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19 June 2013

15 May 2013

SA: Rob Davies: Address by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Budget Vote 36, Old Assembly Chamber, Parliament, Cape Town (15/05/2013)

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It is common knowledge that the term of this administration has coincided with the most severe global economic crisis since the 1930s. When we took office in 2009, the SA economy moved into...

14 Mar 2013

SA: Ebrahim Patel: Address by the Minister of Economic Development, at Supplier Development Summit, Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand (14/03/2013)

SPEECH

Manufacturing creates jobs directly, generally quality employment. It has a positive impact on forex, both on export earnings and in reducing the import bill. It expands the technological base of...

25 Feb 2013

SA: Nomvula Mokonyane: Address by the Gauteng Premier, on the occasion of the opening of the Gauteng Legislature, Johannesburg (25/02/2013)

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In just over a year, we shall celebrate two decades of democracy in South Africa. It will indeed be a significant milestone in our history. In his 1994 Presidential inaugural address, former...

20 Feb 2013

SA: Ibrahim Ibrahim: Address by the Deputy Minister of Department of Foreign Affairs, during the debate on the State of the Nation Address (20/02/2013)

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International consultancy firm, Ernst and Young’s latest, 2012 African investment Survey makes some interesting points: One, the number of foreign direct investment projects in Africa grew 27%...

07 Feb 2013

Africa’s green revolution: Experiences from India and the use of genetically modified organisms

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

There has been a renewed effort by the international community to transform Africa’s agricultural practices. This campaign comes amid growing concern over widespread hunger and poverty throughout...

23 Nov 2012

NUMSA: Statement by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, responding to media reports that NUMSA benefitted from 'the Arms Deal' (23/11/2012)

STATEMENT

The current Numsa National Office Bearers (NOB’s) categorically denies that we had knowledge of the so-called R10m hand-out to build a Training School in exchange for political support and...

13 Nov 2012

SA: Ebrahim Patel: Address by the Minister of Economic Development, at the launch and opening of the new Beijing Automobile Works minibus taxi assembly plant, New Era, Springs (13/11/2012)

SPEECH

We are standing in what used to be a warehouse facility until a few months ago. It received imported motor components and distributed these in South Africa. From January 2013, this warehousing...

18 May 2012

SA: Davies: Address by the Minister of Trade and Industry, on the department's budget vote, Parliament (18/05/2012)

Topics

Mr Speaker, as Karl Marx famously put it more than a century ago, “Men make their own history but not in the circumstances of their own choosing”.

03 May 2012

E-toll revolt likely to be unsuccessful, predicts strategist

TOLL ROADS

The strong public reaction against e-tolling on the Gauteng freeways was the “first tax revolt I have witnessed in South Africa”, said Momentum Asset Management chief strategist Gordon Smith on...

24 Apr 2012

SA: Patel: Address by the Minister of Economic Development, on the budget vote, in the National Assembly (24/04/2012)

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I have the honour today to present to you the third budget of the Economic Development Department (EDD).

01 Mar 2012

GM settles with SA Apartheid victims

APARTHEID SETTLEMENT

US car giant General Motors (GM) has agreed to pay a symbolic sum of up to $1.5-millio to victims of South Africa's apartheid-era government, who are suing it and another four companies for helping...

24 Jan 2012

US: Obama: State of the Union Address, by the President of the United States, Washington (24/01/2012)

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Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in Iraq. Together, we offered a final, proud salute to the colors under which more than a million of...

25 Feb 2011

The challenges of HIV prevention, treatment and care in South African prisons

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Prison populations worldwide tend to have much higher HIV & AIDS prevalence rates than the general population – for many complex and interrelated reasons. In particular, this is a result of...

02 Nov 2010

Deliberately weakened rand could 'bite us in the leg', warns Twine

CURRENCY

Exports from South Africa were less hampered by the strong rand than by the poor performance of the G7 economies, said Econometrix senior director Tony Twine on Tuesday, speaking at a Ford media...

03 Jul 2009

ANC: Statement by Pallo Jordan, appearing in the African National Congress’s online newsletter, in response to an article written in the Sunday Times of 28 June 2009 by Mr Moeletsi Mbeki (03/07/2009)

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Whom do you think you are fooling Mr. Mbeki?

Like every state in the world, South Africa cannot afford to have permanent friends or permanent enemies. International affairs are in a...

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