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20 May 2013

16 May 2013

WWEA: Statement by the World Wind Energy Association, international non-profit association representing the wind power sector, on the World Wind Energy Report 2012 (16/05/2013)

STATEMENT

Due to its abundant natural hydro- and geothermal resources, Iceland generates already today 100% of its electricity using renewable resources, with about 70% coming from hydropower and 30% from...

10 May 2013

SA a promising investment destination – WEF participants

FDI

South Africa is a promising investment destination, business executives from companies from around the world said on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa, which ends today in...

15 Apr 2013

For the first time civil society is given a platform at the Chemical Weapons Convention

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

In a major coup for global civil society, non-governmental organisations – including the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) – were this week for the first time provided the opportunity to...

11 Apr 2013

Is your Community Trade Mark vulnerable to cancellation for non-use?

WERKSMANS ATTORNEYS

As a consequence of the territorial nature of intellectual property (IP) rights, a trade mark registered in South Africa is not automatically available for use or registration in foreign countries....

03 Apr 2013

Business owners in favour of lower corporate tax rates

CORPORATE TAX

While the majority of South African businesspeople surveyed in advisory firm Grant Thornton’s latest International Business Report (IBR) have indicated that they would not relocate their...

22 Mar 2013

Tearing souls apart: The destruction of shrines in Timbuktu and the concept of cultural genocide

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

In June 2012, the Islamic group Ansar Dine (a radical group with alleged links to al-Qaeda) took control of Timbuktu in northern Mali. The threat posed to the city, which contains thousands of...

06 Mar 2013

Arms for Alms: Africa and its story of illicit trade in small arms

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Illicit trade of any form whatsoever affects both developing and developed nations alike. To add to it, if small arms are traded, the gravity of the situation tends to burgeon exponentially. Over...

22 Jan 2013

SA: FW de Klerk: Address by the former President of South Africa, to Swiss Cham South Africa, Zurich (22/01/2013)

SPEECH

Worrying about the future is - and always has been - a central aspect of being a South African. Since 1652 visitors to our country have generally concluded that “it is a lovely place - but cannot...

28 Nov 2012

DOHA: Statement by Greenpeace, non-governmental environmental organization, avers that Poland must prove trustworthiness as host of 2013 climate talks (28/11/2012)

STATEMENT

"The prospect of Poland hosting the next global climate conference is hugely concerning. At a time when action is desperately needed, a host country should be firmly committed to climate...

20 Nov 2012

Fracking in the Karoo: A step in the right direction?

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The production of commercial shale gas has been regarded as a major breakthrough in the oil and gas industry in the recent decade. Shale gas is an unconventional gas found trapped in shale...

23 Oct 2012

Customs upgrade flagged as positive in ease-of-doing business report

ECONOMY

South Africa ranks 39th out of 185 countries surveyed in the latest International Finance Corporation (IFC)-World Bank ‘Doing Business’ report, which was published on Tuesday.Last year, South...

22 Oct 2012

Zwelinzima Vavi and Cosatu – Words and Actions

FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION

It is hard not to like Zwelinzima Vavi. He passionately expresses views that most reasonable South Africans strongly endorse: he decries the parlous state of our education system; he warns us of...

06 Sep 2012

SA: FW de Klerk: Address by the Former President of South Africa, during the Annual Barry Streek Lecture on the "Struggle for Equality", Cape Town Press Club, Cape Town (06/09/2012)

SPEECH

It’s a great honour for me to be able to deliver this year’s Barry Streek Lecture. For most of our careers Barry and I were on different sides of the great South African political divide....

09 Jul 2012

SA: Motlanthe: Address by the Deputy President of South Africa, on the Occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Handing Over of the Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College, Tanzania, Dar es Salaam (09/07/2012)

Topics

I am humbled by the singular honour of addressing this historic event that marks the twentieth anniversary of the handing over of the Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College (SOMAFCO) to the government...

06 Jul 2012

Daily podcast – July 6, 2012

PODCAST

The presidency announced on Thursday that President Jacob Zuma is consulting the Chief Justice and political party leaders on the appointment of a new Constitutional Court judge.

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