Chinese Journal of Communication Volume 5, Issue 3, 2012 Special Issue: Media and the State: China and Beyond China in South Africa: media responses to a developing relationship DOI:10.1080/17544750.2012.701428 Herman Wassermana Abstract The formal invitation extended to South Africa by China late in 2010 to join the BRIC formation of emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, […]
Daily Archives: October 16, 2012
CALGARY, Alberta, October 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Oando Energy Resources Inc. (“OER” or the “Company”) (TSX:OER), a company focused on oil exploration and production in Nigeria, today announced the spudding of the EB-5 well in the Ebendo Field (OML 56), located onshore Nigeria. OER commenced drilling operations on October 12, 2012 and has reached […]
MTUNZINI, South Africa, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Tronox Limited (NYSE: TROX) today formally noted its opposition to an application made by the Mtunzini Conservancy for an injunction to halt the early-phase construction underway at the company’s new KZN Sands Fairbreeze mine project in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. In opposing papers filed in the […]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ (MACP) — Morocco and the US have announced a wide range of areas for bilateral cooperation — including ongoing democratic reforms, economic growth and jobs, women’s empowerment and human rights, interfaith tolerance, countering terrorism, and ending the violence in Syria — in their recently launched Morocco-US Strategic Dialogue. This new partnership […]
Seoul, October 16, 2012—In partnership with KoFC (Korea Finance Corporation), IFC and MIGA today hosted the Korea–World Bank Group Private Sector Seminar in Seoul to discuss opportunities to strengthen their partnership when making sustainable and profitable private sector investments in emerging markets. The forum discussed ways of bringing innovative private sector solutions, including financing, […]
TOKYO, October, 2012 – The private sector is a key but underused resource for Africa’s development, as much of the continent’s savings go yet untapped for investment. Speaking at the Africa Investor CEO Summit in Tokyo, Makhtar Diop, World Bank Vice President for Africa, stressed that public private partnerships (PPPs) can be an important […]
Antioch, CA, October 16, 2012 –(PR.com)– Solas Press announced today the imminent release for publication of What Makes You Tick?: A New Paradigm for Neuroscience. As the title suggests it raises the profound question of how we humans interact with our world. The commonsense view of the world is that it is constituted of […]
Foremost African social discovery network Ladies And Gentlemen book (LAGbook) today announced its partnership with social recommendation website Lovvin to foster social recommendation in Africa. Lagos, Nigeria, October 16, 2012 –(PR.com)– Lovvin is a social recommendation website that lets people share things they love and recommend things they might love. Based on what they […]
By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa This is serious stuff. And South African stakeholders, shareholders, sectors must stand and pay attention to what could further derail the process of creating jobs. As mentioned so many times before and evidence elsewhere in the world confirms that job can go a long way in eradicating poverty and underdevelopment. […]