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10 Dec 2012

SA: Statement by Equal Education, civil activism movement, on concerns with regard to the 2012 Annual National Assessment results (10/12/2012)

STATEMENT

Minister Motshekga claims that following the release of 2011 ANA results, “a national strategy to improve literacy and numeracy achievement in all schools was implemented.” She credits this...

26 Nov 2012

SA: Noxolo Kiviet: Address by the Eastern Cape Premier, on the occasion of the 48th NAFCOC Annual Conference, East London International Convention Centre (26/11/2012)

SPEECH

Let me thank you for the opportunity to address this important session which, among other things, also marks the 48th birthday celebration of National African Chamber of Commerce and Industry...

29 May 2012

DA: Statement by Tim Harris, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Finance, on economic growth (29/05/2012)

STATEMENT

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is alarmed by the slowdown in economic growth recorded in the first quarter of this year. We call on the ANC government to table a comprehensive plan to accelerate...

28 Mar 2012

SA: Pandor: Address by the Minister of Science and Technology, at the Archie Mafeye memorial lecture (28/03/2012)

Topics

“One hundred years of African intellectual activism”

31 Oct 2011

Towards 100 years of selfless struggle (October 2011)

POLITICS

For anyone to fully appreciate Oliver Reginald Tambo’s role in our socio-political make up, one needs to grasp the evolution of the ANC between 1912 and the 1940s when O.R. Tambo entered the...

28 Oct 2011

ANC: Statement by Gwede Mantashe, African National Congress secretary general, paying tribute to OR Tambo (28/10/2011)

Statements

For anyone to fully appreciate Oliver Reginald Tambo’s role in our socio-political make up, one needs to grasp the evolution of the ANC between 1912 and the 1940s when O.R. Tambo entered...

18 Oct 2011

Chinese and Indian cooperation in Africa: The case of Sudan

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

China and India have often been portrayed as predators seeking natural resources all over the world, and their presence across the African continent is especially noticeable now. During the process...

13 Aug 2009

The enigma of South Africa's arms trade

VIDEO

In this videoclip, Guy Lamb of the Arms Management Programme at the Institute for Security Studies, speaks on the crisis in South Africa's arms export control regime.

06 Aug 2009

SA: Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa to the National Press Club, Sheraton Hotel, Tshwane (06/08/2009)

Topics

Date: 06/08/2009

Source: The Presidency

Title: SA: Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa to the National Press Club, Sheraton Hotel, Tshwane

Mr Yusuf Abramjee,

05 Aug 2009

The Enigma of South Africa’s Arms Trade

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

On Sunday, 2 August, the defence and veterans' affairs spokesperson of the Democratic Alliance (DA), held a media conference in Cape Town in which he suggested that South Africa's arms export...

02 Aug 2009

DA: Statement by David Maynier, Democratic Alliance shadow minister of defence and military veterans on ‘dodgy arms deals with dictators’ (02/08/2009)

Statements

The Democratic Alliance (DA) called this press conference to expose the crisis in our arms control regime and explain its implications.

There is a crisis at the National...

24 Jul 2009

Learning to diversify  for development

GLOBAL ACCOUNT

I recently had the opportunity to attend the African Task Force meetings organised by economics Nobel Prize laureate Professor Joseph Stiglitz’s Institute for Policy Dialogue (IPD). The meetings...

09 Jul 2009

‘Rigid' application of inflation targeting a ‘costly mistake', Stiglitz avers

ECONOMIC POLICY

Nobel Memorial Prize winning economist Prof Joseph Stiglitz reiterated his stance that the "rigid" application of inflation targeting by central bankers had contributed to the onset of the current...

02 Mar 2009

Power-drunk South Africans will get comeuppance - Tutu

SUZMAN MEMORIAL

Those drunk with power in South Africa will get their comeuppance, said Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Sunday. "Those who become arrogant, who become drunk with power, who seemingly are unassailable:...

02 Jan 2009

Anti-apartheid campaigner Helen Suzman dies

SOUTH AFRICA

Helen Suzman has died at the age of 91, her daughter said on Thursday. Her daughter Frances Jowell said she died peacefully this morning at the age of 91 at her home in Johannesburg. Jowell...

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