Bradley Dubbelman
Daily podcast – January 25, 2012
25th January 2012 Climate finance practitioners and regulators have urged South African developers of Clean Development Mechanism projects to finalise their... →
Daily podcast – January 24, 2012
24th January 2012 There was an information black-out on the appeal hearing of ANC Youth League president Julius Malema as it started in Johannesburg yesterday,... →
News this week
20th January 2012 Placing departments under administration created problems for people in Limpopo instead of helping them, the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in the... →
Daily podcast – January 20, 2012
20th January 2012 Placing departments under administration created problems for people in Limpopo instead of helping them, the ANC Youth League in the province said,... →
Political instability seen as threat to African economic growth
19th January 2012 Despite robust economic growth over the last decade, political instability remains an ongoing concern for continued growth on the African continent. →
Daily podcast – January 18, 2012
18th January 2012 A levy of R2.30/kg would be introduced on new tyres manufactured in or imported into South Africa from February 1 to pay for the collection and... →
Daily podcast – January 16, 2012
16th January 2012 South Africa's Treasury reacted to a Fitch downgrade of the country's outlook on Friday by saying it remains committed to the prudent execution of... →
News this week
13th January 2012 The relationship between the United Nations (UN) Security Council and African Union (AU) should be institutionalised, President Jacob Zuma says.... →
Daily podcast – January 13, 2012
13th January 2012 The relationship between the United Nations Security Council and the African Union should be institutionalised, President Jacob Zuma said in New... →
Daily podcast – January 12, 2012
12th January 2012 South African municipalities have underspent R12.4-billion, or 29.3%, of their capital budgets in the 12 months to the end of June 2011, the... →
Daily podcast – January 11, 2012
11th January 2012 The University of Johannesburg reiterated that late applications for first year study were closed, after a woman died and at least 20 people were... →
Daily podcast – January 10, 2012
10th January 2012 Eskom has warned of a "very high" risk of rolling blackouts around the country, but is doing everything it can to avert it, Nigerian unions begin a... →
Daily podcast – January 09, 2012
9th January 2012 The eurozone crisis could hurt South Africa's economy and the country should maintain a supportive monetary policy to ensure growth in the medium... →
Daily podcast – December 15, 2011
15th December 2011 The contribution of South Africa’s mining and manufacturing sectors is likely to remain weak in 2012, Absa Capital argued in its latest quarterly... →
Statement by the FW De Klerk Foundation, on the judiciary (14/12/2011)
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Daily podcast – December 14, 2011
14th December 2011 International legal practice Norton Rose Group reports that it advised 15 of the 28 project developers identified as preferred bidders in the first... →
Daily podcast – December 13, 2011
13th December 2011 Newly appointed Special Investigating Unit head Willem Heath will know the outcome of an investigation into his comments against former President... →
Daily podcast – December 12, 2011
12th December 2011 The two-week-long seventeenth Conference of the Parties (COP 17) came to an end in Durban this weekend with a fund launched to help poor nations... →
Polity – News this week
9th December 2011 State-owned development financier the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) reports that it has approved funding worth R5.2-billion for 12 of... →
Daily podcast – December 09, 2011
9th December 2011 Support grew yesterday for an EU plan to agree to a global climate change pact with binding targets by 2015, after poor nations vulnerable to... →
Increased investment bodes well for Zambian economy, but challenges remain
8th December 2011 Newly elected Zambian President Michael Sata’s incumbency bodes well for investment in the landlocked country. This is despite pre-election... →
Daily podcast – December 07, 2011
7th December 2011 The world's three biggest polluters China, the US and India refused to move towards a new legal commitment to curb their carbon emissions,... →
Daily podcast – December 06, 2011
6th December 2011 South Africa's central government took direct control of parts of several provincial administrations in a clampdown on profligate spending and to... →
Daily podcast – December 05, 2011
5th December 2011 The window of opportunity is “wide open” for South Africa to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs and simultaneously obtain a source of clean... →
News this week
2nd December 2011 World economies are sliding as a result of eurozone debt problems and failure by European leaders to make the right decisions to resolve the crisis... →
Daily podcast – December 02, 2011
2nd December 2011 World economies are sliding as a result of eurozone debt problems and failure by European leaders to make the right decisions to resolve the crisis... →
Daily podcast – December 01, 2011
1st December 2011 At 26% in the first quarter this year, the Gauteng city-region has the highest unemployment rate among about twenty metropolitan territories... →
Daily podcast – November 30, 2011
30th November 2011 South African President Jacob Zuma has named a veteran anti-corruption investigator as the head of the country's Special Investigating Unit (SIU)... →
Daily podcast – November 29, 2011
29th November 2011 South Africa's central bank may need to ease interest rates further if demand growth continues to disappoint, and fiscal consolidation should be... →
Daily podcast – November 28, 2011
28th November 2011 South Africa's Julius Malema, the firebrand leader of the ANC Youth League, has admitted his political career is over after his suspension from the... →
News this work
25th November 2011 Outspoken South African politician Julius Malema has submitted a legal appeal against his five-year expulsion from the African National Congress... →
Daily Podcast – November 25, 2011
25th November 2011 Outspoken South African politician Julius Malema submitted a legal appeal on Thursday against his five-year expulsion from the African National... →
Daily podcast – November 24, 2011
24th November 2011 President Jacob Zuma said yesterday that South Africa cannot afford to increase its spending on social grants indefinitely because this is not... →
Daily podcast – November 23, 2011
23rd November 2011 South Africans have the right to bring the Protection of State Information Bill before the Constitutional Court if they feel it is impinging on... →
Mid-Term Provincial Budgets & Expenditure Report (November 2011)
22nd November 2011 Provincial Budgets for the 2011/12 financial year. →
Daily podcast – November 22, 2011
22nd November 2011 Various human rights groups and media houses will be protesting the controversial Protection of State Information Bill when it appears before the... →
Daily podcast – November 21, 2011
21st November 2011 The outcome of the upcoming United Nations climate change conference, the seventeenth Conference of Parties (COP 17), should be balanced, fair and... →
News this week
18th November 2011 The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) has again threatened legal action if a public interest defence clause is left out of the... →
Daily podcast – November 16, 2011
16th November 2011 The establishment of a free trade area in Southern Africa is best not done abruptly, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe warned yesterday, the UN... →
Daily podcast – November 15, 2011
15th November 2011 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says a sharp slowdown in world growth will increase the risk of recession in poorer countries, whose budgets... →
Daily podcast – November 14, 2011
14th November 2011 Volatility in South Africa's exchange rate owing to the eurozone debt crisis is hurting the country's competitiveness and may limit economic growth... →
