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SA: Rejoice Mabudafhasi: Address by the Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, during the Department of Water Affairs Budget Vote, Parliament, Cape Town (21/05/2013)

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We remain committed and focused on ensuring that water availability is not constraint to economic development that our country desperately needs. The National Development Plan reiterates the...

FEDUSA: Statement by the Federation of Unions of South Africa, on meeting with Deputy President Motlanthe over rail crisis (05/04/2013)

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The Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) yesterday facilitated a meeting with Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe over the looming crisis in long distance passenger rail services. The most...

The right to vote: Where do citizens in the diaspora stand? - Part 1

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The term 'diaspora' refers to a community formed as a result of the dispersion of a people from their homeland. Such people would have been induced or forced to leave their country, a process that...

Nigeria’s nightmare: A tale of two terrorist organisations

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On 29 January 2013, a Boko Haram commander claimed a ceasefire with the government in Nigeria. Sheik Abu Mohammed Ibn Abdulazeez, a man local security sources say is a Boko Haram member, sent a...

Between a rock and a hard place: Policing public violence in South Africa

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Shortly after the powerful National Executive Council (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) ended its first meeting of 2013, Secretary General Gwede Mantashe held a media conference to...

SA: Statement by Harmony Gold, world's fifth-largest gold producer, on moving one step closer to reaching agreement with unions (29/01/2013)

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Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (‘Harmony’ or the ‘Company’) advises that a second meeting was held today in terms of section 189 of the Labour Relations Act, 66 of 1995 ("LRA") between...

Blue industrialisation: Issues in aquaculture and Africa

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A hallmark of modernity is the mastery of nature by man to fulfil needs, and the harnessing of technology to overcome the problem of scarcity.(2) Innovations in agriculture thousands of years ago...

DA: Statement by Khume Ramulifho, Democratic Alliance Gauteng Spokesperson on Education, congratulates 2012 Gauteng matriculants (03/01/2013)

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The DA in Gauteng congratulates all 2012 matriculants who ensured that Gauteng is the top performing province with its 83.9% pass rate. This significant 2.6% increase exceeds the 80% target for 2014.

Departing business rescue – A 1Time one-way ticket to liquidation

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1Time Holdings Limited announced on 21 August 2012 that it was placing its subsidiaries, 1Time (Pty) Limited and Jetworx Aircraft Services (Pty) Limited, under business rescues as a result of their...

Rising inequality in South Africa: Drivers, trends and policy responses

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In the 1998 Parliamentary debate on reconciliation and nation-building, then Deputy President Thabo Mbeki famously argued that South Africa comprised ‘two-nations’ divided by poverty and...

COPE: Statement by Zale Madonsela, Congress of the People Deputy President, on Lekota's refusal to a political solution and the current impasse in the party (23/10/2012)

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Lekota’s refusal to a political solution has resulted to him being isolated by many members and leaders of Cope. Yesterday Zale Madonsela led discussions with leaders from Gauteng, Mpumalanga and...

SA: Statement by National Debt Mediation Association, asserts that all forms of consumer debt need to be dealt with by debt relief provisions (26/09/2012)

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A single, rational process for over-indebted consumers that allows all their debt to be dealt with is desperately needed, says National Debt Mediation Association (NDMA) CEO, Magauta Mphahlele....

Coups in West Africa: A reflection of deficiencies in Africa’s electoral democracies?

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In the early hours of 22 March 2012, news of a military coup d’état in Mali spread across the world. Claiming a lack of adequate means and resources to fight Tuareg insurgents in the north of...

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The City of Johannesburg will spend over R100-billion on economic and social infrastructure over the next ten years, City of Johannesburg executive mayor Parks Tau says. To enable Johannesburg to...

Are climate change meetings helping the climate or contributing to the acceleration of environmental change?

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Climate change is a well-debated topic of our time and the sense of urgency to reach agreements on how to curb this change has heightened over the last two decades. Over this time span, governments...

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