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Margaret Thatcher – Some personal memories

The controversy around Margaret Thatcher's funeral today and possible disruptions should not come as a surprise. Aside from having introduced several controversial policies during her time, the...

The clash of two tigers: Understanding Sino-Indian competition in Africa

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The rapid economic growth experienced by China and India has resulted in an increase in competition for global resources and investment opportunities.(2) Unsurprisingly, the abundance of natural...

Peak phosphorus and future food security in Africa and beyond

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

In a November 2012 report, the World Bank (WB) postulates that the global temperature is likely to increase by as much as 4 degrees Celsius (°C) by 2060.(2) This is double the 2°C aim that the...

WTO: Pascal Lamy: Address by the World Trade Organisation Director General, at the IISS-Oberoi Discussion Forum, Delhi (29/01/2013)

SPEECH

India’s trade volumes have registered healthy growth. Indian companies have thrived at home, and steadily expanded their presence abroad. Without downplaying the enormity of the challenges India...

Historical perspective: Sino-African relations expressed through Chinese propaganda posters

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The Sino-African relationship has emerged as a new hot topic of conversation among scholars, politicians and the international media. Current discourse emphasises recent Chinese engagement in...

FMF: Statement by the Free Market Foundation, independent policy organisation promoting economic freedom, asserts that South Africa should pay heed to lesson from history on failed socialist ideologies (21/01/2013)

STATEMENT

Professor Maltsev said that “most people in the West like to ignore the genocide, infanticide, political prisoners, and other well recorded crimes of this political evil”. The communist utopia...

UFS: Statement by the University of the Free State, young scientists spend three months at the UFS (05/12/2012)

STATEMENT

People often fight about their differences, like skin colour, religion and more. “These differences are minute. We must celebrate our common ancestry and commit ourselves to a common destiny....

SA: Statement by the International Institute for Environment and Development, asserst that the BRICS urbanisation provides key lessons for economic growth and social equity (05/12/2012)

STATEMENT

The research shows how each of the BRICS nations has met difficulties as they have urbanised, especially when they have tried to resist the predictable movement of people into their cities, or have...

SA: Jacob Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, at the 24th Congress of the Socialist International, Cape Town (31/08/2012)

SPEECH

The President of the Socialist International, Comrade Papendrou; Secretary General of the Socialist International, Comrade Ayala; Heads of State and Government and Leaders of the Socialist...

Annual Report 2012: The state of the world's human rights

HUMAN RIGHTS

2011 was a truly tumultuous year. Millions of people took to the streets to demand freedom, justice and dignity – some of them securing memorable victories. Successful uprisings in Tunisia and...

Mine nationalisation’s ‘laid to rest’ – struggle veteran Mlangeni

LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT

The mine nationalisation debate had been finally “laid to rest” and was unlikely to surface again for a long time, said struggle veteran Andrew Mlangeni on Monday. Mlangeni, who was sentenced...

SA: Statement by the FW de Klerk Foundation, on his interview with CNN's Christianne Amanpour (13/05/2012)

Statements

The F W de Klerk Foundation regrets that the comments that F W de Klerk made in his recent interview with Christianne Amanpour of CNN have been taken so unfairly out of context. The question that...

SA: De Klerk: Address by former president of South Africa, to the River Club (30/03/2012)

Topics

Steven Mulholland suggested two topics that I might address - one that might entertain you - and the other that would probably depress you.

SA: Nkoana-Mashabane: Address by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, at a public lecture, at the University of Cape Town (06/03/2012)

Topics

Let me take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude, and indeed a sense of appreciation to management, staff and students of the University of Cape Town for having us here today. We feel...

SA: Mbeki: Address by former president of South Africa, at the Makerere conference, Kampala (19/01/2012)

Topics

First of all I would like to thank Professor Mamdani and the Makerere Institute of Social Research for taking the initiative to convene this Conference to discuss urgent and important matters that...

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