AU Summit

Brand South Africa CEO, Kingsley Makhubela, shares his thoughts on leadership from former African National Congress (ANC) leader, Oliver Reginald (OR) Tambo, who passed...

The promised pan-African passport was launched and the financing of the African Union (AU) was among the many issues discussed by heads of state...

Access to affordable funding was seen as critical for the empowerment of women in the agriculture sector. A call was also made at the African Union summit session for African groups to fund African initiatives.

The African Union has agreed on a multinational force to counter the growing threat of Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin. It also agreed that financial and material resources be provided for the force. Deliberations will continue at the mid-year AU assembly in Johannesburg.

The African Union is to contribute US$50-million to the International Mission of Support in Mali (MISMA), Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore, the AU's mediator on the Mali crisis, announced on Monday.

Despite the progress made in combating HIV/Aids, the world could not now afford to become complacent; decisive action, underpinned by global solidarity, was needed to turn the tide on the epidemic, South African Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe told the Aids 2012 conference in Washington, DC on Sunday.

South Africa's Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, the newly elected chairperson of the African Union Commission, has undertaken to set a new agenda for the continent, while also pledging to build on the gains of her predecessors.

African countries should not underestimate the task of ensuring that an African Free Trade Area gets off the ground, AU Commission director of trade and industry Treasure Maphanga said as the African Union's 19th summit opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Monday.

South Africa is fully committed to the Square Kilometre Array project, and has done considerable work in support of its bid to host the world's most powerful radio telescope, Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor tells a SKA meeting in Canada.

China is cementing its status as one of the biggest investors in Southern Africa with various projects in Malawi, including the financing of a university and five-star hotel.
• South Africa-China trade ties to strengthen