South Africa: Govt and Belarus to Hold Political Consultations
South African Government (Pretoria) 24 October 2011 press release The Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Ebrahim Ebrahim, will host his Belarusian counterpart, Mr Sergei...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Western Cape Province Wins the National Golden Games for the...
South African Government (Pretoria) 24 October 2011 press release The Western Cape province is the 2011 National Golden Games Champions, having beaten all the other provinces hands down, to claim...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Minister Carlisle Reacts to Minister Ndebele’s Halting of Toll...
South African Government (Pretoria) 24 October 2011 press release Robin Carlisle, the Minister for Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape said he supported National Transport Minister S’bu...
View ArticleUganda: VIP Police Officers Complain of Unfair Treatment
The Independent (Kampala) Mubatsi Asinja Habati 25 October 2011 In his regular VIP Police Unit (VIPPU) khaki uniform, James (single name only for his job security) looks smart. The national flag on...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe Concludes His Working Visit...
South African Government (Pretoria) 25 October 2011 press release Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe on Monday, 24 October 2011, concluded his working visit to the Nordic countries. Deputy President...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Experts Confer On the Integration of Indigenous Knowledge...
South African Government (Pretoria) 21 October 2011 press release The Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, Derek Hanekom, will deliver a keynote address at the 3rd International Conference on...
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South Africa: How to Bring Local Manufacturing Back From the Tipping Point
Guy Harris 25 October 2011 opinion As we await Tuesday’s Medium-Term Budget Policy statement, only a blind person will not see how deeply endangered our manufacturing, and with it, South Africa itself...
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South Africa: Govt to Boost Infrastructure, Industrialisation
BuaNews (Tshwane) 25 October 2011 Cape Town — Amid concerns over a sluggish global economic recovery and the unresolved European debt crisis, the government plans to focus more on investing in...
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South Africa: PetroSA Records R831 Million Net Profit
BuaNews (Tshwane) 25 October 2011 Pretoria — Higher crude oil prices have helped the South African national oil company, PetroSA, to record R831 million in net profits. On Tuesday, PetroSA said it had...
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South Africa: Government Looks to Stimulate Regional Tourism
BuaNews (Tshwane) 25 October 2011 Pretoria — Development in the tourism sector must be accelerated to diversify South Africa’s economy and contribute towards job creation, says Minister in the...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Mpumalanga’s Exams Running Smoothly – MEC
BuaNews (Tshwane) Masoka Dube 25 October 2011 Hazyview — Mpumalanga’s Education MEC Reginah Mhaule says she is satisfied with the progress of the final matric exams in the province. On Monday, Mhaule...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Trans African Concessions to Replant 200-Year-Old Tree
BuaNews (Tshwane) Siphiwe Nyathi and Cobus Coetzee 25 October 2011 Mbombela — Toll road company Trans African Concessions (Trac) has agreed to replant a 200-year-old Wonderboom fig tree that has to be...
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South Africa: Finance Minister Calls for Seven Percent Growth Rate
25 October 2011 Parliament — The economy needs to grow at seven percent a year, but is projected to reach only 4.1 percent by 2014/15, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Tuesday. Tabling his 2011...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Community Supports Residents Charged With Vandalising Ward...
West Cape News (Cape Town) 25 October 2011 About 100 residents from Khayelitsha’s TR Section informal settlement marched to the Khayelitsha Magistrate’s Court on Monday to support six of their number...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Case Against Guards Accused of Assaulting Pupil Postponed
West Cape News (Cape Town) 25 October 2011 The case against two Bambanani volunteer security guards who allegedly severely injured a grade 12 pupil at Chris Hani High School a month ago was has been...
View ArticleSouth Africa: IFP Expresses Outrage At Lack of Accountability in Public Works
Inkatha Freedom Party (Durban) 25 October 2011 press release The Inkatha Freedom Party’s Petros Sithole MP has expressed his utter shock and outrage in light of the recent “disclaimer” status given to...
View ArticleParties plot against ACN after polls in Lagos
THE initial protests that trailed the conduct of the council polls in Lagos State have died down. The outbursts of complaints and protests finally thinned down as the other political parties backed...
View ArticlePolice assault on The Nation newspaper
THE invasion by the Police, of The Nation newspaper offices and the arrest of four editors and three other staff members in Lagos and Abuja was ill-advised. The police operation was barbaric and...
View ArticleParty leader decries attack in Nasarawa
The Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Nasarawa State, Yunana Iliya, has condemned an alleged attack on him, the former Deputy Governor and other members of the executive council...
View ArticleBRT driver attacks The Nation photographer
Solomon Adeola, a photographer with The Nation, narrates his experience in the hand of a BRT driver, Udoh Akpan, who assaulted him after destroying his car, writes TAJUDEEN ADEBANJO A bus Rapid...
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