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19 Apr 2013

PAMSA: Statement by the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa, calls on businesses to change their attitude to paper during Green Office Week (19/04/2013)

STATEMENT

Day in, day out, we are faced with messages about the harm that paper does to our environment. More often than not, these messages can be found in two places: at the bottom of emails and from...

18 Apr 2013

Failure to protect: Peacekeepers and the protection of civilians

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Nearly a month after launching its military intervention in Mali, France informed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that it would seek a United Nations (UN) force to replace the French-led...

11 Apr 2013

SA: Statement by Sibusiso Ndebele, Correctional Services Minister, on transformation of correctional centres (11/04/2013)

STATEMENT

Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele says that the renaming of correctional centres must assist in transforming places of incarceration to centres of hope and second chances. The...

10 Apr 2013

China’s African media footprint

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

On 14 December 2012, China Daily, China’s biggest English-language newspaper, launched its first African edition.(2) This was the latest development in the story of China’s ever expanding media...

22 Mar 2013

Tearing souls apart: The destruction of shrines in Timbuktu and the concept of cultural genocide

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

In June 2012, the Islamic group Ansar Dine (a radical group with alleged links to al-Qaeda) took control of Timbuktu in northern Mali. The threat posed to the city, which contains thousands of...

08 Feb 2013

Will President Morsi’s consolidation of political power bring Egypt forward in 2013?

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The year 2012 proved to be a mixed experience for Egypt and President Mohamed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood-led government. While Morsi received both regional and international compliments for his...

06 Feb 2013

Will President Morsi’s consolidation of political power bring Egypt forward in 2013?

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The year 2012 proved to be a mixed experience for Egypt and President Mohamed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood-led government. While Morsi received both regional and international compliments for his...

21 Jan 2013

African airlines: Looking beyond the statistics

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

In the last several decades aeroplanes have become a significant means of travel and transport across Africa, both commercially and privately, and have become an avenue for economic development. It...

06 Nov 2012

US: Michelle Obama: Address by the First Lady of the United States, at Final Campaign Rally, Des Moines, Iowa (06/11/2012)

SPEECH

And more than anything else, I want to thank you all for being here tonight. I mean, as you know this is a pretty emotional time for us, because this is the final event of my husband's final...

05 Nov 2012

Stepping forward or stepping back? An overview of Women’s rights in relation to the Arab Uprisings - Part 2

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The events which make up the so-called ‘Arab Spring’ mark a significant chapter in modern history. In less than two years, four dictators have been deposed, regimes are slowly being dismantled...

25 Oct 2012

US trade and investment deals in Africa: The next economic frontier?

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Trade and investment are important components of economic growth and job creation for African countries, in addition to being a source of income.(2) The past 10 years have seen immense growth rates...

19 Oct 2012

A bantu in my bathroom: Debating race, sexuality and other uncomfortable South African topics

VIDEO

Political and social analyst Eusebius McKaiser asks in his first book A Bantu in my Bathroom why South Africans are so uncomfortable with deep disagreement. Why do we lash out at people with...

04 Sep 2012

Debunking the CNN effect

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

This article aims to demonstrate that the “CNN effect” – which posits that ample and appealing media coverage has a powerful impact on the international community, to the point of compelling...

23 Aug 2012

Somalia and Kenya: The glass half full

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

On 29 June 2012, gunmen kidnapped four aid workers and a driver from Dadaab refugee camp on Kenya’s border.(2) A couple of days later, 15 people were killed in attacks on churches in the Kenyan...

21 Aug 2012

SA reflects extreme form of inequality

MAPUNGUBWE INSTITUTE

The Grant Thornton survey released last week, reflecting global disquiet on executives’ packages at large public corporations, brings out in bold relief the debate around inequality across most...

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