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SA: Rob Davies: Address by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Budget Vote 36, Old Assembly Chamber, Parliament, Cape Town (15/05/2013)

SPEECH

It is common knowledge that the term of this administration has coincided with the most severe global economic crisis since the 1930s. When we took office in 2009, the SA economy moved into...

R500m investment consolidates Western Cape as global call centre hub

CALL CENTRES

Cape Town is becoming a hot destination for the call centre sector, with an announcement of further investments and the creation of many more jobs. Capita, one of the Western Cape’s largest call...

SA: Statement by Alan Winde, Western Cape Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Tourism, announces multi-million rand investments in the Western Cape’s call centre sector (30/04/2013)

STATEMENT

A leading call centre company with head offices in the Western Cape has invested R500 million into the regional economy, says Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Tourism, Alan Winde....

The treatment of minorities in Africa: A case study of Pygmies in Central Africa

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

“The aim of a democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the majority.”(2) This quote, from the American philosopher Cornel West, has enlightening...

Environmental drones: The newest weapon in the arsenal against poachers

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Over the past decade, drones (2) have played a large role in the American war on terror.(3) Drones are often discussed in the context of extra-judicial killings,(4) loss of privacy,(5) and...

SA: Marthinus van Schalkwyk: Address by the Minister of Tourism, at the opening of the Travel Agents Federation India 2013, Durban (25/02/2013)

SPEECH

Last year, I joined a two-day roadshow to India to promote South Africa as a tourism destination by highlighting the potential and importance of India as a source market for tourism to our...

SA: Statement by Mining Indaba, Dambisa Moyo to address 2013 Mining Indaba (12/12/2012)

STATEMENT

Dr. Dambisa Moyo, the acclaimed author of New York Times bestsellers “Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working” and “How there is a Better Way for Africa,” has been confirmed as one of the...

SA: Statement by Alan Winde, Western Cape Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Tourism, on international foreign direct investment projects (02/08/2012)

STATEMENT

From 2009 to June 2012, the Western Cape attracted 80 international foreign direct investment projects with a total value of R30.1 billion, creating 6 906 jobs. This is an R8 billion (27 percent)...

SA: Davies: Address by the Minister of Trade and Industry, on the department's budget vote, Parliament (18/05/2012)

Topics

Mr Speaker, as Karl Marx famously put it more than a century ago, “Men make their own history but not in the circumstances of their own choosing”.

One for the money... Two for the show

Adams & Adams

Most artists still revere a recording deal with a major studio and perceive it to be the key to the promised land of fame and fortune. They are hasty to put pen to paper when a proposed recording...

The serious business of tree hugging

Look South

Back in 2001, infamous tough politician from Sinn Fein Gerry Adams admitted that he liked hugging trees. At the time, he noted: "Hugging trees has a calming affect on me. I'm talking about enormous...

Is South Africa just one big vuvuzela?

LOOK SOUTH

There were moments of brilliance on the pitch during the 2010 World Cup, but it was what happened off the pitch that grabbed the most attention.

Gulf Oil Spill Good for Africa

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

Tragic as it is, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is good news for Africa - increasingly the new frontier for oil and gas exploration worldwide. Now estimated to be spewing up to 60 000 barrels...

Population boom will pressure forests - reports

INTERNATIONAL

Booming demand for food, fuel and wood as the world's population surges from six to nine billion will put unprecedented and unsustainable demand on the world's remaining forests, two new reports...

Lawmakers gather in Brazil to discuss climate change

CLIMATE CHANGE

Lawmakers from the world's major industrial nations and five emerging economies gather in Brazil from Wednesday to discuss a global climate change treaty currently under consideration. This...

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