News

15 May 2013

• State Security Budget Vote
  Source: GCIS
  Cape Town: Today we table our Budget Vote Speech to Parliament, providing a high level policy direction in our pursuit to uphold national security as guided by the constitution. We continue to be...

14 May 2013

• Evaluating South Africa‐Nigeria commercial ties
  Source: Standard Bank
  Johannesburg:  SA-Nigeria trade volumes have swelled notably over the course of the past decade. Whereas in 2001, total bilateral trade amounted to just USD3.2bn, last year total trade breached...
• India’s defence needs FDI
  Source: The Hindu
  New Delhi: Last Friday, the Ministry of Defence took yet another step to signal that it is serious about turning around the pathetic state of India’s defence industry. It did so by requesting...
• Nigeria Economic Update: new World Bank report
  Source: World Bank
  Abuja:  Nigeria's short term macroeconomic outlook looks generally strong, with the likelihood of higher growth, lower inflation, and reserve accumulation. This will present the Government with...
• Stakes in Nigeria-U.S. military, security co-operation
  Source: The Guardian
  Abuja:  The scope of United States military assistance to Nigeria and the U.S. new policy of using regional bloc leadership in solving crisis in Africa may be part of the reasons why...
• The future of the AU
  Source: Chatham House
  London:  As we all know, Africa has passed through a difficult and gruesome history associated with slavery, colonial subjugation and racial discrimination. Successive generations of Africans...
• ‘Arc of instability’ across Africa could turn continent into launch pad for larger-scale terrorist attacks
  Source: United Nations
  New York:  An “arc of instability” was stretching across Africa’s Sahara and Sahel region, and if left unchecked, it could transform the continent into a breeding ground for extremists and a...

13 May 2013

• "Don’t force multiparty democracy on Swazis"
  Source: The Times of Swaziland
  Ezulwini:  Multiparty democracy should not be forced down the throats of Swazis. This was said by Happy Mahlangu, the newly-appointed South African High Commissioner in the kingdom, in an...
• Africa’s strategy must be to gain from China Must read
  Source: City Press
  Johannesburg: China has fine-tuned its statecraft in ­Africa and morphed into the world’s most radical pragmatist. What can Africans do to gain from China’s new strategy? China’s approach is...
• After the bilateral: assessing the state of Nigeria-South African relations
  Source: SAFPI
  This SAFPI compilation posts extracts from a number of analyses, from the Nigerian and South African media, which assess the outcomes of last week's State Visit by Nigerian President Goodluck...