Courage talks with Jakkie Cilliers, chair of the Board of Trustees and head of the African Futures and Innovation Programme at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) . They discuss the growing divergence between Africa and the rest of the world, how Africa can reap the demographic dividend and the continent’s significance in an increasingly polarised geopolitical context.2023-03-2935 min
Into AfricaForecasting African FuturesMvemba is joined by Jakkie Cilliers, Head of African Futures & Innovation at the Institute for Security Studies, a South African think-tank. Jakkie and Mvemba discuss Africa’s potential growth in different global scenarios, the African Continental Free Trade Area, and challenges to intra-continental trade.2022-10-1332 minInto AfricaForecasting African FuturesMvemba is joined by Jakkie Cilliers, Head of African Futures & Innovation at the Institute for Security Studies, a South African think-tank. Jakkie and Mvemba discuss Africa’s potential growth in different global scenarios, the African Continental Free Trade Area, and challenges to intra-continental trade.2022-10-1332 min
Unlocking AfricaWhy Africa Needs to Improve Cybersecurity to Boost Investment and Economic Development with Kendrall Felder and Larry YonEpisode #36 with Kendrall Felder and Larry Yon who are Co-Founders of CyberAlliance, which is a global technology solutions firm, with a Pan-African focus, creating strategies that advance digital transformation and accelerate cyber security. CyberAlliance focuses on helping sub-saharan African countries implement technology and cyber security in a way that drives job creation, profitability, and economic development. What We Discuss With Kendrall Felder and Larry YonWhat are some of the challenges you face when developing and implementing strategies to improve cyber security in Africa?In Africa, effective cybersecurity remains a challenge, with many organisations un...2022-09-191h 11Unlocking AfricaHow to Accurately Forecast Africa’s Long-Term Development Potential. African Futures & Innovation with Jakkie CilliersEpisode #35 with Jakkie Cilliers who is the author of Africa First!: Igniting a Growth Revolution, and Head of African Futures and Innovation at the Institute for Security Studies. An institute that builds knowledge and skills that secure Africa’s future.What We Discuss With Jakkie CilliersWhat are Africa's development prospects and potential based on the data you've gathered?Is Africa on track to meet the objectives outlined in Agenda 2063?Do you believe the term "leapfrogging" is misused or misunderstood in the context of Africa?What will future trade relations between Af...2022-09-1251 min
BizNews Power HourJakkie Cilliers talks about coalition governing - and 2024; Elsabe Klink on Mandatory vaccines; plus Shapiro and PRASA.In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour the author, thought leader and political analyst Jakkie Cilliers of the ISS updates the prescient forecasts in his 2017 book Fate of the Nation - and looks ahead to the 2024 National Elections; the SA Medical Association's former legal advisor Elsabe Klink shares the law on proposed mandatory vaccines; David Shapiro on the impact of Omicron; and researcher/author David Williams shares conclusions from his work on PRASA - and what might be behind the shock ejection of its recently appointed CEO. 2021-11-291h 01
BizNews Power HourMagnus Heystek co-host; Inside the divided ANC; Karoooo's 100 million vehicle market.n this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Magnus Heystek on investing offshore being the best option; Opptune's Chris Logan on Karoooo's 100 million vehicle market; Dr Jakkie Cilliers weighs in on a divided ANC and the BizNews Power Hour Team. 2021-07-211h 00
The ARC InsiderThe ARC Insider, Episode 26: The Future of Africa: In conversation with Dr Jakkie CilliersKaren Allen and Tara O'Connor discuss stories from across the continent, including the Kazungula Bridge project… a potential game changer for transporting people and goods across Southern Africa by linking Botswana and Zambia across the Zambezi river.
This week, they are joined by Dr Jakkie Cilliers – formerly an artillery officer in the South African defence forces who was instrumental in helping to transform the military after the end of apartheid. Jakkie is the founder and former Executive Director of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and he currently serves as chair of the ISS Board of Trustees and h...2021-05-2527 min
Mark Leonard's World in 30 MinutesEurope’s new transatlantic bargain for Biden’s AmericaJoe Biden has won the US elections and in January 2021 will become the 46th president of the United States of America. While that is not yet official, it is clear. But what is also clear is that we cannot go back to the pre-Trump world. When Biden returns to the White House, he will look for a Europe that brings solutions rather than problems. Europeans should show they can be an equal partner and offer him a new transatlantic bargain. This week, host Mark Leonard is joined by our ECFR program directors: Susi Dennison, Janka Oertel, Julien Barnes-Dacey, Nicu Popescu...2020-11-1327 min
Wait & Speak Podcast#15 Africa First - Turning potential into prosperityI spoke with Jakkie Cilliers from the African Futures and Innovation (AFI) team at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in Pretoria. We discussed Jakkie’s new book, Africa First! Igniting a Growth Revolution.
