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CGE: Statement by the Commission for Gender Equality, on investigation into the legislative response to sex work (16/05/2013)

STATEMENT

The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) recently embarked on an investigation into the legislative response to sex work, and concluded that the current legal regime that criminalises sex work has...

SKA: Statement by the Square Kilometre Array Organisation, on the SKA Organisation international headquarters opening ceremony (09/05/2013)

STATEMENT

In front of an invited audience of local and global dignitaries, scientists and engineers, the UK Minister for Universities and Science the Rt. Hon. David Willetts MP recently opened the building...

Peace and Security Council Report No 46 (May 2013)

Peace and Security

The May PSC Report contains a country analysis on Zimbabwe, a mission analysis on AMISOM and a retrospective article on the Panel of the Wise. The Zimbabwe country analysis focuses on the...

WTO announces final two candidates in DG selection process

TRADE

World Trade Organisation (WTO) general council chairperson Shahid Bashir on Monday announced that Herminio Blanco, of Mexico, and Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo, of Brazil, had progressed to the...

SA: Statement by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, joint statement following 2015 Review Conference on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (24/04/2013)

STATEMENT

Our countries are deeply concerned about the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. While this has been known since nuclear weapons were first developed and is reflected in...

SA: Statement by Alan Winde, Western Cape Minister of Tourism, on site visit to boat building factories (17/04/2013)

STATEMENT

Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Tourism, Alan Winde, today (17 April 2013) conducted a site visit of boatbuilding factories in the Western Cape including Southern Spars in Montague...

Five candidates advance to second round of WTO DG selection process

TRADE

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has selected five candidates to proceed to the second round of consultations in the selection of a successor to outgoing director-general Pascal Lamy. These are...

Arms for Alms: Africa and its story of illicit trade in small arms

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Illicit trade of any form whatsoever affects both developing and developed nations alike. To add to it, if small arms are traded, the gravity of the situation tends to burgeon exponentially. Over...

The veil is firmly in place – The competition Appeal Court clarifies burning issues raised in Loungefoam

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

The Competition Appeal Court (CAC) recently dismissed the Competition Commission's (Commission) application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in the long, on-going Loungefoam...

Foreign aid and corruption: Their relationship and the Ugandan Government’s quandary - Part 1

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

While it has been a vital necessity for the socio-economic development of its beneficiaries (usually developing countries), foreign aid money has acted as a source of corruption. If not handled...

Ambush marketing – the current state of play

ADAMS & ADAMS

Visa did it to AmEx in 1994. Nike did it to Reebok in 1996. Nike also did it to Adidas on just about every continent in sporting competitions every two to four years in the last two decades....

WTO starts director-general selection process

TRADE

Each of the nine candidates nominated for the position of World Trade Organisation (WTO) director-general would this week deliver presentations outlining their vision for the organisation during a...

FMF: Statement by Leon Louw, Free Market Foundation Executive Director, on South Africa being ranked 69th out of the 123 countries on the Human Freedom Index (08/01/2013)

STATEMENT

“Our intention is to measure the degree to which people are free to enjoy classic civil liberties—freedom of speech, religion, individual economic choice, and association and assembly—in each...

Brokers: take heed of your obligations

WEBBER WENTZEL

"An insurance broker is retained to arrange house and contents insurance. For one reason or another he fails to do so. Yet he tells his clients he has placed the insurance. They make a small claim...

SA drops further in corruption perception survey

CORRUPTION

The perception of the prevalence of corruption in South Africa’s public sector is worsening, with the country slipping further in Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perceptions...

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