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On 30 April, the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) – which has been tasked since 1991 with maintaining a ceasefire and monitoring Africa’s...
Honourable Speaker, it is now well documented and generally understood that South Africa faces a quadruple burden of disease. Many other countries are faced only with a double burden.
These four...
Our first democratically elected President, Dr Nelson Mandela once said, “For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of...
On Monday, 15 April 2013, two young American brothers of Chechen origin allegedly detonated two homemade bombs in pressure cookers, just meters away from the finishing line of the 116th Boston...
It gives me great delight that this day has finally arrived. Another opportunity presents itself to our successful bidders and Eskom to enter into the requisite agreements that will see the...
“Right now, with social networks and other tools on the Internet, all of these 500 million people have a way to say what they're thinking and have their voice be heard.” – Mark Zuckerberg...
The concept of economic development has been, and remains, highly debated on a global scale. Development economics aims to incorporate all social, political and environmental dimensions into...
At the beginning of the 1990s, the wind of liberalisation started to blow over Africa, and subsequently many have tried their best to attract foreign investment in various sectors.(2) At the turn...
Indian Cultural Centre is Johannesburg is organising the pre-release of World launch of the Gondwana Dawn music album. jointly conceptualised by Robin Hogarth, a double Grammy award winning...
Nearly a month after launching its military intervention in Mali, France informed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that it would seek a United Nations (UN) force to replace the French-led...
Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Blade Nzimande, will represent President Jacob Zuma at the memorial service of the late Professor Bernard Magubane at the University of...
South Africa has lost an important and influential intellectual. Prof Magubane was one of South Africa’s leading social scientists – a historian and sociologist. An eminent academic and a...
The DA extends its best wishes for a speedy recovery to the South Africans who were injured in the bombing of the Boston Marathon. The bombing was a deplorable act of senseless violence and we...
Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Blade Nzimande, has expressed his shock and sadness at the passing on of Professor Bernard Magubane. Prof Magubane, a historian and sociologist, was...
The United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) invites media worldwide to submit entries for its 18th Annual UNCA Awards Dinner and Dance for the best written and electronic media coverage of...