jenny furness
Mine-linked research flags Aids-drug TB 'paradox'
16th March 2005 A high-level uptake of antiretroviral treatment (ART) has 'paradoxically' been found to increase the rates of tuberculosis (TB) - and in some... →
Gauteng to launch BEE strategy soon
22nd February 2005 The Gauteng Provincial Government will finalise work on a comprehensive broad-based black economic empowerment (BEE) strategy for the province by... →
Project to boost India, Brazil, SA relations
16th February 2005 A transcontinental one-year project to further enhance the India-Brazil-South Africa (Ibsa) forum began yesterday in Johannesburg at a conference... →
Manual on forming Aids business coalitions launched
11th February 2005 An innovative book, setting out the guidelines for building business coalitions against HIV/Aids throughout sub-Saharan Africa, was launched... →
Govt on track to meet programme of action deadlines
11th February 2005 President Thabo Mbeki reports that government is on track to meet the deadlines for 72% of 'programme of action' targets and is implementing 86% of... →
Miner's affirmative-procurement commitment lauded
11th February 2005 South African President Thabo Mbeki said yesterday that the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Council will be appointed as soon as the process of... →
Minister urges companies to invest in SA
10th February 2005 Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Lindiwe Hendricks this week urged international business to seriously consider South Africa as an investment... →
Decision-makers meet to make 2005 Africa's year
24th January 2005 African decision-makers and their international development partners, comprising the Strategic Partnership with Africa (SPA), met last week in... →
R500m to upgrade informal settlements in Gauteng
21st January 2005 The Gauteng provincial government has set aside over R500-million for the next financial year to upgrade and formalise informal settlements in the... →
Proliferation of bilateral trade deals slammed
18th January 2005 The director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi, yesterday welcomed the release of the report of the... →
New BEE targets put 'lack of understanding' to rest
9th December 2004 To remove the uncertainty surrounding the implementation of black economic empowerment (BEE) in the South African market place, the Department of... →
IDC will continue to back 'previously empowered' groups
25th November 2004 As the debate on narrow versus broadbased black economic empowerment (BEE) becomes increasingly ferocious, the State's Industrial Development... →
SA to issue power-generation tender soon
24th November 2004 The Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) has embarked on a process to introduce new power-generation capacity to meet the country's growing... →
Ethiopia says it is open for business
16th November 2004 The government of Ethiopia is actively seeking to attract trading partners so as to boost development in the East African country, and has launched... →
Maths and science are priority learning areas - Minister
10th November 2004 Education Minister Naledi Pandor has reaffirmed her department's commitment to increase enrolment and performance of pupils in mathematics and... →
Iran says will retaliate if nuclear plants hit
9th November 2004 Iran threatened yesterday to strike back at Israel or any other country that attacked its nuclear facilities. →
Property empowerment charter by June
2nd November 2004 South Africa should receive the completed charter for transformation in the property sector by June next year, Public Works Minister Stella Sigcau... →
South Africans working in Iraq contravene the law
28th October 2004 Government says close to a hundred South Africans are being investigated for working in conflict-ridden Iraq without permission, which contravenes... →
Africa urged to achieve high standards for export products
27th October 2004 The South African Minister of Trade and Industry yesterday encouraged African countries to work towards obtaining high standards and compliance... →
Farmers warned of potential dry season
13th October 2004 The South African Weather Service yesterday issued its seasonal forecast for Southern Africa and recommended that agricultural practitioners be... →
Human capital development crucial to science and technology
4th October 2004 The Minister of Science and Technology, Mosibudi Mangena, yesterday invited foreign donors to place science and technology human capital... →
SA emerges as outward FDI force, inward flows rise modestly
23rd September 2004 South Africa has emerged as Africa's most important outward investor with outward flows of $720-million in 2003, a new United Nations (UN) study... →
US imports to SA up 22%, exports rise marginally
16th September 2004 The value of imports from the US to South Africa, for the month of July, continued to grow at a steady pace across most product groups. →
Groundbreaking health TV channel launched
13th September 2004 A national health educational television channel, called Mindset Health, the first of its kind in Africa, was launched on Friday in Johannesburg by... →
Iran seen using EU to buy time to get atomic bomb
10th September 2004 Iran is using negotiations with the European Union's "big three" on suspending sensitive nuclear activities to buy the time it needs to get ready... →
Roadshow mooting India-SA trade relations kicks-off
9th September 2004 A roadshow to investigate trade and investment opportunities between South Africa and India, kicked-off yesterday in Gauteng, and will continue... →
Tributes pour in for late Naudé
8th September 2004 Tributes are continuing to pour in from all sectors of the society following the death of anti-apartheid cleric Beyers Naud →
SA's economy never been better, Sexwale
7th September 2004 Former Gauteng premier Tokyo Sexwale said he believes that South Africa's monetary policies have never been in better shape and that it has become... →
DRC-SA trade forum launched
6th September 2004 Following the signing of a bilateral business agreement between the key business chambers of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South... →
World Summit follow-up conference launched
2nd September 2004 The Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk has issued a no-nonsense warning to industries in South Africa,... →
Nam voices concern over US
20th August 2004 The Non-Aligned Movement (Nam) yesterday expressed "strong concern" at the go-it-alone attitude of the US in global affairs, and called for respect... →
$50m fund created for African development
19th August 2004 South African project finance body the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the African Development Bank (ADB) yesterday signed a ten-year... →
AU moving forward on biotech strategy
17th August 2004 A high-level panel of experts will be set up by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad) Secretariat and the African Union... →
First AU troops to arrive in Darfur on Saturday: official
12th August 2004 Half of a 300-strong African protection force will arrive in west Sudan's embattled Darfur region on Saturday, an official with the African Union... →
Constitutional court dismisses “mercenaries” appeal
5th August 2004 The Constitutional Court yesterday dismissed an appeal by 69 South Africans held in Harare against a judgment by the Pretoria High Court in June... →
R62m e-govt gateway to provide efficient services
30th July 2004 The Gauteng Province is to be the pilot site of the South African government’s long-awaited electronic government portal, called the Batho... →
SA will not protect inefficient firms
29th July 2004 South Africa cannot and will not protect local business from the threat of global competition, especially in those instances where domestic... →
Work advances on plan for four new prisons
26th July 2004 The South African Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is advancing plans for a public–private partnership (PPP) for the operation of... →
Strong rand catastrophic, says Cosatu
23rd July 2004 South African labour movement the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has expressed its dismay at the statement by Reserve Bank... →
Rwandan refugees in Zambia refuse to go home: UNHCR
22nd July 2004 About 5 000 Rwandan refugees in Zambia have refused to go home under a United Nations repatriation scheme saying their lives were still in danger,... →
Kenya’s energy sector given $80m boost
21st July 2004 The World Bank this month approved $80-million in project finance for an energy recovery project in Kenya. →
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