Both the EU and South Africa seek to reshape critical raw materials supply chains. The EU aims to reduce dependencies on China, while South Africa seeks to create jobs.

Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) Resident Representative Hanns Bühler met with the new Western Cape Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), Lieutenant General Sizakhele William Dyantyi, to discuss cooperation between SAPS and civil society in strengthening safety and security, as well as ongoing joint efforts to curb violent crime in identified hotspots.

We were honored to attend the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the SA Constitution, marked in Cape Town.

Last Thursday's engagements once again demonstrated the value of this longstanding relationship through two important exchange meetings.

The emerging world order will be defined by two global poles, a handful of mini-poles and a growing number of states—including many in Africa—with greater room to shape outcomes than at any point in recent history. Whether this produces greater cooperation or rivalry will depend less on structural trends than on the political choices governments make today.