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Daily News Bulletin No: 167 Wednesday 15 June 2016 DIRCO News Highlights 15 J un 2016 11:14 Edition N° 1 Delivered by: DIRCO Centre for Early Warning DAILY NEWS BULLETIN NO: 167 Contact: WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 Contact us to obtain specific press Calender of Events (Please do not delete) articles Presidency; Cabinet Links: International Relations; Trade & Economic Internaltional Relations and Diplomacy Cooperation, Republic of South Africa Africa; African Union (AU) & Regional Economic Realtime news from Africa NewsBrief Communities (RECs) Provincial Government; Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs Media; Telecommunications & Postal Services; Science & Technology; Transport Politics & Elections Economic Development; Finance; Small Business Development; Trade & Industry; Mineral Recources; Energy; Public Enterprises Justice & Correctional Services; Police; Defence & Military Veterans; State Security Basic Education; Higher Education & Training Environmental Affairs; Water & Sanitation; Agriculture, Fishing & Forestry; Rural Development & Land Reform Health; Human Settlement; Social Development; Women, Children & Disabled Public Service & Administration; Labour; Home Affairs; Public Works Feature; Opinions; Analysis South African Market Statistics: (Please do not delete over weekends) Compiled by: Chief Compiler: Linda Vorster; Assistant Compiler: T Nkaletse; Approved by: E Ravhudzolo DAILY NEWS BULLETIN NO: 167 WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2016 Calender of Events (Please do not delete) CALENDER OF EVENTS 13 - 15 June - Human Rights Commission holds hearing on impact of protest related actions; 16 June - Youth Day (South Africa); 16 June - President Jacob Zuma addresses National Youth Day commemoration in Soweto; 21 - 22 June - Gauteng hosts Provincial Taxi Summit; 13 Jun 2016 Presidency; Cabinet Alliance not what it should be: Ramaphosa The structures of the tripartite alliance are not what they should be, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said in Cape Town on Thursday. "Except for during elections and in the build up to conferences, the alliance does not have a coherent and consistent programme of action," said Ramaphosa in a speech prepared for delivery at the Elijah Barayi memorial lecture in Salt River. Barayi was the first president of the Congress of SA Trade Unions launched after years of negotiations in Durban on November 30 1985. Ramaphosa, as secretary general of the National Union of Mineworkers at the time, was part of the negotiations which united unions under one federation for their launch rally at Kings Park in Durban on December 1 1985. At the time the apartheid government was cracking down on any form of mobilisation against it. 8:42:00 AM CEST http://www.news24.com/Elections/News/alliance-not-what-it-should-be-ramaphosa-20160614 Ramaphosa calls for fiercely independent trade movement Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa called for a rejuvenation of the labour movement within the governing alliance on Tuesday. “Nothing is more important than a strong, united, cohesive and progressive trade union movement,” Ramaphosa said at the Elijah Barayi Memorial Lecture, an event by the SA Congress of Trade Unions (Cosatu). “We must acknowledge that most of our structures have felt, in some way or other, the negative effects of political incumbency,” he said, referring to the 22 years that Cosatu has been operating within an ANC-led government. “Many have been weakened by factionalism as comrades compete against each other for positions and resources,” he said, calling on all within Cosatu “to work to restore the alliance”. 8:19:00 AM CEST http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Labour/News/ramaphosa-calls-for-fiercely-independent-trade-union-20160615 International Relations; Trade & Economic Diplomacy Brexit weighs on SA trade ties BLOOMBERG File picture: Waldo Swiegers Johannesburg - The UK’s possible exit from the EU could prompt a renegotiation of the recently signed EU-Southern African Development Community (SADC) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), Willemien Viljoen, a researcher at Trade Law Centre, said yesterday. iol 8:02:00 AM CEST http://classic.iol.co.za/business/news/brexit-weighs-on-sa-trade-ties-1.2034757 Africa; African Union (AU) & Regional Economic Communities (RECs) AU endorses extension of Darfur mandate The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council has endorsed a recommendation to extend the mandate of the AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), Sudan, for another 12 months until 30 June 2017. The United Nations’ top peace keeping official, Herve Ladsous, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations advised the UN Security Council to follow suit. Ladsous told the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday that, following a recent assessment of the situation in Darfur, from 1 July 2015 to 15 May 2015 which showed little progress, the mandate of the AU-UN should be extended for another year without changes to its priorities or its authorised troop and police ceiling. 