Articles 2012

29 November 2012

• As Turkey's economy booms, deep inequality persists
  Source: Reuters
  Istanbul:  Near the shores of the Bosphorus, a few minutes' drive from a bay of million-dollar homes and swaying yachts, Jimmy Choo and Prada vie for the affections of the Istanbul elite inside...
• Brazil's social inequality hits 10-year low
  Source: Xinhua
  Rio de Janeiro:  The latest figures from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) showed Wednesday that Brazil's social inequality level in 2011 fell to a 10-year low, although...
• COSATU Central Executive Committee: international priorities for 2013
  Source: COSATU
  Johannesburg: The Congress of South African Trade Unions held a scheduled meeting of its Central Executive Committee (CEC) on Monday 26 November 2012, attended by its National Office Bearers and...
• Defiant Iran in focus at UN atomic energy meeting
  Source: AFP
  Vienna:  Iran's suspected nuclear weapons drive dominated a meeting of the UN atomic agency Thursday, a day after Tehran declared it would continue to defy UN Security Council resolutions and...
• Hillary Clinton/Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma: remarks
  Source: US State Department
  Washington:  It is such a personal pleasure for me to welcome the Chairperson here for our high-level meetings. This is our third high-level meeting, and we highly value the relationship and the...
• Regional trade integration in Africa: status and prospects
  Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
  This report – commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark – discusses the status of implementation of the EAC Customs Union and the SADC FTA both regarding tariff reductions and NTB...
• SACP, DA statements on the establishment of Radio DIRCO
  Source: PoliticsWeb
  Johannesburg: The SACP welcomes the initiative by the Department of International Relations and Co-operation (DIRCO) to establish its own radio station. It is absolutely essential that government is...
• SANDF clarifies situation in war-torn DRC
  Source: SABC
  Johannesburg:  South African National Defence Force (SANDF) engineers are working with United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to keep the airport in the eastern...
• South Africa to help improve Nigeria’s internal security
  Source: Daily Trust
  Abuja: The South African government has expressed its readiness to help Nigeria improve its internal security. A delegation comprising top members of the South Africa’s ruling party, African National...
• South African investors eye Oman
  Source: Zawya
  Muscat: Over 30 South African companies have shown interest in investing in different sectors in the Sultanate as they consider it to be a growing corporate hub of the MENA region. Pointing out to...