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Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies says the election of Brazil’s Roberto Azevedo as the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) offers a new opportunity to advance a...
South Africans should stop wasting time opposing National Health Insurance (NHI), Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Wednesday. Speaking during his budget vote in the National Assembly,...
Honourable Speaker, it is now well documented and generally understood that South Africa faces a quadruple burden of disease. Many other countries are faced only with a double burden.
These four...
The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has learnt, with great shock, about the ambush and killing, on 12 May 2013, at the border between Chad and...
When all others fail in their obligations to give practical expression to the rule of law, human rights and the constitutional aspirations of all the people in any democracy, that constitutional...
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...
The Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ebrahim I Ebrahim has concluded a successful visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran that took place from 16-18 April preceded by the...
1.1. Following President Jacob Zuma’s launch of Freedom Month under the theme “Mobilising society towards consolidating our democracy and freedom,” Cabinet calls on all South Africans to...
The Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ebrahim I Ebrahim is in Qatar ahead of the Fourth Bilateral Consultations scheduled for 14 to 15 April 2013. The visit to the State...
In our briefing today, I will focus on a) the current tensions in the Korean Peninsula, b) the inauguration of Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, which is taking place today, as well as other...
South Africa has offered to host the 17th Conference of Parties of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES COP17) in 2016.
South Africa...
We had expected a new deal to be agreed in Q213. But voting is now set to continue until late June, shortly before the start of Ramadan and the summer holiday season. This need not hold up...
The year 2012 proved to be a mixed experience for Egypt and President Mohamed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood-led government. While Morsi received both regional and international compliments for his...
The year 2012 proved to be a mixed experience for Egypt and President Mohamed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood-led government. While Morsi received both regional and international compliments for his...
The secret world of Eritrea has begun to unravel at a stunning pace. Just two weeks ago, on 21 January 2013, mutinous soldiers overran the Ministry of Information. Reported to number roughly 100,...