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With the 29th Africa Cup of Nations upon us, Africa is once again in the limelight – not only in sport, but law too. Record award-winning law firm Adams & Adams has appointed Menzi Maboyi in...

Adams & Adams publishes definitive guide on IP protection in Africa

Adams & Adams

Adams & Adams the leading intellectual property law specialists in South Africa, and the largest intellectual property law firm in the Southern Hemisphere has recently published a book, on the...

Uranium Mining in Africa: A Continent at the Centre of a Global Nuclear Renaissance (October 2012)

MINING IN AFRICA

Africa holds 18% of the world's uranium resources. Interest in African uranium initially stemmed from the US's military nuclear ambitions. Exploration and mining began in the DRC. However,...

SA: Jacob Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, at the 2012 Annual Convention of the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand (04/10/2012)

SPEECH

Our role as government is to promote the creation of a better life for all our people. In doing so, we work closely with the social partners represented at National Economic Development and Labour...

DA: Statement by Lance Greyling, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Energy, expressing that petrol price increase could have been avoided (03/09/2012)

STATEMENT

On Wednesday the petrol price will increase by 93c per litre. Most South Africans can ill afford this increase, which could have been avoided if the Department of Energy had taken heed of the...

SA: Wort: Address by African Tax Administration Forum Executive Secretary, at the ATAF Multilateral Agreement on Mutual Assistance Conference, Pretoria (25/07/2012)

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Mr Oupa Magashula - the Commissioner of the South African Revenue Service Mrs Jennifer Morel – Commissioner of the Seychelles Revenue Commission

SA: Statement by the South African Reserve Bank, on monetary policy review (29/05/2012)

STATEMENT

The previous Monetary Policy Committee (MPR) was published in November 2011 at a time of deep concern about the global economy and its near-term trajectory. This MPR also marks a point of...

Oil companies and their human rights (ir)responsibilities

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

In recent years, gas and oil discoveries have been made on the African continent in countries such as Mozambique,(2) Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda and on prospected fields in Kenya, Mali and Sierra...

Commodities as a blessing and a curse: The potential for a sub-Saharan Spring

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

As the Arab Spring awaits the outcomes of the elections in Egypt and the unrest in Syria, the world media has once again turned its attention toward Iran’s controversial nuclear ambitions. As the...

Daily podcast – February 01, 2012

PODCAST

The Gauteng government will pay an estimated R280-million to Gautrain operator, the Bombela Concession Company, for the financial year ending March 31, as the company's income from the rapid-rail...

SARB: Statement by Gill Marcus, South African Reserve Bank Governor, on the Monetary Policy Committee meeting (19/01/2012)

Statements

Since the previous meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee, the outlook for domestic inflation and economic growth has deteriorated, posing a serious challenge for monetary policy going...

Trade is part of the solution to global food crises, says WTO’s Lamy

TRADE

World Trade Organisation (WTO) director-general Pascal Lamy has reiterated that international trade is part of the solution to global food crises, not part of the problem, adding that international...

WTO: Lamy: Address by the Director-General, at a congress of agricultural economists, Zurich (30/08/2011)

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Date: 30/08/2011
Source: The World Trade Organisation
Title: WTO: Lamy: Address by the Director-General, at a congress of agricultural economists, Zurich

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SARB: Statement of the Monetary Policy Committee, by Gill Marcus, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (21/07/2011)

Statements

Since the previous meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee, the global economic outlook has deteriorated. Events in the eurozone appear to have entered a new phase, with the focus moving from...

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UPDATE

The South African Reserve Bank will not hesitate to take timely action to ensure "second-round" inflation does not bed down in the economy, Deputy Governor Daniel Mminele says. He also says that...

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