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Women in Mining – Bloodless Diamonds Africa
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 The appointment of Dineo Peta to the positions of Managing Director of Staten Island Trading and Legal Director of Bloodless Diamonds Africa was unopposed. Having been part of the strategic management team set up several months ago to take Bloodless Diamonds Africa- a four year old mining contractor and diamond solutions company to the international playing field, she rose to the positions as a natural.
BDAfrica is partly owned by Staten Island Trading- a 14 year old mining equity holding company involved in Alluvial diamond mining in South Africa and which holds an equity stake in 3 operational diamond mines.
Dr/Adv Navin Naidoo, the outgoing MD of SIT has the utmost regard for this appointee. “Dineo is perfect for the role. A powerful exceptionally well educated, self-employed, owns her own law firm, mining law specialist, environmental law specialist, litigation specialist, African woman and mother- we are bloody lucky to have her!”
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TICAD, the first and one of a kind
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 In 1993 Japan as a country took the lead in hosting the first international conference on Africa’s development. Hosted in Tokyo, the conference was initiated as a result of donor and aid fatigue, which saw minimal results and donor frustration.The “Tokyo Declaration on Africa’s Development” adopted at the conference, set out guidelines for interactions with Africa to move beyond the dependence on aid and donor funding, to ownership and commerce. The declaration recognized and acknowledged that the African continent is bountiful and that reforming and re-thinking the socio-economic and political processes would unlock Africa’s untold potential.The 2019 TICAD VII (7) will take place in Yokohama in August this year. The G20, the Rugby World Cup and WAW, the World Assembly for Women, will all be held in Japan this year. Japan will be sufficiently occupied as Tokyo prepares to host the 32nd Summer Olympic Games in 2020.The Embassy of Japan in Pretoria, South Africa invited members of the media on a tour to inform them about these global events and the significant and longstanding bilateral relations between South Africa and Japan. Trade between the countries reached almost R100 billion with 120 Japanese companies operating in South Africa creating around 150 000 jobs.Accompanied by Embassy Minister Kawaguchi and Third Secretary Sawada, Komatsu the renowned earthmoving and heavy equipment company in Germiston, was the first stop. The newly purpose built state of the art facility is a billion rand investment in South Africa and is a direct result of President Ramaphosa’s call for investment in the country.
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Tuan Guru, a Great Figure of Indonesian Remembrance in South Africa
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 "This book launching event has a significant meaning not only for South Africa, but also for Indonesia. This book is a concrete manifestation of the strong historical relations between the two countries. I do hope that this book will further enrich people's recollection of the very important relations between Indonesia and South Africa," said Mr Salman Al Farisi, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia in Pretoria when delivering his address at the launch of the book “From the Spice Islands to Cape Town: Life and Master's Period of Teachers " in Cape Town, South Africa on March 17, 2019.
Ambassador Salman Al Farisi attended the event by the invitation of the South African Waqf Institute, AWQAF SA. As the South African national waqf institution which has a mission to empower the people, this book is part of the Awqaf Project Leaders and Heritage project to honour South Africa’s past and present leaders.
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SA artist making waves in Sweden
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 by Stella Sigcau
Sisanda Nilsson who is making waves in Sweden has made a name for herself as a songwriter and performing artist, building a career on a global scale. She has performed in some of South Africa’s and Europe’s biggest events such as the Ugu Jazz Festival, Durban Jazz Festival, Frizon, Storsjoran, MylthSylth, KlusFestivalen and many more. Her hit single, “If this is love” won Swedish competition called p4Nasta in Jamtland province in 2017.
She has worked with both local and international well known producers like Markus Gorasson, Johan Arveli and Mondli Ngcobo. In 2018 she embarked on a successful tour with her band in Sweden and released her first acoustic album. In celebrating Africa day she’ll be joining other well known artists including Daniel Ess, Tobbe P Danjelisa Kojo perfoming on 29 May 2019 during the Vikings Island Roots Reggae Festival in Storsjoteatern, Sweden.
In June 2019 she’ll be recording her next album in South Africa. She is currently shooting a documentary in Sweden where she is currently living with her husband and son which will be featured on Netflix and Swedish television stations.
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Trade, Tour, Invest – Timor-Leste
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 East Timor (Timor-Leste) restored its independence from Indonesia on 20th May 2002 through a referendum in 1999 that was supported by the United Nations. Since then a new government was set up to build and maintain all infrastructure that was destroyed by anti-independence militia.The publication of an Investment Guide for the country is a clear indication of the developments taking place as it paves the way for investment. Key information on the country’s economic situation and the principal tax, legal and labor issues, as well as how to initiate a business in Timor-Leste is provide by the Investment Guidelines. It sets out six key attractiveness factors including natural resources, commitment to sustainable development, the use of US currency, the reform program, international integration, and the country’s competitive tax regime.Moving beyond oil, gas and minerals, the pristine landscapes providing temperate, subtropical and tropical climates provide huge potential for tourism as well as opportunities in agriculture, forestry and aquaculture. Ongoing investments in infrastructure and human resource development along with the reform program that prioritizes and streamlines the implementation of structural economic measures have already begun to result in investments and the generation of jobs.
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