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  Government of South Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The national, provincial and local levels of government all have legislative and executive authority in their own spheres, and are defined in the South African constitution as "distinctive, interdependent and interrelated".
The South African parliament is bicameral, consisting of a 90-member National Council of Provinces and a 350- to 400-member National Assembly.
Ministers are Members of Parliament who hold a ministerial warrant to perform certain functions of government.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Government_of_South_Africa   (531 words)

  
 THE SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN’S BUDGET INITIATIVE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In South Africa past policies of migrant labour and influx control have created a situation in which rurality is almost always associated with a marked preponderance of women among the adult population.
In South Africa the danger of minimal civil society involvement is increased by the low levels of economic, numeric and general literacy in the country.
With a new government in office, and a new parliament at the helm, there were many people in powerful positions who were both eager to make changes and who felt no need to be defensive about a situation which they were able to blame on apartheid leaders.
magnet.undp.org /events/gender/india/Soutaf.htm   (8000 words)

  
 Rediff On The Net Business news: De Beers may gain entry into India
Minister of Steels and Mining B K Baishya has assured the South African government during the official level talks in Durban, South Africa, that the Indian government has decided to modify the guidelines regarding issuing of mining licences to international companies for the exploration of precious mineral and mines in the country.
Baishya also made a presentation on the Indian government's mining policy at the delegation level talks, which were attended by senior ministers of the South African government, the agreements seek South African technology in exploring mines in India.
The state government declared that terms and conditions of de beers were unacceptable and economically detrimental to the state.
www.rediff.com /business/oct/09beers.htm   (323 words)

  
 Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
Following the formation of the Government of National Unity in South Africa in April 1994, Member States concurred that the present Agreement should be renegotiated in order to democratise SACU and address the current needs of the SACU Member States more effectively.
With this in mind, the Ministers of Trade and Industry of the five member states met in Pretoria on 11 November 1994 to discuss the renegotiation of the 1969 agreement.
At a meeting of Ministers of Trade and Finance Departments from the five SACU Member States, held in Centurion, Pretoria on 5 September 2000, the Ministers reached consensus on the principles of underpinning the Institutional reform in the Southern African Customs Union.
www.dfa.gov.za /foreign/Multilateral/africa/sacu.htm   (621 words)

  
 Government in South Africa - SouthAfrica.info
"South Africa has entered its Age of Hope," President Thabo Mbeki said in his State of the Nation address on Friday, pointing to opinion polls that show South Africans are increasingly optimistic about their future and citing the government's plans to make the country an even better place in 2006.
Two-thirds of South Africans believe that the country is going in the right direction, and 80% are satisfied with the job that President Thabo Mbeki is doing, according to market research firm Markinor's Government Performance Barometer survey.
South Africa's first democratic elections for national and provincial government were held in April 1994.
www.southafrica.info /ess_info/sa_glance/government   (371 words)

  
 THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY AND THE GII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The government of South Africa faces a unique challenge in the new millennium as it strives to achieve national unity after years of apartheid by means of the communications industries.
The South African democratic dispensation emerged at the end of the Cold War and at the start of the new global economic regime (the end of the GATT and the formation of the WTO) led by the United States and the G7 countries.
South Africa is widely acknowledged as having the most advanced information infrastructure on the African continent, and the telecommunications sector is seen as crucial for the nation’s socio-economic development.
www.si.umich.edu /Classes/607/final_papers/gs_3_final_paper.htm   (7496 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Africa | Profile: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Since her appointment as minister of minerals and energy in 1999, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has consistently won praise as one of the most effective ministers in the South African government.
As deputy president, she moves into the highest office ever occupied by a woman in South Africa, and her appointment is the latest step in President Thabo Mbeki's efforts to increase female representation in government.
She entered government as a deputy minister in 1996, and has headed the Minerals and Energy Ministry since Thabo Mbeki was elected president in 1999.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/4120168.stm   (503 words)

  
 allAfrica.com: South Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Minister in the Presidency Essop Pahad has emphasised that government will continue to focus on youth development issues as this is central to various government programmes.
Three South African narratives about a journalist, a judge and a radio disc jockey who shared an intruder in their bodies, the HI virus that causes AIDS, were published last year.
BRIDGET Oppenheimer, the grand lady of South African racing, won the Vodacom Durban July with Greys Inn two years ago, and her familiar yellow and fl silks could be carried to victory once again by Hunting Tower in tomorrow's R2m race at Greyville.
allafrica.com /southafrica   (1025 words)

