November 15, 2007: Korea-Africa Forum Intersessional Meeting 2007
Following the visit of the President of the Republic of Korea, Mr Roh Moo-hyun, to Africa in March 2006, the Korea Africa Forum meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea, in November 2006 and the visit of Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka to Korea in May 2007, the South African department of foreign affairs and the embassy of the Republic of Korea in Pretoria requested SAIIA to host an intersessional meeting at Jan Smuts House, Johannesburg, on 15 November 2007.
Soothing Cross-Strait Tensions is Essential for Economic Progress
The speech made by Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian at the National Day celebrations on 10 October focused on easing cross-strait tensions and encouraged the resumption of dialogue between Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
SA can take a page out of Chile’s book: Asia-Pacific Co-operation
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum held in Chile last month was significant for a number of reasons.
A Fresh Wind from the South
A CONFERENCE on economic development and social equity, held recently in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, unofficially marked the two-year anniversary of the India, Brazil and SA (Ibsa) forum.
Chile Still Best Bet in Latin American Investment
CHILE’s phenomenal success and its reputation of being the anchor of economic stability in Latin America makes it the best place to launch a business in Latin America.
SA Earns its UN Stripes
The reason it has taken the country 12 years to get a Security Council seat could be that other African countries regard the nation as too pushy in its role on the international stage.
Somalia: Can South Africa Afford to Play a Role There?
Pretoria should think long and hard about exposing its young men and women to a dangerous situation in what may be a fruitless quest for stability, writes Tom Wheeler.
Event: War, Conflict and Organised Crime Conference
SAIIA’s War and Organised Crime Project hosted a conference entitled ‘War, Conflict and Organised Crime’ to which participants from all over the SADC region were invited.
Organised crime thrives in paradise
Known to divers as a paradise of coral reefs and pristine white shores, the southern Mozambique resort camps of Ponto D’Ouro and Ponto Malongane are home to about 3000 people eking out their existence in a drought-stricken environment.
Catching the middlemen fuelling African conflicts
Organised criminal networks in Africa thrive on the role played by middlemen, who together with political and military elites in regimes under United Nations embargo or with insurgents, have been largely responsible for supporting both the legal and illegal trade of commodities regarded as fuelling African conflicts such as coltan, diamonds and timber as well as facilitating the barter of goods for arms.