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30 Jan 2012
 
 
 
 
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...
 
 
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
FOOD CRISIS
More than 1-million children in the Sahel are at risk of severe malnutrition and urgent action is needed to avert starvation akin to that in Somalia, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)...
 
 
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...
 
 
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.
 
 
27 Jan 2012
 
Broken schools breed SA's 'lost generation'
EDUCATION
The first blow to Martha Netshiozwe's future came when her parents died of Aids. The second came when she ran out of money and had to drop out of a South African high school. Netshiozwe, 23, is a...
 
 
26 Jan 2012
 
Bill Gates injects $750m into troubled AIDS fund
HIV/AIDS
Microsoft chairman and philanthropist Bill Gates pledged a further $750-million to the troubled global AIDS fund on Thursday and urged governments to continue their support to save lives.
 
 
25 Jan 2012
 
SA’s strong FDI recovery not enough to lift Africa
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
A 269% recovery in South Africa’s foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in 2011, which climbed to $4.5-billion from a revised 2010 figure of $1.2-billion, was not sufficient to reverse the...
 
 
Global FDI defies crisis to jump 17% in 2011
ECONOMY
Global foreign direct investment flows jumped by 17% in 2011 despite worldwide economic turmoil and there is reason to be cautiously optimistic of another rise in 2012, a United Nations report said...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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