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/ 3 December 2014
The department of trade and industry has yet to finalise patent reforms, raising questions that cheaper medication could be blocked intentionally.
The Johannesburg high court has found that disclosing the locations of 200 key points would not, as the state said, prejudice national security.
Customers’ commitment, through Amazon Anonymous, to spend elsewhere now adds up to more than £2.5m.
The institution has failed to retract a document that neoliberal politicians and commentators are using to advocate state spending cuts.
Only 0.76% of GDP, R24-billion, was spent on the sector in the 2012-2013 financial year, substantially less than in other emerging countries.
There are not enough decent mid-level jobs to tempt more young South Africans into vocational training, a Wits seminar has heard.
Zimbabwean Vice-President Joice Mujuru was a moderate who built up a good working relationship with those in commerce, and even the opposition.
The high court in Johannesburg has found in favour of the family of Steve Biko and halted the auction of the autopsy into the cause of his death.
Perceptions about corruption in SA remain worrying, with another poor score in the Transparency International’s 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Kenya’s president has removed the country’s interior minister and police chief, hours after Somalia’s Shebab rebels carried out a fresh massacre.