On Friday 17 February, the ruling African National Congress released the long awaited official version of its study into the nationalisation of mines. Draft versions and salient aspects of the early draft into the study had been leaked to the media earlier this month. The 384 page document entitled ‘Maximising the developmental impact of the [...]
A review and analysis, recalling the values of Dullah Omar By Abdul Waheed Patel, Managing Director – ETHICORE Consulting and Advisory Solutions On Thursday 16 February 2012, Former President of the Republic of South Africa and of the African National Congress – Thabo Mbeki, delivered the 8th Annual Dullah Omar Memorial [...]
Following the delivery of the State of the Nation Address to Parliament by President Jacob Zuma on Thursday 9 February 2012, political parties commenced debate on the president’s announcements in Parliament’s National Assembly on Tuesday 14 February 2012. Despite the debate commencing on Valentines Day, there was no love lost between opposition political parties and [...]
Following the delivery of President Jacob Zuma’s 4th State of the Nation Address to Parliament on Thursday 9 February 2012, this is how leaders of political parties represented in Parliament initially responded to the presidents announcements. All visuals are courtesy of the South African Broadcasting Corporation and also be viewed on the ETHICORE YouTube Channel [...]
In case you missed it, here is video (visuals courtesy of the South African Broadcasting Corporation) of the build-up, pre-speech analysis and delivery of the State of the Nation Address delivered by President Jacob Zuma to the Joint Sitting of Parliament’s National Assembly and National Council of Provinces, on Thursday 9 February 2012. The video [...]
On 9 February 2012, President Jacob Zuma delivered his 4th State of the Nation Address to a Joint Sitting of the National Assembly and National Council of Provincial of the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa. The State of the Nation Address is a significant and landmark event on the national political calendar for [...]
Download the full State of the Nation Address delivered by President Jacob Zuma to the Joint Sitting of the Houses of Parliament (the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces) on Thursday 9 February 2012, here: State of the Nation Address 2012
Following this past week’s screening of the one-on-one interview which eventually transpired between the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) and ETV 3rd Degree present Deborah Patta, here is further set of thoughts and observations and analysis of the PR (public relations) and strategic communications lessons by ETHICORE’s Abdul Waheed Patel. Its content has been already been [...]
On the day that South Africa’s Official Opposition (the Democratic Alliance) announced its Shadow Cabinet, read our analysis and think-piece entitled “Opposition parties do make a legislative difference” published in the Business Day (1 February 2011), co-authored in collaboration with Business Unity South Africa’s Parliamentary Office. Read it here: http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=163850 Download the [...]
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