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The role of entrepreneurship and innovation in improving the health status of Sub-Saharan Africa

In the last 10 years or so, Africa has experienced a wave of innovative efforts in the technology, agriculture and services sectors, which have immensely improved the lives of Africans. For...

North West gears up to improve primary health care

HEALTH

North West Health MEC Dr Magome Masike says they are ready to implement the plan to re-engineer primary health care (PHC) in the province at districts and sub-districts. Presenting his...

Clamping down on corruption in Africa's extractive industries

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How to better utilise the wealth from Africa’s non-renewable resources – oil, gas and minerals – to eradicate poverty in Africa? This was one of the important questions asked at discussions...

The informal sector in South Africa: Women street traders in Durban – Part 2

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The informal sector of South Africa is over represented by women who come from previously disadvantaged backgrounds and, as outlined in Part 1, this has been reinforced and maintained through...

VF+: Statement by Anton Alberts, Freedom Front Plus Parliamentary Spokesperson, concerned by the new bill on the licensing of businesses (10/05/2013)

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“The new bill on the licensing of businesses (the so-called hawker bill) boils down to local governments having to fulfil the role of tax agents for the South African Revenue Service (SARS),”...

SA: Angie Motshekga: Address by the Basic Education Minister, during the delivery of the Basic Education Budget Vote Speech, 2013/14, National Assembly, Cape Town (07/05/2013)

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Today we stand before this House to account and seek a fresh mandate for the 2013/14 programme on the strength of observable advances we have made, with the nation, over time, to build a better...

Piecing it together: The status of health systems in post-conflict African countries

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Africa has been plagued by conflicts since the colonial era, and long thereafter. In the period between the 1960s and the 1990s, 48 African countries experienced about 80 violent changes of...

SA: Ndoda Biyela: Address by the Acting Head of Health, on the occasion of Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital strategic planning session, Ann Latsky Nursing College, Johannesburg (24/04/2013)

SPEECH

Colleagues Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to speak to you as you meet here to chart a way forward for the delivery of quality maternal and child care to the majority of the people of...

The clash of two tigers: Understanding Sino-Indian competition in Africa

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The rapid economic growth experienced by China and India has resulted in an increase in competition for global resources and investment opportunities.(2) Unsurprisingly, the abundance of natural...

COSATU: Statement by the Congress of South African Trade Unions in the North West province, welcome Tshwane state of the City address (06/04/2013)

STATEMENT

The Congress of South African Trade Unions in the North West province was impressed by the bold steps announced by the City of Tshwane on 4th April 2013 in the State of the City address by the...

SA: Donald Grant: Address by the Western Cape Minister of Education, during the delivery of the Western Cape Education Provincial Budget 2013/14, Cape Town (27/03/2013)

SPEECH

Speaker, thank you for giving me the opportunity to present the 2013/14 budget for education in the Western Cape. It is my privilege to welcome a number of special guests to this important...

SA: Kgalema Motlanthe: Address by the Deputy President of South Africa, at the World TB Day, Pollsmoor Management Centre, Cape Town (24/03/2013)

SPEECH

I am honoured once again to address the World TB Day. A year ago we convened in Carltonville, Gauteng, for the self-same event. A year later we are meeting here in Pollsmoor prison, one of the...

SA: Andries Nel: Address by the Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, during a Human Rights Day Debate in the National Council of Provinces, Cape Town (20/03/2013)

STATEMENT

A generation is defined variously as, “the average period, during which children grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be about thirty years” and as, “all of the...

SA: David Masondo: Address by the Limpopo Finance MEC, on the occasion of the tabling of the 2013/14 Limpopo Budget to the Legislature, Polokwane (12/03/2013)

Topics

We are presenting this budget in a context where both the global and the South African economies still labouring under the stresses of the European recession, which show up in slow growth and a...

The silent crisis: Mental health in Africa

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Steadily approaching the title of the second highest cause of disability in the world, mental health disorders are an international health concern that is gaining considerable attention.(2) Of the...

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