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Daily podcast – May 6, 2013.

A report issued on Monday states that airline carrier states that South African Airways has postponed its bond issue in favour of borrowing R1.5-billion from two banks. The R1.5-billion was...

Egypt condemns Israeli attack on Syria

ATTACK

Egypt condemned an Israeli attack on Syria on Sunday, saying it complicated a crisis that Cairo was trying to help resolve. Israel carried out its second air strike in days on Syria, targeting...

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...

Senior Egypt officials in Iran for Syria talks

SYRIA TALKS

Senior aides to Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi made a rare visit to Tehran for talks with Iran on an Islamic initiative to seek a peaceful solution to Syria's civil war, the two sides said on...

Premature deaths and avoidable trauma: A snapshot analysis of congenital infections in Sub-Saharan Africa

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The loss of a child is a traumatising experience for the parents, who go through devastating emotional pain, at times undergoing the grieving process for years. The death of a newborn or stillbirth...

Making the most of Africa’s Commodities: Industrialisation for Growth, Jobs and Economic Transformation (April 2013)

GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT

Sweeping political and economic changes over the last half century have set the stage for Africa’s emergence as a global economic power, and the continent should take advantage of that...

SA: Statement by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, joint statement following 2015 Review Conference on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (24/04/2013)

STATEMENT

Our countries are deeply concerned about the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. While this has been known since nuclear weapons were first developed and is reflected in...

Daily podcast – April 16, 2013.

PODCAST

A senior official said on Monday that the World Bank's political risk guarantee agency hopes that with a new insurance facility it can help attract more companies into conflict-hit states early on...

For the first time civil society is given a platform at the Chemical Weapons Convention

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

In a major coup for global civil society, non-governmental organisations – including the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) – were this week for the first time provided the opportunity to...

Daily podcast – April 12, 2013.

PODCAST

State-owned electricity utility Eskom has agreed with labour and contractors at the strike-prone Medupi coal-fired power station project, in Lephalale, Limpopo, to renegotiated the project labour...

Daily podcast – April 10, 2013.

PODCAST

The Southern African Power Pool (or SAPP) plans to commission about 18 000 MW of additional power generation capacity by 2016. %, SAPP Zimbabwe coordinator centre manager Lawrence Musaba indicated...

Peace and Security Council Report No 45 (April 2013)

Peace and Security

This month our researchers in Addis Ababa, Dakar and Pretoria have produced country analyses on Egypt, Guinea-Bissau and the Central African Republic (CAR). In the lead up to legislative elections...

A perspective on economic integration in Africa - Part 2

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Part 1 of this discussion paper considered the history, need and rationale of economic integration in Africa as well as the benefits it has in store for the continent and the challenges that it...

Unpacking South Africa’s BRICS in Africa equation

South African Institute of International Affairs

In a move that has generated much excitement, South Africa has invited representatives from various African continental institutions, including regional economic blocs to the forthcoming Brazil,...

SA aquaculture sector gets R800m boost

AQUACULTURE

Government has launched an R800-million aquaculture programme, offering cost-sharing grants of up to R40-million per company in a bid to stimulate investment and create more jobs in the sector. The...

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