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19 May 2013

13 May 2013

Significance of the Boston marathon bombing for counter-terrorism in Africa

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...

18 Mar 2013

Africa needs $40bn/y to meet future power demand – report

RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY

It is estimated that at least $40-billion a year is required to meet future demand in the African power sector, compared with current yearly investment of less than one-quarter this amount, New...

03 Sep 2012

SA: Rob Davies: Address by the Minister of Trade and Industry, during a media briefing on International Small Business Congress, Cape Town (03/09/2012)

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Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen present here and in Pretoria. Thank you for taking time off your busy schedules to attend this briefing. Let me take this opportunity to acknowledge the presence...

09 Mar 2012

The serious business of tree hugging

Look South

Back in 2001, infamous tough politician from Sinn Fein Gerry Adams admitted that he liked hugging trees. At the time, he noted: "Hugging trees has a calming affect on me. I'm talking about enormous...

21 Feb 2012

Outside In – by Peter Hain

VIDEO

Growing up as the son of courageous anti-apartheid South Africans, Peter Hain was first in the public eye in aged fifteen, reading at the funeral of an anti-apartheid friend hanged in Pretoria....

06 May 2011

Place or national identity and affinity for strangers

Look South

I realised recently how fickle I am. This happened while watching the 2011 US Masters golf tournament on TV.

21 May 2010

The curious case of voting for no one

LOOK SOUTH

The gap between me writing this article and you reading it will be an interesting one. Right now, I am sitting in Belfast, watching the outworking of the 2010 British election as it swings from one...

10 Feb 2010

Zuma should be held to account for his actions

POLEMICS

It seems that all the fuss about President Jacob Zuma's love child is misdirected. Besides the gossip over culture and morality, there are some important constitutional and political issues at stake.

30 Nov 2009

IFP: Statement by Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Inkatha Freedom Party president, on his online letter (30/11/2009)

Statements

My dear friends and fellow South Africans,

Last week I was in the Eternal City to attend the 5th World
Parliamentarians' Convention on Tibet. The city was bathed in the
golden...

10 Jul 2009

Belfast and Johannesburg: peas in a racist pod?

LOOK SOUTH

I long to live in a society where there is no racism but, living between Belfast and Johannesburg, this is impossible.

18 Jun 2009

SA: Ebrahim: Reply to the budget vote by the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Parliament (18/06/2009)

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Date: 18/06/2009

Source: Department of International Relations and Co-operation

Title: SA: Ebrahim: Reply to the budget vote by the Deputy Minister of International Relations and...

22 Apr 2009

UK: Darling: Budget statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer (22/04/2009)

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Date: 22/04/2009

Source: UK Treasury

Title: UK: Darling: Budget statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Mr Deputy Speaker, today's Budget will continue to...

10 Apr 2009

Is man-made climate change just hot air?

LOOK SOUTH

It appears, as a species, that humans are prone to ignoring problems rather than dealing with them. Take for example the recent claim by Northern Ireland Minister of the Environment Sammy Wilson...

04 Mar 2009

UK: Brown: Address by the British Prime Minister to the joint US Congress in Washington (04/03/2009)

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Date: 04/03/2009

Source: UK government

Title: UK: Brown: Address by the British Prime Minister to the joint US Congress in Washington

Madam Speaker, Mr Vice President,...

20 Jan 2009

Proposed strategy for reconstruction of Zimbabwe

ZIMBABWE

A former South African Parliamentarian and diplomat says that a political solution to the Zimbabwe crisis should be implemented alongside a reconstruction initiative driven and bankrolled by the...

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