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21 May 2013
                       
 
 
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09 May 2013
 
 
Brics bank should be in Africa – Zuma
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The highly-anticipated Brics bank should be based in Africa, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday. "Africa feels the bank should be established here, particularly because the greater need for the...
 
 
22 Apr 2013
 
 
 
Daily podcast – April 22, 2013.
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African finance ministers told their rich nation counterparts at weekend meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to work harder and faster to kick-start their economies to avoid...
 
 
African ministers tell rich nations to work harder to end crisis
financial crisis
African finance ministers told their rich nation counterparts at weekend meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to work harder and faster to kick-start their economies to avoid...
 
 
27 Mar 2013
 
 
 
Daily podcast – March 27, 2013.
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Brics nations failed on Tuesday to resolve differences over funding for, and the location of, a proposed joint development bank, indicating the emerging powers group wouldn’t achieve the goal of...
 
 
11 Dec 2012
 
ITUC: Statement by the International Trade Union Confederation, on jobs and growth top priorities for Russian Presidency of G20 (11/12/2012)
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International unions welcomed the announcement of the incoming Russian Presidency to give priority to jobs and growth in the G20 discussions in 2013 and to hold the first ever joint meeting of G20...
 
 
01 Aug 2012
 
UN: Statement by Kandeh K. Yumkella, Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, on economic diversification through agribusiness in the African continent (01/08/2012)
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Africa needs to embrace economic diversification as well as focus on agribusiness to lift the continent out of poverty and put it on the path to prosperity, a senior United Nations official said...
 
 
20 Jun 2012
 
 
 
Daily podcast – June 20, 2012
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A Southern African Development Community (or SADC) Regional Infrastructure Master Plan has been finalised and will be presented to the subregion’s heads of State for official sanction at an...
 
 
19 Jun 2012
 
$500bn infrastructrue plan to be presented to SADC leaders in August
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
A Southern African Development Community (SADC) Regional Infrastructure Master Plan (RIMP), which could involve cross-border projects with a combined investment value of up to $500-billion, has...
 
 
02 Mar 2012
 
SA: Motlanthe: Address by the Deputy President of South Africa, at the Ernst & Young strategic growth forum, Cape Town (02/03/2012)
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I am greatly honoured to address the Ernst and Young Africa Strategic Forum hosted in Cape Town, on the African continent for the first time.
 
 
04 Nov 2011
 
G20 Cannes summit communique (04/11/2011)
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1. We, the Leaders of the G20, met in Cannes on 3-4 November 2011.

2. Since our last meeting, global recovery has weakened, particularly in advanced countries, leaving unemployment at...

 
 
29 Sep 2011
 
 
 
Daily podcast – September 29, 2011
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) needs to play a more assertive role in helping to resolve economic crises “sooner rather than later” and South Africa would, therefore, support moves to...
 
 
28 Sep 2011
 
SA ready and willing to bolster IMF’s crisis-fighting firepower
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) needed to play a more assertive role in helping to resolve economic crises “sooner rather than later” and South Africa would, therefore, support moves to...
 
 
30 May 2011
 
 
 
Daily podcast – May 30, 2011
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With roughly one month remaining before the second leg of the Gautrain rapid-rail system is scheduled to open, construction work along the Johannesburg to Pretoria link is rapidly drawing towards a...
 
 
24 May 2011
 
Statement by the IMF directors representing Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, on the selection process for appointing an IMF MD (24/05/2011)
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We, as Executive Directors representing Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), have the following common understanding concerning the selection...

 
 
16 Mar 2011
 
 
 
Daily podcast – March 16, 2011
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he uprisings that have swept across the Arab countries will not happen in South Africa, President Jacob Zuma said. He was speaking during the launch of the African Ombudsman Research Centre at the...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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