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16 May 2013

The 5th Global Forum on Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship

Media are invited to the 5th Global Forum on Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship, from 28 to 30 May 2013, in East London, South Africa. This will be a cutting-edge and interactive event for...

20 Feb 2012

GP: Mokonyane: State of the Province Address, by the Gauteng Premier, in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature (20/02/2012)

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It is a great pleasure and honour to address the opening of the Gauteng Legislature in Tshwane, the seat of government of the Republic of South Africa. We are here today not to protest or...

22 Nov 2011

SA carbon tax could have growth, jobs co-benefits – World Bank

CARBON TAX

The introduction of a “modest” carbon tax in South Africa would have relatively low adjustment costs while raising revenue that could be deployed to cut other growth- and job-inhibiting taxes,...

19 Nov 2011

Cosatu: Congress of South African Trade Unions policy framework on climate change (19/11/2011)

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Adopted by the COSATU Central Executive Committee, August 2011

1.0 Introduction: COSATU’s positions on Climate Change so far

Climate change is part...

10 Oct 2011

SA will not deviate from African bloc in key climate talks

CLIMATE CHANGE

South African will take an “African” position at the global climate change meeting in Durban later this year, Environmental Affairs chief negotiator Alf Wills said on Monday, while...

01 Sep 2011

Climate technology committee kicks off first meeting in Germany

GREEN TECHNOLOGY

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC’s) technology executive committee kicked off its first meeting in Germany on Thursday, ahead of the seventeenth conference of the...

06 May 2011

Green (job) shoots

REAL ECONOMY: GREEN INDUSTRY

With South Africa’s newest industrial policy action plan (Ipap) series paying priority attention to the issue of green industries, contemporary thinking on the subject emerging out of California...

06 Dec 2010

Communist and Workers Parties: 12th International Meeting (06/12/2010)

STATEMENTS

The 12th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties took place in Tshwane, South Africa from the 3rd to the 5th of December 2010 with theme “The deepening systemic crisis of...

14 Sep 2010

Carbon trading: The real threat facing Africa?

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Amidst current initiatives to mitigate global warming such as reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD projects), vulnerable local communities in Africa that depend on...

23 Jul 2010

Yearly green investments of $440bn needed to meet climate target

GREEN ECONOMY

Some $440-billion a year of additional global investments would be required between 2010 and 2015 to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the levels outlined in the Copenhagen Accord, a new...

21 Jul 2010

OECD: Gurria: Address by the secretary-general, on the OECD's Innovation Strategy, Pretoria (21/07/2010)

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Date: 21/07/2010
Source: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Title: OECD: Gurria: Address by the secretary-general, on the OECD's Innovation Strategy, Pretoria

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16 Jul 2010

IDC plans to inject R11,7bn into green industries by 2015

GREEN INDUSTRY

South Africa's State-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) plans to inject R11,7-billion into ‘green' industries over the next five years as part of a larger R100-billion disbursement...

09 Jul 2010

SA: Pandor: Address by the Minister of Science and Technology, at the Siemans-South Africa 150th anniversary, Johannesburg (09/07/2010)

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Date: 09/07/2010
Source: The Department of Science and Technology
Title: SA: Pandor: Address by the Minister of Science and Technology, at the Siemans-South Africa 150th anniversary,...

04 Jun 2010

Reflections on Gauteng's employment, growth and development strategy

GLOBAL ACCOUNT

Gauteng Economic Development MEC Firoz Cachalia recently delivered his Budget vote speech, during which he unveiled the Gauteng Employment, Growth and Development Strategy (GEGDS). The proposals...

20 May 2010

SA: Patel: Address by the Minister of Economic Development, at the Green Economy Summit, Johannesburg (20/05/2010)

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Date: 20/05/2010
Source: The Department of Economic Development
Title: SA: Patel: Address by the Minister of Economic Development, at the Green Economy Summit, Johannesburg

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