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Denel hopes R21bn order book will reduce reliance on State funding

State-owned defence industrial group Denel hopes that its R21-billion order book for the next six to eight years will enable it to become self-sustainable over the longer term and to avoid further...

DA: Statement by Helen Zille, Democratic Alliance Leader, on South Africa’s economic and unemployment crisis (02/06/2013)

STATEMENT

Despite all of South Africa’s mineral resources we sometimes don’t think we’re really resource blessed, because we don’t have oil. But maybe we do. Some very clever people are prepared to...

Drug trafficking in West Africa: Threatening regional peace, stability and security

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

This paper discusses how drug trafficking in West Africa causes severe economic, social, political and public health problems across the whole region. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime...

SA manufacturers have turned export attention to Africa - survey

MANUFACTURING

A new Manufacturing Circle survey shows that South African manufacturers are responding to the market opportunities opening up as a result of strong growth in the rest of Africa, which has already...

The balancing act in low income countries: Financial stability vs. growth

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Over the past decades Africa has increasingly opened up its economy to international trade and finance. This change has often been at the bequest of, or under pressure from, the International...

SA: Marthinus van Schalkwyk: Address by the Minister of Tourism, during the Tourism Department Budget Vote 2013/14, National Assembly, Parliament (14/05/2013)

SPEECH

Chairperson, South Africa consists of a tapestry of interwoven cultures, and the world’s eyes have opened up like never before to the beauty, diversity of experiences and the endless...

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...

African firms investing in Asia: Possibilities and challenges

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

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...

SAA views tie-up with Etihad as ‘platform’ for route rethink

AIR SERVICES

National carrier South African Airways (SAA) indicated on Monday that the codeshare agreement signed with Etihad Airways, of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), formed part of its yet-to-be-announced...

SA: Statement by the Department of Tourism, on growth in international tourists (25/04/2013)

STATEMENT

A total of 9 188 368 international tourists visited South Africa in 2012, 10.2% more than the 8 339 354 tourists who travelled to the country in 2011, President Jacob Zuma announced in Cape Town...

ANC: Statement by Jackson Mthembu, ANC National Spokesperson, on the Annual Tourism Statistics (25/04/2013)

STATEMENT

The African National Congress welcomes the Annual Tourism Statistics released by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Comrade Jacob Zuma today. The statistics show strong growth in the...

The Accidental Ambassador: From parliament to Patagonia

VIDEO

'The Accidental Ambassador' follows on from the successful Tony Leon autobiography, 'On the Contrary: Leading the Opposition in a Democratic South Africa' to showcase Leon’s wit and sense of...

Africa offers greatest growth opportunity for UK retailers – Barclays

TRADE

A recent survey by global financial services provider Barclays has shown that, while the US and China remained favoured investment destinations for UK retailers, the majority believed that the...

A Win-Win in Infrastructure – The Durban BRICS Summit

African Development Bank

The new world order comes to Durban this week – for the fifth BRICS Summit, and the first in Africa. Dilma Rousseff, Vladimir Putin, Manmohan Singh, Xi Jinping and Jacob Zuma represent a changing...

IIED: Statement by the International Institute for Environment and Development, independent policy research institute, alliance of research institutes identifies major shifts to achieve sustainable development (13/03/2013)

STATEMENT

The recommendations come in a paper published today by the Independent Research Forum on a Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda, whose members include IIED and other think tanks in Africa,...

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