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Honourable Speaker, we deliver this Vote 4 Budget and Policy Speech exactly five days after celebration of the 50th anniversary of Africa Day and African Unity.
The Africa Continent and the...
We are almost at the end of a very remarkable yet consuming second decade of post-apartheid, both as country and as the South African Police Service (SAPS). And, it is time for this ANC-led...
While Africa’s private equity (PE) sector is at an early stage of development, it is growing steadily and providing good returns, with a record R25.7-billion of PE funds from Africa returned to...
Traditionally, the international community has regarded Mali as a success story and a pillar of democracy in the unstable region of West Africa. Since its first multi-party elections in 1992, Mali...
Continuing research and development into improving the internal systems, processes and governance of South Africa’s public service departments were critical for effective service delivery and...
Finding ways of developing South Africa’s small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector was an important factor in its “inward look” in search of sustainable solutions for the country’s...
Patent law generally requires that an invention must firstly be new (this is referred to as the “novelty requirement”) and secondly must involve an inventive step (this is referred to as the...
The inaugural Australasian Mining Roundup includes details of Australia’s federal government approval of the development of the A$6.4-billion Alpha coal project, in Queensland; the Victoria...
Patent law generally requires that an invention must firstly be new (this is referred to as the “novelty requirement”) and secondly must involve an inventive step (this is referred to as the...
The May roundup includes details of Hancock Coal’s go-ahead to develop the A$6.4-billion Alpha coal project in Australia’s Galilee basin; State-owned power utility Eskom’s commissioning of...
The Republic of Guinea, a West African state, is on the verge of making history. It is on the road towards a return to democratic governance following the first round of elections held in June 2010...
Alpha Condé has been declared the winner of the November 7th runoff election contested between himself and rival Cellou Dalein Diallo. Both candidates were neck and neck throughout the counting...
With no candidate securing an outright majority in the June 27 election, the Guinean electoral code dictates that the election must enter into a second runoff round, where the two candidates with...
Situated in the unstable West African region, Guinea is bordered by Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Côte d‘Ivoire. With recent spurts of violence, particularly the brutal massacre of unarmed...