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SA: Stella Ndabeni Abrahams: Address by the Deputy Minister of Communications, at the delivery of Department of Communications Budget Vote Speech, Parliament, Cape Town (21/05/2013)

STATEMENT

Timeless wisdom tells us that the past explains the present and the present determines the future. The essence of this colorful day therefore lies in the story of our past, and it was shaped by our...

A new voice: The role of Africa’s youth in electoral democracies

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Africa has had a long, faltered journey with regard to establishing democracies, as many nations have suffered through decades of autocratic rulers and repeated coups d'état. Recently, Africa...

SA ICT sector ranked 70 on WEF index

ICT

South Africa ticked up two notches in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) latest Global Information Technology Report of which the Networked Readiness Index was central; but a number of factors...

AfDB: Statement by the African Development Bank, regional multilateral development bank, supports Rwandese private sector with a $8-million Line of Credit to the Development Bank of Rwanda (04/03/2013)

STATEMENT

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) signed today a US $8-million Line of Credit (LoC) to support BRD lending to the agriculture, agro-processing,...

Private funding required for Africa’s $47bn pipeline of priority power projects

ELECTRICITY

The funding gaps associated with the energy components of the African Union’s $360-billion Programme for Infrastructure Development for Africa (Pida) remain material and will not be closed in the...

SA: Statement by the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Treasury, on KwaZulu-Natal investors (01/02/2013)

STATEMENT

Today, the world investors listened attentively to the team from KwaZulu-Natal which was led by KZN MEC for Finance, Ms Ina Cronjé and KZN MEC for Local Government and Traditional Affairs, Ms...

SA: Statement by Donald Grant, MEC for Education in the Western Cape, on the Western Cape's educational plans for the 2013 school year (24/10/2012)

STATEMENT

The intention is to make sure that our schools are ready to receive the close to a million children who will attend school in the Western Cape on 16 January next year. We would like all our schools...

SA: Statement by Hlengiwe Mkhize, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, on address at Innovation Africa Summit (08/10/2012)

STATEMENT

Deputy Minister of Economic Development Hlengiwe Mkhize has told delegates attending the Innovation Africa Summit in Cape Town that the information and communication technology (ICT) sector is one...

SA: Statement by Elizabeth Thabethe, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, on Eurozone crisis (24/09/2012)

STATEMENT

South Africa's Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Elizabeth Thabethe says the Euro zone crisis is continuing to threaten the rate of recovery of the global economy from the 2009 global recession.

Hide and seek finally comes to an end . . .

Bouwer Kobeli Morabe

SERVICE VIA SOCIAL NETWORKS Legal history was made in the Durban High Court during August 2012 when Judge Esther Steyn allowed service of a legal notice via Facebook for the first time in South...

The role of social media in Egypt’s 2012 presidential election

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Social media and other forms of communication technology have played a big role in the political formation of Egypt since the 2011 uprisings. In the wake of the uprisings, Egyptians called upon the...

SADC infrastructure master plan to focus on deepening integration

DEVELOPMENT

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is looking at ways to implement trans-boundary infrastructure in order to facilitate trade and deepen the process of regional integration and...

SA: Dlodlo: Address by the Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration, on the department's budget vote, Parliament (15/05/2012)

Topics

Chairperson and Honourable Members of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration Acting Minister for the Public Service and Administration, the Honourable Mildred O liphant,...

SA: Oliphant: Address by the acting Minister of Public Service and Administration, on the department's budget vote, Parliament, (15/05/2012)

Topics

The Ministry thanks you most sincerely, House Chairperson, for affording us this opportunity to address the Honourable House on this important day; on the occasion of the Budget Vote for the...

SA: Pandor: Address by the Minister of Science and Technology, at a meeting with Sanef, Johannesburg (29/03/2012)

Topics

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I would like to thank the South African National Editors Forum (SANEF) for agreeing to this briefing. Thank you to the SANEF Executive Director, Ms Femida...

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