The discussion covered the key developmental challenges facing Africa and the International Futures (IFs) forecasting platform that was used to model scenarios on how the continent can ignite a growth revolution. We also touched on Africa’s Current Path - the likely development trajectory assuming current policies continue going forward, the key scenario insights policy makers should adopt to shift to prosperity, the impa...2020-10-0620 minWait & Speak Podcast#12 The impact of COVID-19 in Africa - scenarios to 2030I spoke with Jakkie Cilliers and Stellah Kwasi from the African Futures and Innovation (AFI) team at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in Pretoria. We discussed their recent report on the impact of COVID-19 in Africa.
Dr Jakkie Cilliers is the Chairman of the ISS Board of Trustees and Head of the African Futures and Innovation team in Pretoria. Jakkie co-founded the ISS in 1990 and was the executive director until 2015. He is an Extraordinary Professor in the Centre of Human Rights and the Department of Political Sciences, Faculty Humanities at the University of Pretoria. His 2017 book o...2020-08-1331 min
Inside Covid-19Inside Covid-19 - Business confidence plunge; pandemic changes banking habits; UFS virus tracking breakthrough. Ep 46In episode 46 of Inside Covid-19, South Africa’s business confidence index falls to an almost impossibly low 5 points of a potential 100; we explore the change in banking behaviour with spending plummeting and savings rising; a University of Free State breakthrough in measuring viral loads of sewerage that will aid management of outbreaks by location; also, we hear about what will be needed for SA to attract foreign direct investment post the pandemic; and highlights of today’s Biznews webinar with political economy specialists Moeletsi Mbeki and Jakkie Cilliers. - Alec Hogg2020-06-1054 min
Inside Covid-19Inside Covid-19 - Business confidence plunge; pandemic changes banking habits; UFS virus tracking breakthrough. Ep 46In episode 46 of Inside Covid-19, South Africa’s business confidence index falls to an almost impossibly low 5 points of a potential 100; we explore the change in banking behaviour with spending plummeting and savings rising; a University of Free State breakthrough in measuring viral loads of sewerage that will aid management of outbreaks by location; also, we hear about what will be needed for SA to attract foreign direct investment post the pandemic; and highlights of today’s Biznews webinar with political economy specialists Moeletsi Mbeki and Jakkie Cilliers. - Alec Hogg2020-06-1054 minInto AfricaThe Shape of Africa to ComeExperts project that the next few years will be pivotal for Africa's growth and influence. What policies should African governments and their partners focus on to positively shift the region’s trajectory? Jonathan Rosenthal (The Economist), Erin Sikorsky (National Intelligence Council), and Jakkie Cilliers (Institute for Security Studies) join Judd Devermont to discuss forecasting and the continent's projected growth and development. Guests also explore the widespread abuses by security forces during Covid-19 enforced lockdowns and Lesotho’s Prime Minister Tom Thabane’s decision to step down. Background Reading:
Africa First! Igniting a Growth Revolution ...2020-04-3037 minInto AfricaThe Shape of Africa to ComeExperts project that the next few years will be pivotal for Africa's growth and influence. What policies should African governments and their partners focus on to positively shift the region’s trajectory? Jonathan Rosenthal (The Economist), Erin Sikorsky (National Intelligence Council), and Jakkie Cilliers (Institute for Security Studies) join Judd Devermont to discuss forecasting and the continent's projected growth and development. Guests also explore the widespread abuses by security forces during Covid-19 enforced lockdowns and Lesotho’s Prime Minister Tom Thabane’s decision to step down. Background Reading:
Africa First! Igniting a Growth Revolution ...2020-04-3037 min
Inside Covid-19Inside Covid-19: Two month medical aid holiday; Jakkie Cilliers' reality check for SA; How Covid-19 started - Ep 20In episode twenty of Inside Covid-19, a two month medical aid holiday for hundreds of thousands of companies, individuals; reality check of how the lockdown is affecting poor people; evidence that Black Americans and Brits are harder hit by Covid-19; and an in-depth report on how the coronavirus made the jump from animals to humans. - Alec Hogg2020-04-1956 minInside Covid-19Inside Covid-19: Two month medical aid holiday; Jakkie Cilliers' reality check for SA; How Covid-19 started - Ep 20In episode twenty of Inside Covid-19, a two month medical aid holiday for hundreds of thousands of companies, individuals; reality check of how the lockdown is affecting poor people; evidence that Black Americans and Brits are harder hit by Covid-19; and an in-depth report on how the coronavirus made the jump from animals to humans. - Alec Hogg2020-04-1956 min
The China Africa ProjectAfrican Futurist Jakkie Cilliers Looks Beyond Today's COVID-19 Crisis“African economies are staring at an abyss,” said Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed earlier this week in a desperate appeal to the international community for aid and debt relief to offset the ruinous effects of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The economic crisis brought on by the COVID-19 is disproportionately impacting African countries where even under normal circumstances often struggle to provide basic services. The emergence of this latest pandemic on the continent comes as African governments were already struggling with the effects of climate change, locusts and a variety of other infectious diseases ranging from Lassa fever to malaria.
