African Union chief Jean Ping told those at the conference that the money is coming at an opportune time, because African growth was "totally compromised" by the global financial crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

"People have been demonstrating these sets for a long time. But the reason it is coming out now is because of a new standard for Blu-ray players that can show movies in 3D."

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

"The volunteer is actually the face of South Africa to anyone who will be coming here for first time, even those that will be coming here for the second or third time who actually don't know our venue well.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26