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20 Jan 2012
 
 
Entirely Avoidable
REAL ECONOMY: RIGHTS DISPUTE
Given the amount of reputational damage done to South Africa as a result of the Sishen mineral rights dispute, Judge Raymond Zondo’s assessment that the “matter could have been handled better...
 
 
Will the planet be saved?
LOW-CARBON FUTURE
Fourteen days of deliberations at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change seventeeth Conference of the Parties (COP 17) culminated in a diplomatic coup where, for the first time,...
 
 
18 Jan 2012
 
DA: Statement by David Maynier, Democratic Alliance shadow minister of defence and military veterans, on the provision of VIP flights for President Zuma (18/01/2012)
Statements

The provision of “VIP” flights by the South African Air Force (SAAF) is becoming murkier by the day.

Last week President Jacob Zuma was transported on...

 
 
The ANC’s 100th Birthday: When does it become a political party?
INSIGHT AFRICA
On 8 January 1912 in a small Wesleyan church in Bloemfontein (now called Mangaung) as one scholarly account puts it, several hundred of South Africa’s most prominent Black citizens, professional...
 
 
MPs to engage South Africans on Info Bill
INFO BILL
Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee looking into the Protection of State Information Bill has adopted an ambitious public hearing drive aimed at getting maximum input from as many South Africans as...
 
 
17 Jan 2012
 
SA: Statement by Mac Maharaj, Presidency spokesperson, on the President's right to appoint members to the MDDA board (17/01/2012)
Statements

The Presidency has noted reports and statements by some political party that certain individuals such as GCIS CEO Jimmy Manyi should not have been appointed as a board member of the Media...

 
 
SA: Chabane: Address by the Minister responsible for Performance Monitoring, Evaluation and Administration, at the pre-cabinet lekgotla media briefing, Bela Bela (17/01/2012)
2012
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen of the media, for joining us at the Presidency’s first media briefing of the new year. I hope you have all had a chance in the past few weeks to take a break from...
 
 
DA: Statement by Natasha Michael, Democratic Alliance shadow minister of communication, calling on the President to revoke Manyi's appointment to the MDDA board (17/01/2012)
Statements

President Jacob Zuma must revoke the appointment of government spokesperson Jimmy Manyi to the board of the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA).

Mr Manyi’s appointment...

 
 
 
                       
 
 
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