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18 Aug 2011
 
 
DA: Statement by Gareth Morgan, Democratic Alliance shadow minister of water and environmental affairs, welcoming Minister Shabangu’s desire to further study on fracking (18/08/2011)
Statements

The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes Minister Shabangu’s extension of the moratorium on prospecting for shale gas for a further six months. By doing so she has acknowledged that there...

 
 
10 Aug 2011
 
Revisiting Africa’s Indifference to Somaliland’s Quest for Self-determination
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Amid the independence celebrations in Juba, South Sudan, on July 9, many observers might have overlooked the presence of representatives of Somaliland, a territory that hopes to imitate South...
 
 
10 Jun 2011
 
News this week
UPDATE
The maintenance and refurbishment of ageing infrastructure is a common motivation put forward by municipalities applying for tariff increases above the National Energy Regulator of South Africa...
 
 
07 Jun 2011
 
DA: Statement by Gareth Morgan, Democratic Alliance shadow minister of water and environmental affairs, calling for broader representation on the fracking task team (07/06/2011)
Statements

It appears from comments made by the Minister of Mineral Resources, Susan Shabangu, at a media briefing last week that the task team set up to investigate possible hydraulic fracturing...

 
 
06 Jun 2011
 
SA open to FDI but will engage on jobs, environment
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
The intervention by the South African government seeking conditions to Wal-Mart’s “large merger” with JSE-listed Massmart was not a generalised statement of the country’s opposition to...
 
 
03 Jun 2011
 
Fretting over fracking
REAL ECONOMY: HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
There is no question that the debate about hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is intensifying – not only in South Africa, but also in the rest of the world. As some interested South Africans...
 
 
12 May 2011
 
A Changing Political Landscape in the DRC
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Since the 2006 elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) there have been several developments in opposition politics creating what appears to be a vastly changed political landscape,...
 
 
21 Apr 2011
 
Karoo prospecting can't affect SKA – Minister
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
There seems to be little chance that oil giant Shell's plans to prospect for shale gas in the Karoo Basin using the "fracking" method will have an impact on South Africa's bid to host the square...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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