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31 Jan 2012
 
 
Global food prices easing, volatility still high – World Bank
FOOD PRICES
Global food prices are set to decline further in 2012 as a weaker world economy dampens consumer demand while food supplies rise, the World Bank said on Tuesday, warning that a possible rise in oil...
 
 
SA less attractive to mining investors – reaction to SAIRR comments on mining investment
CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMEYR
The South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR )said this week that South Africa had become significantly less attractive as a mining investment destination since 2006.
 
 
 
 
Old Behind Bars: The Aging Prison Population in the United States (January 2012)
HUMAN RIGHTS
This report includes new data Human Rights Watch developed from a variety of federal and state sources that document dramatic increases in the number of older US prisoners.
 
 
30 Jan 2012
 
Our Main Challenges: Taking a tip from two Americans
INSIGHT AFRICA
What inspired this particular Insight is an excellent book by those two public intellectuals Thomas L Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum. The book is called “That used to be US” – and the...
 
 
 
 
Daily podcast – January 30, 2012
PODCAST
South Africa’s empowerment legislation is about to get new teeth to address issues such as fronting and local content procurement, besides others, more than one-million children in the Sahel are...
 
 
Glitzy new AU headquarters a symbol of China-Africa ties
AFRICAN UNION
Standing on what was once Ethiopia's oldest maximum security prison, the new African Union headquarters funded by China is a symbol of the Asian giant's push to stay ahead in Africa and gain...
 
 
29 Jan 2012
 
WTO: Lamy: Address by the Director-General, to the African Union summit, Addis Ababa (29/01/2012)
2012
It is a pleasure to address you all today on the subject of ‘boosting intra-African trade’. It will surprise no one when I say that as we enter 2012, the global economy remains steeped in...
 
 
28 Jan 2012
 
SA: Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, at the Nepad heads of State and Government Committee (28/01/2012)
2012
This African Union Summit takes place when the world is facing a global economic crisis.
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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