South Africa

EUROPEAN LOBBYING

The secretary general of Portugal's Partido Socialista, Antonio Guterres, who is also one of the vice-chairmen of Socialist International (SI), [...]

CEDRIC SAVAGE

South African Chamber of Business (SACOB), which links South African chambers of commerce, employers' federations and a certain number of [...]

VELLA PILLAY

The coordinator of the group of South African and foreign [...]

The two countries agreed to open diplomatic relations at ambassadorial [...]

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US TRADE PROPOSALS

The US administration of president Bill Clinton has taken a series of initiatives to revitalise US trade in Africa by targetting certain markets. The Republic of South Africa and, by extension, southern Africa will be the hard core of this [.

NELSON MANDELA

During his visit to France last month (ION N° 591), the African National Congress chairman had a thirty-minute meeting with [...]

INGEMAR STJERNBERG

Following the decision announced on November 2 that Sweden and [...]

THABO MBEKI

The national chairman of African National Congress (ANC) said in [...]

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ESKOM APPEALS TO EC

For nearly 10 years Eskom chief Ian McRay has been championing the idea of an interconnection between Southern Africa's electricity grids and he seized the occasion of a conference staged on Oct. 14-15 by the Brussels Club on the theme [.

MINING FORUM SET

The date and venue for a mining forum that the development department of the European Commission has been preparing for [...]

PRICE RISES SPARK PROTEST

The government has refused to budge from its decision on Sept. 15 to raise the price of gasoline -- it [...]

ROELOF (PIK) BOTHA

South Africa's foreign minister is, like all his colleagues, on an ejector seat. The government of national unity which will [...]

WHEN USA BUGS RSA

South Africa's foreign ministry has accumulated a good deal of bile lately over the United States' diplomatic representation in the [...]

NELSON MANDELA

When the African National Congress (ANC) president makes an official [...]

OPTIMISTIC READING FOR GOLD

In the latest financial report issued by Banque Bruxelles Lambert, specialist researcher Gunther Klaffke has predicted a new rise in [...]

YACOOB ABBA OMAR

South Africa's military material manufacturer Armscor has named as its director of communication a former member of Umkhonto we Sizwe [...]

STEEL EXPORTS TO THE US

A preliminary determination by the US Department of Commerce has concluded that "South Africa is not subsidising steel exports to [...]

MORE FRENCH MISSIONS

French business missions proliferate with two more due to visit South Africa. The first is organised by Chambre de Commerce [...]

MANDELA SOON TO SEE EUROPE

The chairman of African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela, is to carry out an important European tour next month which [...]