Interview to Corrado Labisi

Interview to Corrado Labisi, president of international association “Antonietta Labisi”, who award presidential candidate in Ivory Coast, Jacqueline Lohoues – Oble.

Zuma to meet Supersports United team

President Jacob Zuma will meet with the Supersports United team and management tomorrow, at 9am at Esselen Park. The President wishes to congratulate the team on being Champions of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) for 3 consecutive seasons. The meeting is also aimed at promoting the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The media is invited to […]

Zuma concludes Namibian working visit

President Jacob Zuma on Thursday ended his two-day working visit to Namibia, the Presidency said. He attended the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) conference in the country’s capital city Windhoek. Sacu was established in 1910 as a customs union agreement between South Africa and the high commission territories of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. “The conference […]

IMF sees South Africa bouncing back with 2,6% growth

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised upwards its forecast for South African economic growth this year, but warned the recovery will be “tempered” by high unemployment, tight credit and rand strength. It sees the economy growing 2,6% this year, faster than its previous forecast of 1,7% made last October. The IMF’s latest estimate is […]

South Africa “more than ready” for World Cup – Zuma

SA is “more than ready” for the Fifa World Cup tournament, President Jacob Zuma said. Zuma was speaking at the opening of the newly constructed Central Terminal Building at OR Tambo International Airport. A transport action plan was developed in 2005 in preparation for the World Cup, as part of which R20bn was put into […]

Convergence of Cultures – 8 May in Milan, Italy

“Convergence of Cultures” is a project that aims to share the best elements of each culture and rejects those elements that promote divisions and misunderstandings among them. With this project we develop ideas, beliefs and humanist attitudes of every culture, that, beyond any difference, are located in the heart of the various peoples and individuals. […]

Sudan wasn't ready for elections – Motlanthe

Image via Wikipedia Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has lamented the kidnapping of four South African peacekeepers in the volatile Sudan, saying the country’s instability is of great concern. Motlanthe, on a visit to Tunisia this week, also said last week’s elections in Sudan had taken place at an “inopportune” time – conditions on the ground […]

South Africa: deputy president intensifies anti-poverty drive

Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has visited several homes during his door-to-door campaign in Lubala village at Lusikisiki in the Pondoland region of the Eastern Cape on Saturday. Motlanthe is on a mission to verify the success of the government’s anti-poverty pilot project in this area. He and Eastern Cape Premier Noxolo Kiviet together with members […]

Zimbabwe likely to cut growth forecast

Zimbabwe was likely to cut this year’s economic growth forecast from 7,7% to 4,8% due to political uncertainty and its failure to attract foreign donor support, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said yesterday. Biti said donors had so far provided only 2,9m to finance an 810m budget deficit. “If this slow off-take persists, then we may […]

Lohoues-Oble awarded in Catania – photos

These are the photos of the award received by Jacqueline Lohoues – Oble, presidential candidate in Ivory Coast.