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Ranking
SAIIA- top think-tank in Sub-Saharan Africa
For the third successive year, the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), a long term partner of KAS, has been voted the leading think tank in sub-Saharan Africa in the Global Go To Think Tank Index for 2011. The institute received the same accolade in 2009 and 2010. The annual survey is conducted by the University of Pennsylvania and is the most comprehensive ranking of the world's top think tanks.
South Africa & The Media:
2011 in review - looking ahead to 2012
Exclusively for KAS Media Africa, Chris Roper reviews the media year 2011 in South Africa. The online editor of the continent’s leading weekly “Mail&Guardian” also looks ahead to 2012 and points out the challenges. Read the full regional report here –
Book Launch
Sustainable Mega-Events in Developing Countries: Experiences and Insights from South Africa, India and Brazil
The KAS-manual "Sustainable Mega-Events in Developing Countries: Experiences and Insights from South Africa, India and Brazil" , launched on 8.12.2011 during COP17 in Durban, focuses on the question how Mega-events, such as the 2010 FIFA Worldcup, the 2010 Commonwealth Games or the 2016 Olympic Games, can be used as catalysts for sustainable development of Mega-Cities in developing countries. The manual is available as pdf.
Welcome
to the Website of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in South Africa. From its Johannesburg office the Foundation coordinates a wide range of activities that aim to assist South Africa in its process of democratic consolidation. A joint office run in cooperation with KAS-Partner Democracy Development Programme in Cape Town complements and supports our work.
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Sustainable Mega-Events in Developing Countries
Experiences and Insights from Host Cities in South Africa, India and Brazil
How can Mega-Events, such as the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup™ in South Africa, the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India as well as the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, be used as catalysts for sustainable urban development? Based on three [...]
The emerging multilayered security architecture: German and South African perspectives on regional and global governance
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation together with its partners, the Hanns Seidel Foundation, the South African Institute of International Affairs and the Institute for Security Studies hosted a series of conference on the German and [...]
KAS/SAIIA Careers Evening 2011
The purpose of the 2011 SAIIA/KAS Careers Evening, that took place on 28th September at the Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, was to provide a platform for postgraduate university students in the studies of International [...]
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Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
South Africa Office
Dunkeld 2196/ Johannesburg
P.O. Box 55012
Northlands 2116/ Johannesburg
Republic of South Africa
36 Long Street, 6. floor
P.O. Box 5294
Cape Town 8000
