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The contribution of South Africa’s mining and manufacturing sectors is likely to remain weak in 2012, Absa Capital argued in its latest quarterly economic outlook, in which the bank also cut it...
A UN intergovernmental body on food security has failed to adopt international guidelines on land governance, delaying efforts to regulate so-called land-grabbing as investors race to snap up...
Over the past few months, Africa has appeared in news headlines across the world. Political fighting and unrest has led to massive humanitarian deterioration. Libya and Cote d’Ivoire have failed...
In today's podcast, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga urges striking teachers to respect colleagues who choose not to strike; a food security risk index finds that Afghanistan and...
As South Africa prepares to send a second team of medical professionals to earthquake ravaged Haiti, our thoughts and well wishes are with the South African volunteers in Haiti, and those that...
A U.N. global food crisis summit risked embarrassing failure to reach any formal agreement on combating hunger threatening a billion people worldwide.
Delegates from 183 countries at the Rome...
A summit on the global food crisis was at risk of closing without a declaration of intent on Thursday because of squabbling over side issues.
Delegates from 183 countries at the Rome talks missed...