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16 May 2013

Prospecting for solutions: The challenges of South Africa’s mining industry

In 1994, South Africa completed the monumental shift out of the oppressive apartheid system and towards democracy in an attempt to tilt the scales towards freedom and equality.(2) Under the...

10 Apr 2013

China’s African media footprint

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

On 14 December 2012, China Daily, China’s biggest English-language newspaper, launched its first African edition.(2) This was the latest development in the story of China’s ever expanding media...

22 Mar 2013

Tearing souls apart: The destruction of shrines in Timbuktu and the concept of cultural genocide

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

In June 2012, the Islamic group Ansar Dine (a radical group with alleged links to al-Qaeda) took control of Timbuktu in northern Mali. The threat posed to the city, which contains thousands of...

16 Jan 2013

Mental health in Ghana: A rights violation in action

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The concept of mental health remains ignored in many developing countries, where basic primary healthcare needs are additionally neglected. The World Health Organisation (WHO) lists several risk...

10 Jan 2013

IFP: Statement by Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Inkatha Freedom Party President, online letter (10/11/2013)

STATEMENT

On the 8th of January 2012, President Jacob Zuma took the podium in Mangaung at the official start of the ANC's year-long centenary celebrations, and announced that the ANC "is a disciplined...

07 Nov 2012

What brands can learn from Obama’s presidential campaign

BRAND-O-VATION

Having followed the Obama re-election campaign closely ever since the New Hampshire Primaries in January 2012, I have come to believe that there are important lessons to be drawn for success in...

31 Oct 2012

At least 29 killed in superstorm Sandy

SUPERSTORM DAMAGE

Superstorm Sandy has killed at least 29 people and knocked millions out of power across the densely populated US east coast, leaving streets flooded, homes burned and an embankment collapsed....

04 Sep 2012

Debunking the CNN effect

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

This article aims to demonstrate that the “CNN effect” – which posits that ample and appealing media coverage has a powerful impact on the international community, to the point of compelling...

06 Jul 2012

The Chinese media in an era of state-led communication

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

China's unique economic growth story has attracted significant international and African media attention. With news that China has surpassed the US as Africa's largest trading partner in 2010, the...

13 May 2012

SA: Statement by the FW de Klerk Foundation, on his interview with CNN's Christianne Amanpour (13/05/2012)

Statements

The F W de Klerk Foundation regrets that the comments that F W de Klerk made in his recent interview with Christianne Amanpour of CNN have been taken so unfairly out of context. The question that...

11 May 2012

DA: Statement by Lindiwe Mazibuko, Democratic Alliance Parliamentary Leader, on FW de Klerk's remarks (11/05/2012)

Statements

The comments made by former President FW De Klerk which aired on CNN last night are unfortunate and disappointing. They undermine the important programme of reconciliation which we undertook as a...

25 Apr 2012

DA: Statement by Tim Harris, Democratic Alliance shadow minister of finance, backing Gordhan on nationalisation (25/04/2012)

Statements

Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan did the right thing during his CNN interview yesterday when he took an unambiguous stand against the nationalisation of mines. His rejection of mine...

26 Jan 2012

SA growth to be below 3% in 2012 – Gordhan

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

South Africa's economic growth is "certainly going to be below three percent" this year due to the impact of a slowdown in the eurozone economies, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Thursday....

19 Jul 2011

US: Media briefing by the US Emabssay, on the current situation in the Horn of Africa (19/07/2011)

Statements

MS. FULTON: Good afternoon and welcome to the Department of State. Today, to address the emerging humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa, we have four briefers to speak to you today about a...

15 Apr 2011

Will the revolution be tweeted? The potential for democratisation through social media

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The Arab world is ablaze, people’s power is at its height and the firm grips of dictators and authoritarian regimes in the region have been severely compromised: Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali,...

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