US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held talks with Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane to urge the country to play a stronger regional role.
South Africa is considering ways of strengthening economic relations with Belgium, says International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.
International Relations Minister Maite Nkoane-Mashabane says South Africa’s $2-billion loan to the IMF will help the country gain influence.
More than R12-million was spent on accommodation and ‘protocol support’ for heads of state who attended the ANC’s centenary celebrations in Mangaung.
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/ 13 February 2012
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has called ongoing violence in Syria "appalling", while stressing the importance of the Arab League’s role.
A parliamentary ethics committee wants a response to media reports of wrongdoing.
Cassel Mathale has taken an indirect swipe at Zuma and Mantashe for attempting to "depoliticise and liquidate" the ANC Youth League at the conference.
Crucial issues were not resolved, leaving much committee work before Rio+20 and COP18.
According to the presidency of COP17, an ad hoc group will now work towards charting a new universal legal agreement on climate change.
Protesters who were attacked with water bottles and stones in a civil society march during COP17 in Durban intend opening a criminal case.
Protesters marched through the streets of Durban on Saturday morning creating a spectacle that was worlds apart from the solemn climate change talks.
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The agriculture minister’s advisers are lobbying on her behalf to have "a single line about agriculture included in the final text from COP17.
The UN climate talks in Durban have kicked off amid distrust over carbon cuts, and worries that the Kyoto Protocol will be "murdered on African soil".
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As the first day of COP17 kicked off in Durban, rumours of mistrust among the negotiating parties have already begun to circulate.
International Relations Minister failed to declare a R100 000 benefit.
South Africa and France have called a truce over their differing views of the Libya problem, and have displayed a united front regarding Syria.
International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says the United Nations Climate Change conference will not be an easy meeting.
President Zuma’s special adviser on foreign relations has defended South Africa’s decision to abstain on a UN resolution on sanctions against Syria.
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu expressed outrage on Tuesday on the government’s failure to grant Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama a visa.
The DA wants International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane to pay back R235 000 she spent on chartering a private jet.
Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane’s refusal to scan her bag at an airport costs taxpayers R235 000 plus.
Cash-strapped Swaziland plans to spend nearly half of its R2.4-billion loan from South Africa on capital-investment projects.
When a government department announces a policy white paper it creates an expectation that a fundamental policy shift is on the horizon.
South Africa will fight to ensure that the Kyoto Protocol does not die at COP17 Environment Minister Edna Molewa pledged this week.
SA is ready to host the high-level UN climate summit in Durban in November, insists the minister of international relations, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.
Four months before South Africa hosts COP17, concerns are mounting that the country is lagging behind in its preparations.
British Prime Minister David Cameron is due to arrive in South Africa for a meeting with Jacob Zuma on investment and sustainable development.
The South African government says it will not pre-empt negotiations on Libya and prescribe the future of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
SANDF soldiers have arrived in South Sudan to provide added security to the world’s newest nation as it formally declares independence this weekend.
Jacob Zuma has planned to meet with Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir about unrest in the run-up to South Sudan’s independence due this weekend.
The African Union must be given "political space" to deal with the instability in Libya, says Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.
The UK/South Africa Bilateral Forum took place in London where issues regarding the environment, trade commitment and foreign policies were discussed.