Press Review, Politics
11. May 2009
Statement by President Jacob Zuma on the appointment of the new cabinet
Read the Statement by President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of the appointment of the new cabinet, 10 May 2009 at The Union Buildings. Statement by President Jacob Zuma on the appointment of...
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23. April 2009
Election observers applaud SA standards
South Africa sets an exemplary standard for elections, observers to the elections told the Mail & Guardian Online on Wednesday evening. Only observers from African countries are in South Africa to...
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22. April 2009
Tutu to start Solomons Reconciliation Commission
HONIARA - A Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission to be launched by South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu next week will ease lingering ethnic tension over past unrest, officials said...
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17. April 2009
AU Deploys Elections Observers
The African Union (AU) said on Thursday it has sent a 42-strong observer mission to South Africa for next week's elections. The mission is led by Salim Ahmed Salim, the former prime minister of...
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16. April 2009
Overseas voters cast their ballots
INDEPENDENT Electoral Commission (IEC) officials were sanguine about yesterday’s voting at several missions abroad, saying “things went fantastically”. IEC CEO Pansy Tlakula personally oversaw the...
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31. March 2009
Obama invites SA to high-level forum on climate change
South Africa is among the sixteen nations to be invited to a series of high-level meetings on climate change to be convened by US President Barack Obama. Images by Gallo Images / www.gettyimages.com...
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30. March 2009
Heroes Honoured with National Oders
South Africa has made great strides in creating a democratic country, former politician and transition negotiator Roelf Meyer said on Friday.
"I think one can expect that it would take us...
