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African firms investing in Asia: Possibilities and challenges

Trade and investment relations between two of the fastest growing regions currently, namely Asia and Africa, are growing in importance. Asia, in particular, is fast becoming Africa’s largest...

SA: Qedani Mahlangu: Address by the MEC for Infrastructure Development, at the new Natalspruit Hospital, Vosloorus, Ekurhuleni (13/03/2013)

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Good morning ladies and gentlemen of the media. We called you here today to share with you some of the exciting plans in the pipeline for the 2013/14 financial year. The aim is to shed further...

SA: Noxolo Kiviet: Address by the Eastern Cape Premier, reply to Provincial Legislature debate on the State of the Province Address, Bhisho, Eastern Cape (01/03/2013)

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It is once again a great pleasure to stand here as part of a dialogue on the development of our beloved province of the Eastern Cape, a Home of Legends. We greatly appreciate the invaluable...

VF+: Statement by Wouter Wessels, Freedom Front Plus Youth Leader, asserts that government not fulfilling its constitutional obligations (21/02/2013)

STATEMENT

The fact that Umalusi every year upwardly adjusts the matric results of learners, who are not instructed in their mother tongue, is indicative of the recognition of the fact that education in a...

Landmark ruling on media access to disciplinary enquiries

WEBBER WENTZEL

On 27 July 2012 the North Gauteng High Court handed down judgment granting Carte Blanche permission to film and broadcast Glynnis Breytenbach's controversial disciplinary inquiry. Breytenbach, a...

SA: Statement by the Presidency, following meeting between Government and the South African Editors Forum (20/10/2012)

STATEMENT

Government shared a range of information and insights with the country’s editors on the global economic crisis, recent economic trends, infrastructure development, the Gauteng Freeway Improvement...

SA: Statement by Kgalema Motlanthe, Deputy President of South Africa, on the commemoration of Black Wednesday (19/10/2012)

STATEMENT

Today is the 35th Anniversary of Black Wednesday. On this day, 19th October 1977, the apartheid state gagged all media deemed to be promoting the struggle for democracy in this country.

SA: Statement by Blade Nzimande, Minister of Higher Education and Training, on contemporary challenges for South African students (01/10/2012)

STATEMENT

I would like to focus my talk on the challenges facing students today, including those faced by student leaders. However, our challenges exist in and are shaped by a broader historical, social and...

SA: Dina Pule: Address by the Minister of Communications, at the Community Radio Governance Indaba, The Ranch, Polokwane (20/09/2012)

SPEECH

It is wonderful to be here this morning. Let me afford you a warm welcome on behalf of the Department of Communications and our various stakeholders. Community radio is the heartbeat of our nation....

Debunking the CNN effect

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

This article aims to demonstrate that the “CNN effect” – which posits that ample and appealing media coverage has a powerful impact on the international community, to the point of compelling...

Media team submissions to the Press Freedom Commission

WEBBER WENTZEL

At a time when the protection of media freedom has been in the constant spotlight, the media team has again played a role in the processes established to enhance the constitutional rights and...

FF Plus: Statement by Adv Anton Alberts, Freedom Front Plus parliamentary spokesperson for communication, welcoming the recommendations of Press Freedom Commission (26/04/2012)

STATEMENT

“The Freedom Front Plus welcomes the recommendations of the Press Freedom Commission (PFC) in their report on the future regulation of the print media. The proposal that oversight over the media...

New media plan welcomed

MEDIA REGULATIONS

Political parties and media bodies have welcomed recommendations for a new mechanism to regulate print media more effectively.

SACP: Statement by Malesela Maleka, South African Communist Party spokesperson, on the SABC (19/03/2012)

Statements

The SACP has noted an article in Sunday newspapers yesterday which shows that the SABC has lost over one million viewers across all three channels in the prime-time news slot in the past six...

ANC wants new Constitution - report

CONSTITUTION

The ANC was considering dramatic changes to the Constitution, which included doing away with the "sunset clauses", and adjusting the powers of the Reserve Bank and provinces, City Press reported.

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