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/ 21 February 2007
Whoever is head of state and president of South Africa in 2009/10 will receive an estimated income of R1,3-million a year, according to the estimates of national expenditure released on Wednesday. President Thabo Mbeki received remuneration of R1,18-million in the 2006/07 financial year.
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/ 19 February 2007
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel should provide a social democratic budget on Wednesday aimed at the comprehensive upliftment of the poor, says Independent Democrats finance spokesperson Avril Harding. Harding said on Monday that a key element should be the reducing of the state pension age to 60 for both men and women.
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/ 9 February 2007
A Markinor poll of 3Â 500 South Africans has found that nearly three out of every four South Africans are happy with President Thabo Mbeki’s performance and more than three out of five agreed that he could be trusted to do what was best for South Africa.
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/ 8 February 2007
Jacob Maroga, currently managing director of Eskom’s transmission division, has been appointed chief executive officer designate. A date for the handover will be announced later. Maroga will replace Thulani Gcabashe, who has served two terms as chief executive.
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/ 2 February 2007
The recent African Union summit confirmed that the African continent remains united "in its determination" to pursue the objectives fundamental to the African renaissance, including accelerating socio-economic development, South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Friday.
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/ 1 February 2007
Spending on sustenance and travel by departmental officials for 22 government departments jumped by about R500-million, or 44%, in 2005/06 to R1,6-billion, compared with the previous year’s R1,1-billion, according to replies from ministers to the official opposition.
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/ 30 January 2007
The South African government was talking about years "not months" in considering an initial public offering (IPO) on South African Airways, Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin told parliamentarians on Tuesday. Erwin said that while the government supported in principle raising capital from the market, it did not wish to enter a long public debate.
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/ 19 January 2007
South Africa’s Parliament must reassert its constitutional role as the true representative of the people and do its constitutionally entrenched function of framing, debating and passing laws and offering a check on executive power, says official opposition leader Tony Leon.
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/ 18 January 2007
The Independent Democrats (ID) named its top team for the City of Cape Town after it opted this week to be part of the seven-party coalition, led by the Democratic Alliance (DA), which runs the city. At a press conference at Parliament on Thursday, it was announced that the party’s candidate for deputy mayor, to serve as number two to DA mayor Helen Zille, is Charlotte Williams.
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/ 18 January 2007
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aziz Pahad’s excuses for why South Africa voted against a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning human rights abuses in Burma ”are dismal”, says official opposition Democratic Alliance foreign affairs spokesperson Douglas Gibson.