  
 South African Department of Health - THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC
THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC
The Government of South Africa is committed to the use of all effective, safe and affordable interventions aimed reducing mother-to-child transmission of the HIV virus.
South African researchers and other identified stakeholders were invited to these discussions.
www.doh.gov.za /aids/docs/gov-aids.html   (1907 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Profile: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Mining, for which she has carried political responsibility, remains a key sector within the South African economy, but also one that has been urgently in need of reform.
The minister is admired for having steered the industry successfully through a time of change, increasing fl South African participation in the sector without alienating foreign investors.
The minister's office strongly denied any suggestions of wrong-doing, saying the loan had been repaid before the matter was made public.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/4120168.stm   (503 words)

  
 A brief follow up on Zimbabwe, Channel 4, and Henry Olonga | Samizdata.net
The final stages of the tournament were played in South Africa, and it was revealed at the end of the tournament several members of the Zimababwean security forces had travelled to Zimbabwe to "escort" Olonga back to Zimbabwe after the last game so that he could be charged with treason.
There's a world of difference between an unrepresentative government and an oppressive one, and I can't help but think that equating the situation in the EU to Zimbabwe belittles the plight of the many people like Olonga who have to go into hiding and flee their home country to escape punishment for ludicrous 'crimes'.
European governments' disregard of the problems of Africa is shameful, but surely it has more to do with politicians' instinctive fear of drawing attention to anything hard to fix, rather than their approval of the Mugabes and Kabilas.
www.samizdata.net /blog/archives/003541.html   (3909 words)

  
 [Pharm-policy] South African Ministers Unable to Respond to AIDS Drugs Offer
Southern African nations lacked the medical equipment or staff to treat people with antiviral drugs to combat HIV, the AIDS virus, she told reporters at a meeting of ministers of the 14-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC).
So far, 11 million Africans have died of the disease and 22 million are living with AIDS or HIV, its data shows.
``Ministers noted with strong concern that the manner in which the proposed offer was announced could lead to alienation of governments from their people as the public was given the impression that the prices of anti-retroviral drugs have been drastically reduced and are immediately available,'' the SADC statement said.
lists.essential.org /pipermail/pharm-policy/2000-June/000235.html   (538 words)

  
 Mail & Guardian Online: Africa's first online newspaper
This follows a South African Cabinet statement sending condolences to the families of police personnel killed at Jeppestown.
South Africa's Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Development says there is no truth in a recent Mail & Guardian story where it was asserted that President Thabo Mbeki had intervened and stopped the "judges Bills".
And the absence of rigorous, credible and transparent mechanisms to hold judges accountable for their conduct is proving increasingly problematic for the administration of justice.
www.mg.co.za   (875 words)

  
 South African AIDS Activists Suspend Anti-Government Protests   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
South African AIDS activists suspended a nationwide civil disobedience campaign on Tuesday ahead of a meeting next month at which they hope the government may agree to provide AIDS drugs for millions of infected people.
South Africa has the highest number of people living with HIV in the world, but the government has refused to provide antiretroviral drugs through state hospitals, saying they are too expensive and toxic.
While cabinet ministers have rejected calls for a swift change in South Africa's AIDS policies, TAC said Deputy President Jacob Zuma, who heads the national AIDS council, had agreed that next month's meeting would include discussion of its demands for state-funded anti-AIDS drugs.
www.hivandhepatitis.com /recent/developing/050203l.html   (396 words)

  
 Pfizer and South African Government Extend Diflucan Partnership Programme   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Diflucan treatment has thus far brought relief to thousands of South Africans in the public sector who would otherwise not be able to access the medicine.
Challenged by the vision of the Minister of Health, who is the Chairperson of the SADC Health Ministers Group, Pfizer has already extended this programme to nine other countries in Africa, and further expansion is imminent.
John Kearney, Pfizer South Africa's Country Manger says: "It is testament to the will and dedication of the participating Governments concerned that we have been able to launch this Programme in Africa.
www.doh.gov.za /docs/pr/2002/pr1114.html   (499 words)

  
 African Politics and Government on the Internet
Some entries from the African Studies Associations section are taken from the Africa South of the Sahara section for African Studies.
Allen teachers African politics in the Politics Dept., Edinburgh University, is joint editor of the Review of African Political Economy and compiler of Africa Biblliography.
NEPAD is "a pledge by African leaders...that they have a pressing duty to eradicate poverty..." "African peoples have begun to demonstrate their refusal to accept poor economic and political leadership." On the site of South Africa's Dept. of Foreign Affairs.
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/poli1.html   (9140 words)

  
 Vanguard - World : South Africa: Woman named new  deputy president
South African President Thabo Mbeki has appointed Minerals and Energy Minister Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka as his deputy.
Since her appointment as minister of minerals and energy in 1999, Ms Mlambo-Ngcuka, 49, has won praise as one of the most effective ministers in the South African government.
Mr Mbeki also announced the appointment of Lindiwe Hendricks, formerly deputy minister of trade and industry, to replace Ms Mlambo-Ngcuka as minister of minerals and energy.
www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/world/w323062005.html   (311 words)

