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The Middle East’s socio-political transformation after Arab Spring

The issues and perspectives that have emerged from the phenomenon dubbed the Arab Spring should be re-evaluated from the enlightened vantage point of Arabism, nationalism, and Islamism, Mapungubwe...

VF+: Statement by Pieter Mulder, Freedom Front Plus Leader, declares that it’s wrong that the ANC wants to tell and interpret South Africa’s history alone (08/05/2013)

STATEMENT

There should be a reaching out to others for the sake of the preservation of the language and cultural treasures of all minority groups in South Africa. Above all, it is important that the stories...

Seminar looks at police brutality

police brutality

Gauteng Police Commissioner Lt Gen Mzwandile Petros says robust relationships are needed between police officers and their respective communities in order to improve the outcomes of law...

Marikana re-inflicts 70s stagflation on SA economy – Peter Leon

LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT

The Marikana tragedy and the events that it sparked have re-inflicted a 1970s-type stagflation on the South African economy, which is now poised to be downgraded yet again by a third sovereign...

Reflection & Action

REAL ECONOMY: SOCIAL DIALOGUE

The tragic events at Marikana, in the North West province, have cast a long shadow across South Africa and it is incumbent upon government, business, labour and civil society to use the period of...

DA: Statement by Marian Shinn, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Communications, Public Protector to investigate Pule’s role in ICT Indaba (10/09/2012)

STATEMENT

Today the DA received confirmation that the Public Protector has decided to investigate, under the Public Protector Act, the possible conflict of interest of Communications Minister Dina Pule in...

The Chinese media in an era of state-led communication

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

China's unique economic growth story has attracted significant international and African media attention. With news that China has surpassed the US as Africa's largest trading partner in 2010, the...

Frankies vs Woolworths - the importance of protecting your Intellectual Property

WERKSMANS ATTORNEYS

Frankies vs Woolworths, “the David and Goliath battle“ has attracted much media attention and placed the spotlight on the importance of Intellectual Property (IP).

The role of mass media in armed conflict: A Libyan case study

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

“From the cowardice which shrinks from new truth, from the laxness that is content with half-truth, from the arrogance that thinks it knows all truth, oh God of truth, deliver us!”(2) When it...

Unscrupulous politicians cashing in on Africa’s land deals

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

The nascent but growing academic research and significant media attention around the recent spate of farmland acquisitions in Africa and other developing countries present some food for thought, if...

Burkina Faso’s Blaise Compaore Under Threat

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

Last week, the citizens of Burkina Faso woke up to the news of another army mutiny. This could have been seen as insignificant, had it not involved one of the most important units of President...

The G20’s Seoul Summit

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

The dust is now settling on the Seoul summit. Its outcomes were predictable. On the negative side of the balance sheet there was no substantive agreement on resolving global imbalances thus...

Is cyber terrorism the new swine flu?

LOOK SOUTH

I would strongly recommend, especially if you are of a nervous disposition, that you avoid reading the Strategic Defence and Security Review released by the UK government recently. The document...

SACP: Statement by Jeremy Cronin, South African Communist Party deputy secretary general, on the defenders of the constitution (21/10/2010)

Statements

Over the past months, a range of liberal personalities and formations have networked together and persuaded themselves and all who care to listen that the ANC and SACP are bent on undermining...

TAC: Statement by the Treatment Action Campaign, condemning homophobia in Africa (23/03/2010)

Statements

The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) strongly condemns homophobia in all its forms. TAC is concerned about the inhuman and homophobic legislation being proposed in Uganda and a wider crackdown...

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