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Achieving sustainable development post-2015 will require addressing governance challenges

Parliamentarians, civil society and academia have repeatedly emphasised the centrality of governance to sustainable development, taking into account capacity development needs of both people and...

Governance, accountability key to post-2015 development goals

ECONOMY

Despite the significant advances made by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) initiative since its inception in 2000, much is still needed to build on the momentum created by the project and...

Forces of change voted out

ANC ROAD TO MANGAUNG

The so-called 'Forces of Change' which had resisted ANC president Jacob Zuma's re-election were voted out of the party's national executive committee on Thursday. None of those who contested the...

SA: Statement by African Monitor, independent continental body to monitor development funding commitments, on launch of initiative to strengthen activism around the Millennium Development Goals (17/10/2012)

STATEMENT

A critical part of the initiative in reaching grassroots will be the formulation and implementation of the massive programme employing social media platforms, as well as traditional communication...

SA: Statement by the African Monitor, independent continental body to monitor development funding commitments, asserts that South Africa is sitting on ticking time bomb (15/10/2012)

STATEMENT

South Africa is sitting on a ticking time bomb and what happened in Marikana is nothing compared to what could happen unless people work hard towards change, according to Ms Sibongile Masangwane, a...

Statement by the African Monitor, Independent continental body to monitor development funding commitments, on discussions around the post-2015 Development Agenda (14/10/2012)

STATEMENT

Discussions around the post-2015 Development Agenda have begun and it is critical that the grassroots are actively involved in the process and that Southern African Civil Society Organisations...

DA: Statement by Kobus Marais, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Public Service and Administration, requesting Minister Sisulu to explain why she refuses to enter her own headquarters (30/07/2012)

STATEMENT

The Minister of Public Service and Administration Lindiwe Sisulu must explain to parliament why her Department’s R19 million a year headquarters does not meet her exacting standards. Minister...

SA: Sisulu: Address by the National Assembly Speaker, on the occassion of the people's assembly, Free State (23/09/2011)

Topics

It has been an enriching experience to be here at this People’s Assembly listening to the debates between members of Parliament, civil society and the many people and organizations represented....

Software Patents In South Africa - To Be Or Not To Be?

BOWMAN GILFILLAN

The patenting of South African software is the subject of much heated debate. While the concept has never having been examined by our judicial system, software patent applications are being...

ANCYL: Statement by Floyd Shivambu, African National Congress Youth League spokesperson, supporting the introduction of a media tribunal (04/08/2010)

Statements

The African National Congress Youth League (ANC YL) is totally in support of the establishment of a Media Tribunal which will adjudicate over wrong reporting by all media and ensure that they...

Statement by Raymond Louw, South African Press Council chairperson, on calls for a media appeals tribunal (02/08/2010)

Statements

As chairman of the South African Press Council which administers the Press Ombudsman system of press self-regulation, I am appalled that the South African Communist Party and the African...

DA: Statement by Anchen Dreyer, Democratic Alliance shadow minister of public service and administration, on the need for the release of the cost-benefit analysis of a Single Public Service (14/06/2009)

Statements

It is apparent that the ANC has largely ignored a study on the cost benefit analysis of the Single Public Service (SPS) when drafting the relevant legislation. The report would determine if the...

Profiles of new Cabinet Ministers

SA CABINET

New Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tina Joemat-Peterson was previously the Northern Cape MEC for agriculture. Joemat-Peterson serves on the African National Congress's (ANC's)...

Cope to 'tap into' experiences of high profile members

POLITICAL LOYALTIES

The Congress of the People would tap into the experience of its new high profile members Saki Macozoma and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, a spokesman said on Sunday. It was a great honour to have them in...

Two 'stay-on' ministers depart

SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS

Two of the ministers who resigned but who the ANC said were willing to serve in Cabinet again, indicated on Thursday they were in fact not available for re-appointment. Public Service and...

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