We have detected that the browser you are using is no longer supported. As a result, some content may not display correctly.
We suggest that you upgrade to the latest version of any of the following browsers:
close notification
The recent 19th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, injected new momentum into the decade old African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) with the appointment of new leadership to the APR Forum...
South Africa boasts as one of the few countries that has the youngest population in the world, with the average population age of 25. This is huge advantage for a country like South Africa but all...
Inspired by the spirit of their founding fathers exactly 50 years before, African Union (AU) leaders made a bold new declaration of independence at their summit in Addis Ababa this week. On...
I thank you for the opportunity to address the 15th African Renaissance Conference today.
What imbues this year’s African Renaissance Conference with an epic atmosphere is that this is its 15th...
This paper discusses how drug trafficking in West Africa causes severe economic, social, political and public health problems across the whole region. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime...
On behalf of Government and the people of South Africa, I am truly delighted to welcome you, Your Excellency and your distinguished delegation, to our beautiful city of Cape Town.
I am very happy...
Since the advent of democracy in South Africa in 1994, Pretoria’s relationship with Nigeria has been a mix of rivalry, tension and cooperation. The pattern of interaction has oscillated from...
Astronomers tell us that when a star dies, we may still, for thousands
of years, see the light it put out while it was living. Yesterday, one of
the brightest stars in the firmament of the...
Eritrea and South Africa formally established diplomatic relations in 1994. Eighteen years later, the two states seem to be strengthening their bilateral relations. In March 2012, Iqbal Jhazbhay,...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame, inaugurating the country’s first African Economic Conference , said, “In Rwanda, we understand that politics and economics go hand in hand and we have made a...
It is my privilege to welcome His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu and the
delegation of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star to Durban, KwaZulu
Natal. I wish to thank His Holiness for taking time...
This discussion paper seeks to examine the recent development of national space research programmes on the African continent and whether their development is due to political, socio-economic, or...
On 7 and 8 August 2012, presidents and representatives of the 11 member states of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) held a summit to put a halt to the M23 rebellion,...
On 29 June 2012 President Banda opened the National Dialogue on the Economy in Malawi held at the Nkopola Lodge in Mangochi on Lake Malawi. Co-organised by the Johannesburg-based Brenthurst...
Despite the United Nation’s recent declaration that the deadly Horn of Africa famine of 2011 has finally ended, it remains an obvious and inescapable certainty that the continent will soon...