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As part of its foreign policy, Russian authorities have strengthened military-technical cooperation, which includes officer training, the sale of arms and military equipment (although often coming...

DA: Lindiwe Mazibuko: Address by the Parliamentary Leader of the Democratic Alliance, on debate and delivery in South Africa’s Parliament: The role of opposition, Chatham House, London, UK (12/05/2013)

Topics

Chairperson; Distinguished guests; Ladies and Gentlemen: I would like to first thank Chatham House for hosting me today to speak about the economic, social and political challenges facing South...

Kerry sees Syria peace negotiations taking place in June

SYRIA UNREST

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday he expected a proposed Syria peace conference backed by Washington and Moscow to be held in June, and he denied reports that the Damascus government...

SA: Statement by CIVICUS, world alliance for citizen participation, strongly condemns the continuing raids on Civil Society Organisations by the Russian government (07/05/2013)

STATEMENT

CIVICUS and Russia based Citizens’ Watch strongly condemn the continuing raids on Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) by the Russian government. Inspections on the premises of NGOs with the stated...

Ministers agree to six-month Brics Bank work programme

DEVELOPMENT FINANCE

Finance Ministers and central bank governors from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (Brics) agreed, during meetings in Washington in April, to an “intensive” six-month work...

SA: Marius Fransman: Address by the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, at the 25th Remembrance Ceremony for Dulcie September, Arcueil, France (29/03/2013)

SPEECH

I feel greatly honoured today to be standing before you, in this country which is the cradle of human rights and in a municipality which stood firm to ensure that oppressed people of South Africa...

SA: Statement by the Department of Science and Technology, South African and Russian Space agencies sign RadioAstron agreement on the margins of the BRICS Summit (26/03/2013)

STATEMENT

The Minister of Science and Technology, Derek Hanekom, has welcomed the signing of an agreement between the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) and the Russian Federal Space Agency...

COSATU: Statement by the Congress of South African Union, welcomes all BRICS trade Union allies to South Africa (22/03/2013)

STATEMENT

Concluding the first BRICS Trade Union Forum held in Moscow, Russia, 11th December, 2013 (after the preliminary meeting in Geneva on the sidelines of the ILO Conference), the forum said, “Trade...

Daily podcast – March 14, 2013.

STATEMENT

National Assembly Speaker Max Sisulu announced at the start of proceedings in Parliament on Wednesday, that the report of the Public Works Department's task team appointed to probe spending at...

Daily podcast – March 13, 2013.

PODCAST

South African authorities may launch a murder inquiry involving Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of former president Nelson Mandela, after police exhumed the remains of two anti-apartheid...

SA: Ebrahim Ebrahim: Address by the Deputy Minister of Relations and Cooperation, on international relations matters, Pretoria (13/02/2013)

SPEECH

In our briefing today, we will focus on the outcomes of the recent SADC Extraordinary Summit on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the meeting yesterday between President Zuma and...

SA trade, economic relations ‘need improvement’ – Mashabane

Trade

South African International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane on Tuesday said the State recognised that the level and momentum of the country’s trade, economic relations...

SA: Maite Nkoana-Mashabane: Address by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, on the occasion of the conclusion of the Bilateral Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Pretoria (12/02/2013)

SPEECH

Our discussions today focused on the following issues: operationalisation of the High Level Bilateral Mechanism (BNC) as agreed in Moscow; Agreements that are ready for signing; decisions taken...

CCL: Statement by the Center for Creative Leadership, appoints David Altman Vice President and Managing Director of CCL (30/01/2013)

STATEMENT

Anticipating increasing growth in Europe, Middle East and Africa, the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL ®) named David G. Altman, Ph.D., Vice President and Managing Director of CCL EMEA. Altman...

FMF: Statement by the Free Market Foundation, independent policy organisation promoting economic freedom, asserts that South Africa should pay heed to lesson from history on failed socialist ideologies (21/01/2013)

STATEMENT

Professor Maltsev said that “most people in the West like to ignore the genocide, infanticide, political prisoners, and other well recorded crimes of this political evil”. The communist utopia...

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