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With National Youth Day due to be commemorated over the weekend, it is opportune to reflect on the position of young people in South African society generally and in the economy more specifically....

SA: Statement by North West Office of the Premier, on youth eager to effect developmental change in their communities (11/06/2013)

STATEMENT

“Our areas of origin will never be the same as we are aiming to deal with all social ills, kick start developmental projects and change living conditions of our people.” These are the words of...

Ghana’s golden future: Artisanal and small-scale gold mining, the environment and the new dawn of the Ghanaian gold rush

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Often referred to as the ‘Gateway to Africa’, Ghana has, over the past decade, witnessed a revival of its gold industry. Today, gold represents more than 80% of Ghana’s mineral exports (2)...

The South African education environment: A right in practice or a right on paper?

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

All countries in the world acknowledge the universality of the right to education and South Africa (SA) is no exception. According to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) adopted by the...

IFP: Statement by Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Inkatha Freedom Party Leader, online letter (31/05/2013)

STATEMENT

Dear friends and fellow South Africans, When xenophobia flared into brutal killings in Gauteng in 2008, the IFP was vocal in speaking against the violence and the undercurrent of hatred and...

SA: Jacob Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, during the debate on the opening of the National House of Traditional Leaders, Old Assembly, Parliament, Cape Town (23/05/2013)

SPEECH

The ship of State is in good hands. South Africa is poised to become a truly great nation. Delivering the keynote address to leading personalities from black communities all over Southern Africa...

UNDP: Statement by the United Nations Development Programme, international community pledges 3.25-billion euros to help rebuild Mali (15/05/2013)

STATEMENT

International partners today pledged to support Mali’s political transition and development process, at a conference organized jointly by the Governments of Mali and France with the European Union.

SA: Statement by the Financial and Fiscal Commission, on the Funding and Provision of Child Welfare Services public hearings (14/05/2013)

STATEMENT

The Financial and Fiscal Commission (the Commission) released a report today on the Funding and Provision of Child Welfare Services public hearings. Child welfare is a sector under severe pressure...

The informal sector in South Africa: Women street traders in Durban – Part 2

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The informal sector of South Africa is over represented by women who come from previously disadvantaged backgrounds and, as outlined in Part 1, this has been reinforced and maintained through...

SA: Norman Mabasa: Address by Limpopo Health and Social Development MEC, during the Budget Vote for the Department of Social Development, Limpopo Legislative Chamber, Lebowakgomo (02/05/2013)

SPEECH

This budget speech is presented against the backdrop of two important events in the history of South Africa. We are gathered here today, four days after the people of our country have celebrated...

AfDB: Statement by the African Development Bank, regional multilateral development bank, reinforces regional integration support with USD 232.5-million for Tanzania-Kenya road financing (17/04/2013)

STATEMENT

The African Development Bank has approved two loans totalling USD 232.5 million for the 157.5-kilometre road project from Arusha to Holili in Tanzania, and Taveta to Voi in Kenya, in an effort to...

The South African non-profit sector: Struggling to survive, needing to thrive

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

At present, South Africa has an extensive and lively non-governmental sector which boasts roughly 100,000 registered non-profit organisations (NPOs) and an estimated 50,000 unregistered ones.(2)...

SA: David Masondo: Address by the Limpopo Finance MEC, on the occasion of the tabling of the 2013/14 Limpopo Budget to the Legislature, Polokwane (12/03/2013)

Topics

We are presenting this budget in a context where both the global and the South African economies still labouring under the stresses of the European recession, which show up in slow growth and a...

SA: Alan Winde: Address by the Western Cape Minister of Finance, during the delivery of the Western Cape 2013/14 Budget Speech, Western Cape Provincial Legislature (07/03/2013)

Topics

Welcome to everyone here today. Mr Speaker, this is the fourth time that I am standing before this house to table the budget of the Western Cape Government. In this, the last full year of our...

Boost for education in Gauteng

GAUTENG BUDGET

Education received the biggest slice in the Gauteng budget, presented by finance MEC Mandla Nkomfe on Tuesday. Presenting his budget speech in the provincial legislature, Nkomfe said the government...

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