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SA’s plunge as mining destination ‘no surprise’ – law firm

South Africa’s deterioration as an attractive mining investment destination should come as no surprise, said Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr corporate and commercial practice director Allan Reid on...

$100bn climate fund ‘badly needed’ – World Bank economist

CLIMATE FINANCE

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is “badly needed”, World Bank lead economist and regional climate change coordinator Raffaello Cervigni said this week, as negotiations over setting up the fund,...

Africa Should Not Allow the Ban on Cluster Munitions to be Undermined

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

This week, until 25 November, diplomats from some 100 States will meet in Geneva for the Fourth Review Conference of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW). High on the agenda is a new...

Dr Gastón Savoi released on bail

ENS

On Wednesday 19 October and Thursday 20 October 2011 respectively both the Pietermaritzburg Regional Court and the Northern Cape High Court ruled that Dr Gastón Savoi be permitted to travel abroad...

Declaration of the Heads of State from the fifth Ibsa summit (18/10/2011)

Statements

Preamble

The President of the Republic of South Africa, H.E. Mr. Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, H E Dr. Manmohan Singh, and the President of...

Global Study on Homicide (October 2011)

CRIME

UNODC has released its first Global Study on Homicide, which shows that young men, particularly in Central and South America, the Caribbean and Central and Southern Africa, are at greatest risk of...

SA did not deny Dalai Lama – Dept

News

The government denied on Wednesday that it had refused the Dalai Lama a visa, as his aborted trip to South Africa turned into public relations disaster for the [Jacob] Zuma administration.

DA: Statement by Masizole Mnqasela, Democratic Alliance shadow deputy minister of international relations and cooperation, on a visa for the Dalai Lami (02/10/2011)

Statements

The Dalai Lama’s visit to South Africa is due to start in three days time. However, a statement released today by the Department of International Relations and Co-operation (DIRCO)...

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