South Africa – Minnesota Business Council

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THE PRESIDENCY & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

• President Zuma under fire over Oilgate scandal
• South Africans stranded in Mozambique after food riots

AFRICAN UNION (AU) & REGIONAL (SADC)

• Development of African agricultural projects attracting investors
• Media briefed about anticipated SADC regional economic integration
• Mozambique riots kill six

POLITICS & ELECTIONS

• Pres Zuma’s team to blame for ‘ugly’ strike

ECONOMICS; FINANCE; TRADE & INDUSTRY; MINING; ENERGY; PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

• JSE says 18% of top-100 in black hands
• Development of African agricultural projects attracting investors
• Department discloses mining right applications
• Arts are an untapped source of jobs for SA youth
• Sita warns it will cut off services over R800m debt

JUSTICE & CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; POLICE; DEFENCE; NATIONAL SECURITY; CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

• New pension policy ‘could lead to fraud’

TRANSPORT; COMMUNICATION & MEDIA ISSUES; SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• Rules to give Protector more teeth up for comment

ENVIRONMENT & WATER AFFAIRS; AGRICULTURE, FISHING & FORESTRY; LAND AFFAIRS

• Call to save Africa’s rhinos
• New ‘green tax’ on passenger vehicles implemented
• Processed food imports dent jobs
• India’s largest iron producer in joint venture with Cosatu company

SPORTS

• SA defeat Spain at the Women’s World Cup
• Vuvuzelas banned by Uefa

FEATURES; OPINIONS; ANALYSIS

• Working poor vs State Moguls by Zwelinzima Vavi
• Outcomes-based education is dead…. Long live OBE by Jane Hofmeyr

EDITORIAL COMMENT

• Only a genuinely independent board will save the SABC

SA MARKET STATISTICS

SA NEWSPAPER WEBSITES

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Compiled by the Operations Centre,

Dept of International Relations & Cooperation (DIRCO)

- Sourced from electronic & print media -

(Click on [Read more?] below INDEX to open CONTENT)

INDEX

THE PRESIDENCY & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

• SA, India link up for business

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

• Serbia backs SA for UN Security Council seat
• SA miners can export sought-after mining skills, says Mr Motsepe
• Trade ‘centre of gravity’ shifts – India Show
• India’s developmental model an inspiration to SA
• Taj opens first five-star hotel in SA to bolster growth

AFRICAN UNION (AU) & REGIONAL (SADC)

• Zimbabwe secures $50m loan to revive economy
• Kenya will not help ICJ
• Libyan leader Kadhafi seeks EU cash to prevent ‘black Europe’

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Premier calls striking workers to order
• Officials had ‘flagrant disregard’ for the rules

POLITICS & ELECTIONS

• Drop ANCYL President Julius Malema punishment: ANCYL
• League wants to ‘radicalise’ ANC
• Veterans ask to meet leaders

ECONOMICS; FINANCE; TRADE & INDUSTRY; MINING; ENERGY; PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

• Budget deficit ‘on track to decline’
• Saipa warns taxpayers
• Businesses find payroll tax ‘burdensome’
• Steep fall in rate of company failures
• Mining and energy to spend R180m on treating water

JUSTICE & CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; POLICE; DEFENCE; NATIONAL SECURITY; CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

• Strike halts criminal trials
• Attorneys to draft free wills

EDUCATION; ARTS & CULTURE; SPORT & RECREATION

• SADTU denies it is two-timing

TRANSPORT; COMMUNICATION & MEDIA ISSUES; SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• Minister to meet board for talks on SABC strife
• Journalism schools reject tribunal
• Civil groups to protest media restrictions
• SABC CEO Solly Mokoetle to contest suspension in court

ENVIRONMENT & WATER AFFAIRS; AGRICULTURE, FISHING & FORESTRY; LAND AFFAIRS

• Tractor boost for small farmers

HEALTH; HOUSING; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; WOMEN, CHILDREN & DISABLED

• New housing policy ‘to curb corruption’

PUBLIC SERVICE & ADMINISTRATION; LABOUR; HOME AFFAIRS; PUBLIC WORKS

• Government tables revised offer in bid to end strike
• Water sector strike on hold
• Factories at a standstill as tyre industry strikes
• Labour Minister offers CCMA services

SOCIAL; GENERAL

• Alice Walker to honour Steve Biko

SPORTS

• Match-fixing back in spotlight

FEATURES; OPINIONS; ANALYSIS

• ‘India is an opportunity for South African firms’ by Mzwandile Jacks
• Rapid growth the only way to rid SA of stubborn poverty by Ann Bernstein and Anthony Altbeker

EDITORIAL COMMENT

• Always a political hand to spoil

SA MARKET STATISTICS

SA NEWSPAPER WEBSITES

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