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/ 18 January 2008

Mbeki meets Mugabe on mediation mission

South African President Thabo Mbeki met his Zimbabwean counterpart on Thursday after local media reports that he was stepping in to break a deadlock in talks aimed at ending Zimbabwe’s political and economic crises. Mbeki met with Robert Mugabe at a hotel for four hours and also met with members of the political opposition.

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/ 18 January 2008

Mokoena’s task: Keep it simple

Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira’s tinkering in the two warm-up matches before the team leaves on Saturday for the African Cup of Nations in Ghana has raised eyebrows. How will captain Aaron Mokoena cope with his shift in position from central defence into a holding midfield role once the opposition become more serious about attacking Bafana?

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/ 18 January 2008

A champion of children

Abused girls in Zimbabwe have a new heroine. She might not wear a cape or have a signature martial arts move, but this woman has saved numerous girls from terrible circumstances and created a better life for them. Children’s rights activist Betty Makoni, the founding director of the Girl Child Network Trust, is Zimbabwe’s own Superwoman.

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/ 18 January 2008

Bread producers raise ‘middle finger’

Bread producers are allegedly continuing to collude on price-setting even though an investigation is ongoing and there is a political row heating up on the most recent cost hikes. The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> understands that Foodcorp contacted Tiger Brands less than a month ago to find out when it would be raising its bread prices.

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/ 18 January 2008

What we should be asking Eskom

The past week was particularly bad for business and consumers who experienced repeated power cuts across the country. Gautrain’s head offices in Johannesburg, where one of the country’s biggest infrastructure projects is being planned, experienced three power cuts on Monday between 8am and 8pm, writes Jocelyn Newmarch.