Although the situ...2020-03-2856 min
The Tim Modise NetworkTim Modise in conversation with Dr Jakkie CilliersJoin veteran radio personality Tim Modise, as he creates a platform that inspires, informs and empowers you, through compelling topics and insightful conversations with influential and renowned guests. The Modise Network is your personal passport to connect to a community of thought leaders, like-minded visionaries and ambitious individuals that are changing their society and the world around them.2018-07-2407 min
Rational RadioJakkie Cilliers: We’re missing EWC point – rural chiefs in crosshairs, unleashing growth the priorityA year ago, founder of South Africa’s Institute for Security Studies Jakkie Cilliers produced a quite marvellous book which he titled Fate of the Nation.
Perfectly timed ahead of December’s ANC Elective Conference, in our interview on the book a year ago, Cilliers shared with us the likely result of that watershed event and what would happen thereafter. His projections were excellent – he as one of the few to call a Ramaphosa victory, but one which brings with it a huge challenge of modernising his party - and the country.
I like engaging with scientists like Cillie...2018-06-2825 min
African DialogueILO Global Commision on WorkLast week South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa co-chaired the 28 member Commission on the Future of Work, together with the Prime Minister of Sweden, Stefan Löfven. The global body, set up by the International Labour Organisation, is assessing the rapid transformations taking place in the world of work, and identifying the key challenges and what must be done to make the future of work better and fairer. To discuss this further we are joined in studio by: • Deborah Greenfield is the deputy director general for policy at the International Labour Organisation • Neil Coleman is from the Institu...2018-05-2140 minAfrican DialogueILO Global Commision on WorkLast week South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa co-chaired the 28 member Commission on the Future of Work, together with the Prime Minister of Sweden, Stefan Löfven. The global body, set up by the International Labour Organisation, is assessing the rapid transformations taking place in the world of work, and identifying the key challenges and what must be done to make the future of work better and fairer. To discuss this further we are joined in studio by:
• Deborah Greenfield is the deputy director general for policy at the International Labour Organisation
• Neil Coleman is from the Institute for Economic Justice...2018-05-2140 min
RSG Nuus & AktualiteitKOMMER OOR GELDTEKORTE VIR ZIMBABWE SE VERKIESING IN 2018Kommer bestaan dat Zimbabwe nie volgende jaar die nodige sowat R3,5 miljard sal hê om veral te bestee aan 'n nuwe biometriese registrasiestelsel nie. Heindrich praat hieroor met met dr. Jakkie Cilliers, voorsitter van die raad van trustees van die Instituut vir Sekerheidstudies,2017-07-2403 min
Podcast 3Al-ShababLocal residents in Badhadhe, southern Somalia, say that the Islamist militants al-Shabab have retaken the district following the withdrawal of the Kenyan forces, operating under the African Union peacekeepers. Kenyan forces have pulled out from two military bases in Somalia, including one attacked by al-Shabab 11 days ago. Executive Director of the Institute for Security Studies, Dr Jakkie Cilliers, elaborates..2016-01-2705 min
PodcastsJakkie Cilliers on Fragile StatesMore Than 1 billion people live in countries affected by fragility. Fragile states are often confronted with political instability or conflict, inadequate public services, and lack of economic opportunities.
Jakkie Cilliers, Executive Director of the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria, South Africa
Claver Gatete, Minister of Finance of Rwanda
Kaifala Marah, Minister of Finance and Economic Development in Sierra Leone2015-04-2411 min
IMF PodcastsJakkie Cilliers on Fragile StatesMore Than 1 billion people live in countries affected by fragility. Fragile states are often confronted with political instability or conflict, inadequate public services, and lack of economic opportunities.
Jakkie Cilliers, Executive Director of the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria, South Africa
Claver Gatete, Minister of Finance of Rwanda
Kaifala Marah, Minister of Finance and Economic Development in Sierra Leone2015-04-2411 min
African DialogueUnited Nations Security CouncilFor many years, calls to include one of the 54 African states in the United Nations Security Council have been made. Last week, Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe lamented the lack of transformation of the United Nations Security Council. Mugabe who is also the African Union and SADEC chair was speaking after private talks with President Jacob Zuma during his visit to South Africa. He says while the continent continues to propose changes to the veto system, there is still resistance from some of the permanent members. To help us analyse the situation, and the importance of the Security Council at the...2015-04-1455 minAfrican DialogueUnited Nations Security CouncilFor many years, calls to include one of the 54 African states in the United Nations Security Council have been made. Last week, Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe lamented the lack of transformation of the United Nations Security Council. Mugabe who is also the African Union and SADEC chair was speaking after private talks with President Jacob Zuma during his visit to South Africa. He says while the continent continues to propose changes to the veto system, there is still resistance from some of the permanent members. To help us analyse the situation, and the importance of the Security Council at the...2015-04-1455 min
Enviro ShowEnviro ShowTONIGHT: 8 ways to fix our WATER WOES with M&G writer Sipho Kings http://mg.co.za/…/2015-01-22-eight-ways-to-fix-our-water-wo… and Dr Jakkie Cilliers from www.issafrica.org. We talk FLUFFTAIL FESTIVAL with www.birdlife.org.za and the discovery of the Pink Velvet Worm - that and more between 21:00 and 22:00!... .2015-02-0554 min