Free Trade With China: A View From the Board Room
The Southern African Customs Union and the Chinese have entered into negotiations on a possible Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Made in China, Made Scared In a Textile Mill in Africa
SELWYN Gershman raises a tidy three-pack of women’s panties. ‘This is what’s killing us,’ he said, lifting his voice above the din of industrial looms droning in the background. ‘We’re on our knees.’
Leveraging the Dragon: Toward ‘An Africa That Can Say No’
The rapidly growing engagement between China and Africa requires a greater balance of the economic and strategic interests of both sides.
Plurality: Coming or Going?
In 15 years of democratisation in Africa, only one opposition party has toppled its rival
No Genocide in Darfur – UN
A HIGH-level UN investigating team released a report on 1 February 2005 concluding that the government of Sudan was responsible for internationally recognised crimes against humanity in the western Sudanese region of Darfur, but the panel stopped short of finding Khartoum and the pro-government Janjaweed militias guilty of genocide.
2005: The Year of Africa’s Economic Turnaround?
AFTER years of stagnation, the continental economy shows signs of accelerating change, according to a variety of recently published research.
China: Dire Threat or Dynamic Partner?
CHINA’S rapid economic expansion in the past decade evokes a litany of impressive, if not intimidating, numbers.
Drug Trials Raise Concerns
Weak regulatory frameworks in developing countries beset efforts to control complex diseases
AT A time when Africa is struggling to gain the upper hand against killer diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, the urgency to find new drugs has seen the continent hosting more clinical trials to test the efficacy of new drugs.
A Complex Meal Easy To Consume
JUST more than three years ago, a Johannesburg-based NGO called Community AIDS Response (CARE) approached industrial chemist Basil Kransdorff with a problem.
SPECIAL FEATURE: Benefits of Nutrition Neglected In the Fight Against AIDS
At monthly support groups for children infected with the virus that causes AIDS in the hills of northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Ann Barnard doles out creams and antibiotics for simple HIV-related infections.