This is the video interview made by Piervincenzo Canale after the Labisi award to Jacqueline Lohoues – Oble, presidential candidate in Ivory Coast.
Category: politics
South Africa, Tunisia can contribute to Africa’s growth – Motlanthe
South Africa and Tunisia, working together, could contribute to Africa’s development, visiting South African Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe told his hosts in Tunis Thursday. Dep Pres Motlanthe, who ended his two-day working visit to Tunisia on Thursday, said the two countries could contribute to Africa’s development through bilateral action and through the New Partnership for […]
South Africa-China: presidents agree on partnership
Chinese President Hu Jintao met in Brasilia Thursday with South African President Jacob Zuma, with both leaders agreeing to promote the strategic partnership between their two countries. President Hu stressed that the Chinese side attached importance to the development of its relations with South Africa and was willing to work together with South Africa to […]
Limpopo govt should investigate about Malema – Zuma
President Jacob Zuma has called on the Limpopo provincial government to investigate tenders awarded to companies linked to ANC Youth League president, Julius Malema. Pres Zuma was responding to questions from Members of Parliament (MP) in the national assembly today. The President was asked by a Congress of the People (COPE) MP if he intended […]
SA committed to mediate in Africa's conflicts – Zuma
President Zuma says SA remains committed to playing a mediation role in conflict situations in the continent. He was speaking ahead of his two-day state visit to Uganda. Pres Zuma and his wife Ms Sizakele Zuma (nee MaKhumalo) were received at Entebbe International Airport by Ugandan Vice President Gilbert Bukenya last night for a state […]
Togo: opposition rejects results
Togo’s main opposition party is rejecting results announced by the electoral commission that indicate the country’s president has won re-election. The opposition says it will challenge those results when they are transmitted to Togo’s constitutional court within the next week. Kofi Yamgnane is the spokesman for the Republican Front for Change, which backs Fabre. He […]
New confusion over Malema's deregistration of firms
Allegations of forgery, arguments with journalists and mixed-up documentation were all given as reasons why Julius Malema is named as a director of companies that receive government tenders. At a press conference yesterday Malema’s lawyer, Tumi Mokwena, showed journalists photocopied proof that the companies and intellectual property registration office (Cipro) was in the process of […]
S.Africa: ANC’s Phosa in defence of Hitachi deal
ANC treasurer-general Mathews Phosa says he has lived up to his promise by advising the ANC’s front company to divest its shares in a company benefitting from the electricity price hike. ANC front company Chancellor House owns 25percent of the shares of Hitachi Africa, which has a R38billion contract to install boilers in two new […]
S.Africa: Zuma must take stand on Zimbabwe – DA
Democratic Alliance parliamentary leader Athol Trollip on Monday urged President Jacob Zuma to use his upcoming official visit to the United Kingdom to take a decisive stand on Zimbabwe. Zuma is scheduled to leave for the UK on Monday, and Zimbabwe is expected to be high on the agenda. Trollip said Zuma needed to focus […]
The infrastructure is coming and, with it, the jobs
by Sibusiso Ndebele Minister of Transport and chairman of the infrastructure development cluster Early this week during the infrastructure development cluster media briefing, we announced the government’s plans to improve and expedite infrastructure to boost social and economic development. As signs of economic recovery are showing, we need to make the best out of our […]