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/ 9 May 2007

ANC members urged to live healthy lifestyles

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) is urging its members to live a healthy lifestyle, which should include ”at least 30 minutes” of exercise a day. In a document released ahead of the December national conference, entitled Policy Discussion Documents, the ruling party devotes a section to ”healthy lifestyles”.

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/ 4 May 2007

Mbeki lauds high level of patriotism

The overwhelming majority of South Africans are proud to be South African and these people also believe in democracy, President Thabo Mbeki said on Friday. Addressing a summit of the National Council of Provinces, Mbeki noted that a recent survey conducted by Markinor and the University of Stellenbosch found that 95% of citizens were proud to be South Africans.

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/ 26 April 2007

Manuel reads riot act to SA councillors

Politicians running local governments across the country have been read the riot act by Finance Minster Trevor Manuel, who says that the argument about capacity constraints 13 years into democracy in South Africa is wearing thin. South Africa’s councillors have been urged to spend the available resources of local government wisely.

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/ 26 April 2007

Can Zille win the peace?

Helen Zille will win next weekend’s DA federal leadership election “hands down”, a prominent DA official has predicted. But she will need to have superwoman qualities to hold the party together once she dons the leadership mantle. The knives are out in the Western Cape, where provincial leader Theuns Botha and Zille were called in on Monday by outgoing leader Tony Leon.

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/ 23 April 2007

Leon: Mbeki staying as ANC head bad for SA

The prospect of President Thabo Mbeki staying on as African National Congress (ANC) head would harm the country, official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Tony Leon said on Monday. At a farewell meeting in Port Elizabeth the DA leader said an anointed presidential successor would become a ”puppet president owing his or her position to Mbeki”.