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Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Education and Training Authority (Merseta) CEO Raymond Patel on Thursday challenged government’s National Development Plan (NDP) vision of shifting...
In a sign of growing optimism that Somalia is winning a struggle against pirates and al Qaeda-linked insurgents, Britain opened an embassy on Thursday in a set of four metal cabins at Mogadishu...
Our countries are deeply concerned about the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. While this has been known since nuclear weapons were first developed and is reflected in...
The recently released World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Information Technology Report 2013 ranks South Africa’s Maths and Science education second last in the world, only ahead of Yemen. It...
South Africa ticked up two notches in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) latest Global Information Technology Report of which the Networked Readiness Index was central; but a number of factors...
Over the past decade, drones (2) have played a large role in the American war on terror.(3) Drones are often discussed in the context of extra-judicial killings,(4) loss of privacy,(5) and...
The 30-page report found that at least 22 individuals have been sentenced to death despite evidence that they were under age 18 at the time of their alleged crimes. In the last five years, Yemen...
Illicit trade of any form whatsoever affects both developing and developed nations alike. To add to it, if small arms are traded, the gravity of the situation tends to burgeon exponentially. Over...
This 69-page Human Rights Watch report found that Yemen's previous government’s criminal investigation government, into the shooting of demonstrators during the so-called Friday of Dignity...
Food security is a challenge in both the developing and the developed world; the difference lies in the magnitude of the problem and the proportion of the population that is affected.(2) Within...
China led developing nations on Wednesday in demanding that rich countries give details of a promised surge in aid to $100-billion a year by 2020 to help the poor cope with global warming.
The impact of climate change will be especially acute in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, according to a new World Bank Group report, and immediate action will be needed to avoid the...
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...
Let me begin by announcing that I will be travelling to Gurgaon, India to participate in the 12th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation...
From the ban on women’s driving in Saudi Arabia, to the social stigmas which fuel honour killings, to the ever-controversial issue of the hijab (headscarf), women’s rights in the Middle East...