  
 Address at the University of Havana, Cuba
We speak about the need for the African Renaissance in part so that we, ourselves, and not another, determine who we are, what we stand for, what our vision and hopes are, how we do things, what programs we adopt to make our lives worth living, who we relate to and how.
Indeed, this declaration of an African century, born of the confidence and determination of a free and independent people, is an aspect of a continuum, of which Cuito Cuanavale is an integral and an inalienable part.
Furthermore, the African Recovery Programme must have both as an integral part and a condition for its success, an end to coups d'etats and the imposition of military governments on the peoples of Africa, an end to destructive violent conflicts and the defeat of elites that corruptly enrich themselves at the expense of the people.
www.anc.org.za /ancdocs/history/mbeki/2001/tm0328.html   (2863 words)

  
 Forced to Assist in Abortion, Nurse Sues South African Government
PRETORIA, August 16, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) — A South African nurse who left her job rather than be forced to assist in abortions began her civil suit in the Johannesburg High Court today.
Sister Wilhelmien Charles, who worked as a nurse in the Kopanong Hospital until May 2004, is suing the hospital as well as the national and regional ministers of health for a violation of her constitutional right to refuse to participate in the abortions on religious grounds.
Doctors for Life in South Africa, who are supporting Sister Charles, published quotes from healthcare workers in 2002, revealing that the practice of forcing healthcare workers to assist at abortions against their religious convictions was a mounting concern.
www.lifesite.net /ldn/2005/aug/05081603.html   (347 words)

  
 Mines and Communities Website
Anglo American is condemned for engineering a brutal assault on a South Africa tribal community.
A second UK company, Xstrata, is implicated along with the Queensland state government in side-stepping emissions standards, while a third has made some distinctly dodgy moves in Armenia.
The Bougainville autonomous government has invited a Canadian copper company onto the island, much to the disgust of both the Papua New Guinea mines minister and Panguna landowners.
www.minesandcommunities.org   (752 words)

  
 Statement on the Official Launching of the South Africa-Democratic Republic of Congo Bi-national Commission in ...
Statement on the Official Launching of the South Africa-Democratic Republic of Congo Bi-national Commission in Kinshasa, DRC from 30 to 31 August 2004
The South Africa-Democratic Republic of Congo Bi-national Commission will be officially launched on Tuesday, 31 August 2004 in Kinshasa, co-chaired by HE Mr Thabo Mbeki, President of the Republic of South Africa and HE Mr Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The official launching of the BNC is also taking place subsequent to the meeting of Government Ministers of the two countries in Pretoria on 15 to 18 March 2004 during which the terms of a number of co-operation agreements were finalised.
www.dfa.gov.za /docs/2004/drc0830.htm   (258 words)

  
 South African High Commission :: South African Government Departments ::
This site is designed, maintained and administered by Staff from the South African High Commission.
The information, data or materials available on and accessed through this site are distributed by the South African High Commission for information purposes only.
The South African High Commission accepts no responsibility whatsoever for the accuracy of such information, data or materials and therefore makes no representation concerning its completeness, truth, accuracy or its suitability for any particular purpose.
www.southafricahouse.com /SAG_Departments.htm   (333 words)

  
 SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
SOUTH AFRICAN POLICY (1994-2006) DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE IN Policy documents are arranged by the national government department which published them and listed chronologically (starting with the most recent).
South African approach to the development of e-commerce policy
South Africa’s local government : a discussion document : towards a white paper on local government in South Africa -
www.lib.uct.ac.za /govpubs/PolicyList2006.htm   (3680 words)

  
 Moreover Technologies - Search results for... - of 566 returned   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Mbeki to lead SA delegations to Seventh Summit of AU Heads of State and Government, 1 - 2 Jul [ ] [ ] President Thabo Mbeki to lead South African delegation to the Seventh Summit of African Union Heads of State and Government 29 June 2006 Pretoria -
South African youth to converge in Parliament, 28 - 29 Jun
[ Home ] [ Speeches and statements ] The South African youth speaks 29 July 2006 Youth from across the country will converge in Parliament on 28 and 29 June 2006 to engage on issues that are central to their lives.
p.moreover.com /page?s=South+African+Government&o=rss002   (1497 words)

  
 Captain Marlow
Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma keeps missing opportunities to shut up and wants to join the “notMensa” club of distinguished ministers that compose the south African government:
Dlamini-Zuma said although the sanctions - imposed by the United States and the EU after intimidation and violence in Zimbabwe's general election in March - targeted individuals, they had a general effect on the country.
If they keep this rhetoric up, South Africa could be the next in line.
cmarlow.blogspot.com /2005/08/south-africa-backpedals-already.html   (213 words)

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