Norway’s Prime Minister Stoltenberg honours Amundsen

“Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman are each in their own right worthy winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. The Government welcomes the award of this year’s prize to these three women. It is recognition of women’s non-violent efforts to promote peace and democracy,” said Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

A paint-maker in South Africa left behind his or her grindstone, stirring stick, tiny mixing bowl and other tools in a cave – for 100,000 years. These groundbreaking findings are a result of a project partly funded by the South Africa - Norway Programme for Research Co-operation.

The Market Theatre in association with Dance Forum invites South African dance fans to join them for two FREE performances of a new work created by the Norwegian playwright, director and choreographer, Jo Strømgren which will be presented on 24 and 25 October at the Sneddon Theatre, Durban and on 4 and 5 November at the Market Theatre, Johannesburg.

Grassroots mobilisation in the run-up to the Durban climate change summit was the order of the day when Norway's Minister for Development Erik Solheim met Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) in South Africa last week.