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South Africa should be looking to have a diversified economy, Trade and Industry (dti) Director General Lionel October said. “In all efforts, South Africa should be moving away from mainly...

SA: Statement by Lionel October, Department of Trade and Industry Director-General, asserts that South Africa needs to have a balanced trade (14/05/2013)

STATEMENT

The Director-General of Trade and Industry (the dti), Mr Lionel October says South Africa should be looking to have a balanced trade. He was speaking at the pre-Tokyo International Conference on...

Electoral accountability in Africa: Adding nuance to the debate

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

At the onset of 2013, the occurrence of presidential and parliamentary elections was widespread across the African continent. Indeed, Afrobarometer research suggests that Africans now use the...

SA: Statement by Greenpeace Africa, non-governmental environmental organisation, Fukushima suffering continues, but nuclear regulations make the public pay (19/02/2013)

STATEMENT

The fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster continues for hundreds of thousands of victims in Japan still denied fair compensation from a regulatory system that allows the nuclear industry to...

IFP: Statement by Petros Sithole, IFP Spokesperson on Human Settlements, IFP calls for the immediate removal of the Minister of Human Settlement Tokyo Sexwale (12/02/2013)

STATEMENT

The IFP calls for the immediate removal of the Minister of Human Settlements, Hon Tokyo Sexwale as he is consistently failing in his duties as Minister.

IFP: Statement by Petros Sithole, IFP Spokesperson on Human Settlements, calls for urgent answers from the department over vacant RDP houses in Gauteng (17/01/2013)

STATEMENT

The IFP calls for urgent answers from the Department of Human Settlements in Gauteng over vacant RDP houses that are now being occupied illegally in Mzimhlophe/Orlando by residents from Soweto.

ANC audit must not raise suspicion – analysts

ANC AUDIT

The African National Congress (ANC) needs to make sure its auditing processes for its national elections does not raise suspicion among its members, political analysts said on Sunday. "The ANC...

AfDB: Statement by the African Development Bank, Atlantic Energy and Made in Africa Foundation Supports AfDB’s $22bn “Marshall Plan” for Africa (25/09/2012)

STATEMENT

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has proposed plans to float Africa’s first infrastructure bonds to member nations to raise up to $22 billion for investments in much needed infrastructure...

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...

Infrastructure, women and economic growth: How infrastructure has the power to empower

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

It has been noted that ample infrastructure is a key component of productivity and economic growth,(2) particularly for developing countries. The implementation of adequate infrastructure would...

Nuclear Energy: The light and dark sides

WERKSMANS ATTORNEYS

In South Africa, “the wisdom of including nuclear generation in a future build programme is being questioned.” The DOE, Necsa and other energy stakeholders in South Africa will have to focus...

Daily podcast – March 27, 2012

PODCAST

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has invested R736-million in incentives in the food-processing sector over the past three years, Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies said, Jim Yong...

GP: Mokonyane: Address by the Premier, at the Zimbabwe investment and trade conference, Johannesburg (01/03/2012)

Topics

We gather here today at the time when the global economy, particularly the European and American economies, is in an unhealthy state. This has placed many countries in a very precarious position....

US: Obama: State of the Union Address, by the President of the United States, Washington (24/01/2012)

Topics

Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in Iraq. Together, we offered a final, proud salute to the colors under which more than a million of...

Norton Rose wins major tender to advise Zimbabwe Power Company

NORTON ROSE

International legal practice Norton Rose Group has been named legal advisor to the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) on two prestigious power projects, the 600MW Hwange Thermal Power Expansion Project...

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