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18 Oct 2011
 
 
Chinese and Indian cooperation in Africa: The case of Sudan
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
China and India have often been portrayed as predators seeking natural resources all over the world, and their presence across the African continent is especially noticeable now. During the process...
 
 
21 Apr 2011
 
Karoo prospecting can't affect SKA – Minister
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
There seems to be little chance that oil giant Shell's plans to prospect for shale gas in the Karoo Basin using the "fracking" method will have an impact on South Africa's bid to host the square...
 
 
16 Mar 2011
 
Shell Karoo plans 'could affect telescope bid'
SKA BID
Oil giant Shell's plans to prospect for shale gas in the Karoo could affect South Africa's bid to build the world's biggest radio telescope, MPs heard on Wednesday. Science and technology deputy...
 
 
01 Mar 2011
 
Libya’s Oil Makes all the Difference
SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
As a new wave of democratisation breaks on Africa’s northern shores, the common goals of the Maghreb’s people are hitting up against starkly different types of state. The situation in Libya is...
 
 
07 May 2010
 
SA studies Brazil’s model for leveraging industry through procurement
REAL ECONOMY: PROCUREMENT POLICY
The decision by the Brazilian government to set a 65% to 75% local-content condition on companies seeking to secure concessional funding from the country’s influential development bank, BNDES,...
 
 
19 Mar 2010
 
SA also has some big decisions to make regarding liquid energy
REAL ECONOMY: ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
South Africa’s energy infrastructure environment is in a serious state of flux. Citizens are all too aware of the crisis with regards electricity. But we are probably less alive to the fact that...
 
 
20 Mar 2009
 
Import parity pricing, funding models lie at the heart of SA’s pipelines battle
REAL ECONOMY: FUEL TRANSPORTATION
Not surprisingly, energy group Sasol refused to be drawn into the war of words that recently erupted between oil group BP and State utility Transnet over the latter’s application for a 80%-plus...
 
 
08 Aug 2003
 
China wants ‘interests' in Iraq guarenteed
News
China has said the "legitimate interests" of foreign countries in Iraq should be safeguarded, in a likely reference to contracts Chinese companies signed with the Saddam Hussein regime.
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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