A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The Aftermath of South Africa’s 2024 Elections
A nation must think before it acts.
The Aftermath of South Africa’s 2024 Elections
July 25, 2024 | 10:30 am | Africa Program
About the Event
In May 2024, South Africa held national elections. The ruling African National Congress, for the first time since the end of Apartheid in 1994, failed to get a majority and is faced with the need to establish a governing coalition with one of its rivals or hold new elections whose outcome would not be a foregone conclusion. What impact will the elections have on South Africa’s relations with the rest of the Global South, with the United States and other Western nations, and how will global and African markets respond to the various possibilities of coalition governments.
Bob Wekesa of the African Center for the Study of the US (CSUS), Paul Nantulya of the U.S. National Defense University, foreign policy analyst Sanusha Naidu, and former Ambassador J. Peter Pham join FPRI Africa Program Chair Ambassador Charles Ray for an in depth look at the future of South Africa post-election. This panel discussion is jointly presented by FPRI and ACSUS.
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Speakers
Paul Nantulya - Paul Nantulya is a Research Associate at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies. He is a subject matter specialist on Chinese foreign and security policy, China/Africa relations, and Africa’s relations with Southeast Asian countries.
Sanusha Naidu - Ms. Sanusha Naidu is a foreign policy and political analyst based in Cape Town.
J. Peter Pham - John Peter Pham is an American academic and author specializing in international relations with a focus on African affairs. Pham was the United States Special Envoy for the Sahel Region of Africa, from March 2020 until the end of President Donald Trump's administration in January 2021.
Bob Wekesa - Bob is Partnerships and Research coordinator and Acting Director at the African Centre for the Study of the United States, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Charles A. Ray - Charles A. Ray, a member of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Africa Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, served as US Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Republic of Zimbabwe. ; Moderator
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