10:23:00 AM CEST http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/12a767004d23e5b3bee6be830b7eb7b6/AU-endorses-extension-of-Darfur-mandate-20161506 Angola conference casts spotlight on African conflicts African leaders are worried at some pockets of conflicts in some parts of the continent. President Jacob Zuma said this at the end of the 6th International Conference on the Great Lakes Region in the Angolan capital Luanda. The meeting was called to discuss the security situation in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and the Central African Republic. It was also attended by at least five presidents from the region, including Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, Dennis Sassou Ngueso of Congo Brazaville, Uganda's Yoweri Museveni, Angola's Jose dos Santos and Joseph Kabila of the DRC. Another gathering of the countries of the Great Lakes Region was called to asses and evaluate the security concerns in the region. 10:25:00 AM CEST http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/b36c67804d239db594f3bc830b7eb7b6/Angola-conference-casts-spotlight-on-African-conflicts-20161506 Niger leader asks France to boost operations against Islamist militants President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger called on Tuesday for France to strengthen military operations against West African Islamist militants, including Boko Haram after its fighters carried out a deadly attack on a Nigerien town.France currently has some 3,500 troops spread across five countries - Chad, Mauritania, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso - in the region as part of a two-year-old operation to hunt down jihadists. Paris also assists West African states in the fight against the Nigeria-based Boko Haram with intelligence, logistics and training, but does not have combat troops directly involved. "We want ... a strengthening of this operation across the Sahel, including to address the threats we are facing today with Boko Haram," Issoufou told reporters after a meeting with French President François Hollande in Paris. 9:56:00 AM CEST http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2016/06/15/Niger-leader-asks-France-to-boost-operations-against-Islamist-militants Algerian troops kill 2 Islamist militants Algerian soldiers have killed two armed Islamists in an operation east of the capital, the defence ministry said on Tuesday. It said the two "terrorists" were killed on Monday in the Jijel area more than 300km from Algiers and added that guns, ammunition and improvised explosive devices were also found. The authorities in the North African country use the term "terrorists" to refer to Islamist militants. A brutal civil war in the 1990s between the government and Islamists claimed about 200 000 lives. Despite adopting a peace and reconciliation charter in 2005 aimed at turning the page on the conflict, armed groups remain active in central and eastern Algeria. 8:46:00 AM CEST http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/algerian-troops-kill-2-islamist-militants-20160614 Guinea-Bissau envoy: The country is 'practically paralysed' Guinea-Bissau is "practically paralysed" as a result of another political and institutional crisis that has led to a cut-off in international financial aid and is harming economic development, the West African nation's UN envoy said on Tuesday. Ambassador Joao Soares Da Gama told the UN Security Council that coordinated and continued strong international support "might help us get a solid solution to the persistent impasse." The latest crisis was sparked by President Jose Mario Vaz' appointment of a new prime minister by presidential decree on May 26, which led to a political stand-off with the ousted prime minister and the dismissed Cabinet. It also sparked a new case before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the presidential decree. 8:45:00 AM CEST http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/guinea-bissau-envoy-the-country-is-practically-paralysed-20160615 Provincial Government; Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs Western Cape land claimants appeal for legal help A group of elderly Western Cape land claimants say they need a lawyer urgently after the Drakenstein Municipality said it would not release the land they have set their hearts on. "We need a lawyer but the money is not here," said Patrick Kohli, chairperson of a trust formed by those directly affected and the descendants of people evicted from their original homes in Sakkieskamp, Wellington during apartheid. After waiting 20 years for the claim to be settled, their act of defiance was a low key DIY sod-turning ceremony last week. They have opted to find a peaceful solution, but Kohli says now it needs to be taken up a notch, with a lawyer prepared to fight for them in court. 8:35:00 AM CEST http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/western-cape-land-claimants-appeal-for-legal-help-20160614 Data reveal thousands of vacancies at municipalities Municipalities are limping with a staggering 41,303 vacancies, with six of the country’s metros being the worst affected. This is according to Statistics SA (Stats SA) data from its nonfinancial municipal census, which was released last week. While the 2015 figures for vacant posts is a decrease from 44,869 vacant posts in 2014, the vacancy numbers at some municipalities amounts to thousands. Metros are given considerable financial independence and capacity to service large populations in cities, making their high vacancy numbers more concerning.
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