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Long-delayed peaker projects to reach financial close ‘next week’

A high-level Department of Energy (DoE) official has reported that the long-delayed open-cycle gas turbine (OCGT), or peaker plants, will reach financial closure during May. Speaking on the...

Daily podcast – January 31, 2013.

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The UN Security Council will soon begin discussing a possible United Nations peacekeeping force for Mali. This is an idea the world body had been uncomfortable with before France's recent military...

Global Dynamics of the South China Sea Tussle

AFRICA INSTITUTE OF SOUTH AFRICA

According to Wong, the South China Sea issue is a complicated matter concerning a number of countries. The disputes generally fall into three categories: territorial disputes over islands, the...

SA: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma: Address by the African Union Commission Chairperson and Home Affairs Minister, at the 3rd Women in Shipping conference, Elangeni Hotel, Durban, KwaZulu Natal (28/08/2012)

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The Premier of KwaZulu Natal, Your Excellency Dr Zweli Mkhize, eThekwini Mayor Councillor, the Honourable James Nxumalo, The South African President of the Women’s International Shipping and...

SA: Gigaba: Address by the Minister of Public Enterprises, at the Investor conference, Port Alfred (25/04/2012)

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We are honoured and humbled for the honour you have granted us to address you this morning. We are particularly pleased by this opportunity because it creates a vital opportunity for an exchange of...

Daily podcast – February 9, 2012

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President Jacob Zuma is expected to focus mainly on economic issues during his yearly State of the Nation address at the opening of Parliament this evening, Egypt's ruling generals said that they...

Daily podcast – February 6, 2012

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The sanctions against suspended ANC Youth League president Julius Malema will only take effect after arguments mitigation, SABC radio news reported yesterday, Egypt's army backed government said it...

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Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu calls for sustainable growth and development in the mining sector to “ensure the speedy realisation of government's transformation objectives”. This,...

Daily podcast – February 3, 2012

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The ANC declined to comment on reports that a study it commissioned discourages the nationalisation of mines, Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has dissolved his entire Cabinet two months after...

The Deadly Impact of Piracy on Trade

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa is slowly but surely starting to suffer the dire consequences of the stranglehold piracy has placed on the shipping lanes on both the east and the west coasts of Africa.

SADC Should Act Strongly Against Pirates

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

In recent times piracy has leapt to the forefront as a threat to the world economy; impacting the prices of commodities and raising concerns about the long term impact on energy prices. Southern...

Private Contractors in Anti-Piracy Operations in the Gulf of Aden

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

Since 2005 piracy off the coast of Somalia, in the Gulf of Aden, experienced rapid expansion and development. According to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1984, piracy involves any...

From BRIC to BRICS and South Africa’s Military

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

At the end of 2010 South Africa’s was finally invited to join the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) economic community. BRIC came into existence in 2001 and quickly grew to become one of...

Piracy off the Horn of Africa: Shifting incentives to induce behavioural change, Part II

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Part I of this paper (available here) provided an overview of the trends that are shaping Somali piracy, outlined piracy’s root causes, and discussed its consequences for both Somalia and the...

Days of rage: The fall of an Egyptian ‘dictator’

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Thus far in 2011, the continent of Africa has been marked by demonstrations that have ultimately led to the fall of autocratic regimes. Africans have provoked the emergence of a new political...

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