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South Africa in Germany, Topnews
26. August 2013
Literature Festival Berlin: J.M. Coetzee (South Africa/AUS) Reads from his latest Novel »The Childhood of Jesus«, 9 September 2013, 19h30
In his latest novel, »The Childhood of Jesus«, J. M. Coetzee describes a subtle allegory about emigration, arrival and remembrance: Simón and a boy, David, arrive at a new, utopian land where they...
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08. August 2013
Symposium zu Ehren von Neville Alexander, 16. und 17. August 2013
Am Freitag und Samstag, 16. und 17. August 2013 veranstalten die FreundInnen von Neville Alexander ein Symposium über sein intellektuelles Erbe im BIS-Vortragsaal der Carl von Ossietzky Universität...
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02. August 2013
Women's Month: “A Centenary of Working Together towards Sustainable Women Empowerment and Gender Equality”
South Africa commemorates Women’s Month in August as a tribute to the more than 20 000 women who marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956 in protest against the extension of Pass Laws to...
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19. July 2013
South Africa, EU to tackle job creation
The 6th South Africa-European Union Summit ended in Pretoria on Thursday with the leaders of the two sides in agreement that joint programmes in education and...
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17. July 2013
UNESCO Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Rivonia Trial
On 16 July, the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, participated in a series of events on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Rivonia Trial, which led to the imprisonment of...
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11. July 2013
South Africa’s Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka appointed chief of UN women’s agency
10 July 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, a former deputy president of South Africa and women’s advocate, as the new head of the United Nations body tasked...
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03. July 2013
South Africa’s second term as member of the Security Council (2011 – 2012) - An overview
In October 2010, South Africa was elected to serve a second term on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Our candidacy was endorsed by the African Union (AU) and we received 182 votes during...
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