Group of Eight leaders meeting in Scotland next week are unlikely to agree on a ”Marshall Plan” for Africa that will see massive aid flow to the continent, South African Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel told French news agency AFP in an interview on Wednesday.
Blue tents with sunshine posters are starting to become a familiar sight in townships near South Africa’s major cities, inviting locals to come in for free HIV testing and counselling. A new programme is providing free, anonymous testing in poor areas on the outskirts of Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town.
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/ 17 November 2004
They call themselves Nelson Mandela Panel Beaters and Nelson Mandela Fine Art, but other than perhaps a shared admiration for South Africa’s greatest icon, the businesses have nothing to do with him. At 86, the world’s most respected statesman is fighting to keep his good name out of the shopping malls, advertising billboards and the world wide web without his specific approval.