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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)

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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...

‘Foreignising’ Ethiopia: Exotic and alien business branding

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

At the beginning of the 1990s, the wind of liberalisation started to blow over Africa, and subsequently many have tried their best to attract foreign investment in various sectors.(2) At the turn...

SA: Statement by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, on conference on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity hosted by South Africa and Norway (16/04/2013)

STATEMENT

South Africa and Norway co-chaired an international conference on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Oslo, Norway. The conference gathered more than 200 participants from 84...

Africa and the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

Although the use of nuclear weapons is widely recognised as being inhumane, and despite an international agreement reached some 40 years ago to further the goal of nuclear disarmament, some states...

SA: Statement by Boycott Divestment and Sanctions South Africa, call for South Africa to sever Israeli ties over attacks on Gaza (16/11/2012)

STATEMENT

Nationwide rallies are being organized across South Africa in protest against the recent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, which have claimed at least 19 lives including that of 6 children. The...

SA: Statement by the Kurdish Human Action Group South Africa, independent Kurdish human rights organization, calls for the immediate release of Adem Uzum (24/10/2012)

STATEMENT

The arrest and detention by the French authorities of Adem Uzun, a leading member of the the Kurdish community and a human rights activists, is a violation of his fundamental human rights. These...

SA: Jacob Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, on the occassion of the Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary Lecture, Kimberly, Northern Cape (07/09/2012)

SPEECH

ANC National Chairperson, ANC Provincial Chairperson and provincial leadership, ANC NEC Members, Leaders of the Tripartite Alliance, The Luthuli Family, Esteemed Guests, I am greatly honoured to...

Africa takes the Lead in Universalising the Convention on Cluster Munitions

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

African states reinforced their ownership of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) at a regional conference on the Universalisation of the CCM on 28–30 May 2012 in Accra, Ghana. The CCM is...

SA: Patel: Address by the Minister of Economic Development, on the budget vote, in the National Assembly (24/04/2012)

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I have the honour today to present to you the third budget of the Economic Development Department (EDD).

SA: Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, at the 100 year celebration conference of the women’s organisation of the united congregational church of Southern African KZN region (31/03/2012)

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It is with great pleasure that I am amongst you today to celebrate and congratulate the Women’s United Congregational Church of Southern Africa, Isililo Samabandla, on its 100 year anniversary.

DA: Statement by Kenneth Mubu, Democratic Alliance shadow minister of international relations and cooperation, on the Ministers flight expenses (14/12/2011)

Statements

A reply to a parliamentary question has today revealed that International Relations Minister, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, spent over R10 million on 14 chartered international flights between 1...

Slow and Steady: South Africa and the Convention on Cluster Munitions

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

The United Nations General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security is currently underway at the UN Headquarters in New York until 1 November 2011. This Committee is...

DA: Statement by Lindiwe Mazibuko, Democratic Alliance spokesperson, on Minister Nkoana-Mashabane's handbag incident in Norway (18/09/2011)

STATEMENTS

The Ministry of International Relations and Co-operation has justified chartering a private jet at a cost of R235,000 to avoid Oslo airport security on the grounds that scanning a Minister’s...

DA: Statement by Lindiwe Mazibuko, Democratic Alliance spokesperson, calling Minister on Nkoana-Mashabane to pay back money to the taxpayer on chartering private jet (16/09/2011)

Statements

We learned today that the Minister of International Relations and Co-operation, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, refused to put her handbag through an airport X-ray scanner in Oslo, Norway. As a...

SA: Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, to the Nobel Peace Institute, Oslo (01/09/2011)

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Date: 01/09/2011
Source: The Presidency
Title: SA: Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, to the Nobel Peace Institute, Oslo

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