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Minister Angie Motshekga opens Nobantu Primary School

The honourable Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga will open the newly completed Nobantu Primary School in the Mthatha district in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday, 22 May 2013. The school...

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...

SANRAL: Statement by South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited, responds to the Democratic Alliance statement on funding of road infrastructure (19/05/2013)

STATEMENT

The Democratic Alliance's claims, backed by dubious studies, that the fuel levy is sufficient to fund road infrastructure are shockingly misleading, SANRAL has announced. Responding to a press...

SACAU: Statement by the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions, on election of a new Board of directors (17/05/2013)

STATEMENT

Theo de Jager, Deputy President of Agri-SA was elected Chairman/President of the Board of the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU) at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) which...

SA: Statement by the Parliament of South Africa, on the first bilateral meeting with European Parliament in South Africa (16/05/2013)

STATEMENT

The economic and political future of the world depends on regional cooperation and multilateral relations between countries, the President of the European Parliament, Mr Martin Schulz, noted during...

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...

SA: Statement by the Parliament of South Africa, on oversight's role key for transformation (15/05/2013)

STATEMENT

Legislators have a major role in the success of economic development and transformation programmes. The best kind of support Parliaments could provide to governments is through stringent...

SA: Statement by Darek Hanekom, Minister of Science and Technology, on the Science and Technology budget vote (16/05/2013)

STATEMENT

The total appropriation for Science and Technology for 2013/14 is R6,2 billion. About 92% of this allocation is accounted for by the seven entities reporting to the Department of Science and...

Davies says Azevedo’s WTO election offers new chance for trade deal

TRADE & INDUSTRY

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...

SA: Statement by South Africa Innovation Summit, SA's premier innovation event, on the 6th Innovation Summit (15/05/2013)

STATEMENT

The much-anticipated SA Innovation Summit is set to take place from 27 to 29 August 2013 at the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) in Johannesburg. Registration is now open on its website at...

SA: Statement by Ebrahim Ebrahim, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, on international developments (14/05/2013)

STATEMENT

Our briefing today will focus on the international developments including Syria/Turkey situation, Outcomes of SADC Troika, Updates on Prof Karabus and developments on the Continent. Starting with...

DA: Statement by Helen Zille, Democratic Alliance Leader, on naming education’s elephant in the room (14/05/2013)

STATEMENT

While “Guptagate” dominated the news over the past two weeks, the release of one of the most important reports in two decades of democracy went almost unnoticed.

SA: Barbara Thompson: Address by the Deputy Minister of Energy, at the Energy Department Budget Vote 2013/14, Parliament, Cape Town (14/05/2013)

SPEECH

Ugesi ubalulekile ezimpilweni zayinoma ibaphi abantu abaphilayo ezweni elithuthukayo. Ngaphandle kwawo, konke kungacishe kufikelele kwanqhiketshe. Amandla awumgogodla wawonke umnotho oqinile. We...

SKA: Statement by the Square Kilometre Array Organisation, on the SKA Organisation international headquarters opening ceremony (09/05/2013)

STATEMENT

In front of an invited audience of local and global dignitaries, scientists and engineers, the UK Minister for Universities and Science the Rt. Hon. David Willetts MP recently opened the building...

Fractured Lives – A memoir

VIDEO

Fractured Lives, written by Toni Strasburg, is a memoir of one woman’s experiences as a documentary filmmaker covering the wars in southern Africa during the 1980s and 1990s. Interweaving...

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