Articles 2012

28 December 2012

• Shoprite's African expansion
  Source: Financial Mail
  Johannesburg: Shoprite CEO Whitey Basson can never be accused of not thinking big. He did it successfully in SA and is determined to replicate Shoprite's success in the rest of Africa. "I see huge...
• Still comrades after all these years
  Source: The Hindu
  Delhi: Russia was the first country with which India established a strategic partnership in 2000 when Vladimir Putin became President and reversed the drift in ties under Boris Yeltsin when Moscow...
• Will the BRICS bury IBSA?
  Source: Inter Press Service
  Johannesburg: China’s presence in the leading developing nations alliance of Brazil, Russia, India and China has given the bloc an advantage that another developing nations club, India, Brazil...

21 December 2012

• "Africa Rising" banks on reality matching the metrics
  Source: Reuters
  Sangbulima:  In sight of a crumbling 18th century slave trade fort overgrown with jungle, a conveyor belt pours ochre-red iron ore into the belly of a bulk carrier moored on the muddy Sierra...
• Atiku hails Zuma's re-election as South Africa's party head
  Source: Daily Trust
  Former Nigerian Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday expressed delight with the re-election of South Africa's President Jacob Zuma by the ruling African National Congress which voted...
• AU strongly condemns the occupation of cties in Central African Republic
  Source: African Union
  Addis Ababa:  The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, is following with deep concern the situation in the Central African Republic, notably...
• China needs pro-growth policies, reforms in 2013: think tank
  Source: Reuters
  Beijing:  China's economic performance in 2013 needs pro-growth policies and speedier reforms to boost domestic demand in the face of uncertainty in the global environment, a senior economist at...
• IBSA UNSC statement on Israeli settlement and the two-state solution
  Source: United Nations
  New York:  India, Brazil and South Africa reiterate their grave concern regarding the Israeli settlement policy in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including East Jerusalem. The IBSA...
• South Africa’s ruling party, the ANC, reaffirms boycott of Israel resolution
  Source: Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Campaign
  South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), at its 53rd National Conference, reaffirmed a resolution supporting the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against...
• The return of Zuma
  Source: Financial Gazette
  Harare: Zanu-PF is stuck with South African President Jacob Zuma as mediator to the Zimbabwe crisis after he was re-elected president of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) this week. The ANC...