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19 June 2013
                       
 
 
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24 May 2013
 
 
UK: Statment by the Gaia Foundation, conservation organisation, South African indigenous leader Mphatheleni Maukalule awarded Global Leadership Award in New York (24/05/2013)
STATEMENT
In a ceremony taking place in New York this evening, South African indigenous leader Mphatheleni Makaulule will be awarded a Global Leadership Award by the International Indigenous Women’s Forum...
 
 
02 May 2013
 
The wheels of international criminal justice grind slowly for Hissène Habré
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Hissène Habré was the president of Chad from 1982 until he was deposed in 1990. He has been living in exile in Senegal since 1990. He was indicted there in 2000 and is under house arrest under...
 
 
24 Apr 2013
 
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...
 
 
22 Feb 2013
 
Tribunal approves Nestlé-Pfizer merger with conditions
WEBBER WENTZEL
The Competition Tribunal has approved the merger between Nestlé and Pfizer Nutrition subject to certain conditions. This global transaction, which will see the largest and third-largest players in...
 
 
30 Nov 2012
 
SA: Statement by World Toilet Organisation, global non- profit organization committed to Improving sanitation conditions, on World Toilet Summit (30/11/2012)
STATEMENT
The plight of billions around the globe who must daily endure being stripped of basic human dignity through lack of proper sanitation will come under the spotlight when the 12th World Toilet Summit...
 
 
06 Aug 2012
 
UN: Statement by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), encouraging Caribbean countries to use UN programme to help firms cut through the red tape (06/08/2012)
STATEMENT
A regional Caribbean body today encouraged its member countries to adopt a United Nations programme which would help them streamline trade and increase transparency in business procedures. The...
 
 
02 Aug 2012
 
Infrastructure, women and economic growth: How infrastructure has the power to empower
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
It has been noted that ample infrastructure is a key component of productivity and economic growth,(2) particularly for developing countries. The implementation of adequate infrastructure would...
 
 
24 Jul 2012
 
 
 
Location a key determinant of SA’s opportunity inequality – report
INEQUALITY
Where a South African child is born and lives remains the single largest factor in determining access, or otherwise, to basic opportunities such as education, healthcare, water, sanitation,...
 
 
13 Dec 2011
 
African Faith Communities Can Fight Corruption Too
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
The growing influence of religion, not least Christianity and Islam, in Africa is being rapidly acknowledged by many. In the case of Christians, we notice in particular the rise of Pentecostal-type...
 
 
20 Oct 2011
 
Regionalism, ethnicity, and tribes in the trial of Libya's democratic transition
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
In February 2011, protests challenging Muammar Al-Gaddafi's 42-year rule and the bloody crackdown have plunged Libya into a spiral of violence. Clashes between opposition and loyalist forces have...
 
 
04 Aug 2010
 
 
 
New cluster munitions ban seen as advancement in arms control
HUMANITARIAN ACTION
An international treaty banning the use of cluster bombs, which came into effect on Sunday, was seen as one of the most significant arms control advancements since the Mine Ban Treaty more than a...
 
 
08 Jul 2010
 
Red tape continues to stymie SA's foreign investors, report finds
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
It takes eight procedures and 65 days to establish a foreign-owned limited liability company in South Africa, which a new World Bank study says is slower than both the sub-Saharan African average...
 
 
22 Feb 2010
 
More countries pledge to cut emissions under Copenhagen Accord
CLIMATE CHANGE
Some 70 developed and developing countries, responsible for about 80% of the world's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, had submitted emission mitigation pledges to the United Nations Framework...
 
 
10 Oct 2009
 
SA: Motlanthe: Speakers notes for the Deputy President, at the Olof Palme Day’s Conference, Stokholm (10/10/2009)
Topics

Date: 10/10/2009
Source: The Presidency
Title: SA: Motlanthe: Speakers notes for the Deputy President, at the Olof Palme Day's Conference, Stokholm


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23 Sep 2009
 
WFTU: Mayrikos: Speech by the general secretary of the World Federation of Trade Unions to the National Cosatu Congress, Johannesburg (23/09/2009)
Topics

Date: 23/09/2009
Source: World Federation of Trade Unions
Title: WFTU: Mayrikos: Speech by the general secretary of the World Federation of Trade Unions to the National Cosatu...

 
 
 
                       
 
 
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