The COVID-19 pandemic has had severe economic consequences in Southern Africa, resulting in an unprecedented decline in production and employment. Similar policy responses have emerged across the region, centred on temporary and inadequate relief for workers and businesses; very limited fiscal...

Introduction : defining the future - South Africa's foreign economic policy and regional cooperation in Southern Africa -- Setting the stage : South and Southern Africa, 1948-1989 -- Debating the future : regional relations in the post-apartheid era -- Ideology and the political economy of...

A time for choosing -- A very little boat -- Gradually and then suddenly -- The bad policy problem -- Can a soufflé rise twice? -- A good story to tell about a better life for all -- Uniting the middle through common sense -- Disruption (and decentralisation) -- What must be done -- What will...