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/ 14 December 2007
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=ancconference_home"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/321750/Icon_ANCconference.gif" align=left border=0></a>The countdown to the most fiercely contested battle in the ANC in more than 50 years has started. And the final stretch has been spiced up with dirty talk and mud-slinging in the bedroom. Shortly after the nomination conferences declared Jacob Zuma the frontrunner, the Thabo Mbeki lobbyists launched a campaign to demonstrate Zuma’s alleged moral bankruptcy.
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/ 14 December 2007
Nineteen sixty-eight was a vintage year, as was 1992. And, I confidently predict, 2008 will be one too. I am not speaking of fine bottles of Chateau Lafite but rather United States presidential politics. The campaign that will culminate on November 4 is already shaping up as a classic, replete with the requisite elements of a cracking contest.
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/ 14 December 2007
With the global equity bull market having run for four years, financial analysts started this year with a fairly pessimistic outlook. Warnings that investors should not expect the strong annual financial growth to continue abounded. But, as the year draws to an end, our local equity market has grown returns of more than 20%, global emerging markets more than 40% , writes Rejane Woodroffe.
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/ 14 December 2007
Suhail Abu al-Sameed looked calm, yet he was shaking inside. He was seated before a row of ulama, distinguished Islamic scholars, from Afghanistan to Yemen, at the International Consultation on Islam and HIV/Aids, organised by the charity, Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW), in Johannesburg last week.
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/ 14 December 2007
Traditionally regarded as a Western fad, regularly conducted opinion polls have acquired phenomenal significance in Kenya, as the top two presidential candidates — President Mwai Kibaki and his main opposition challenger Raila Odinga — head for what looks like a photo-finish in the election on December 27.
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/ 14 December 2007
Standard Bank’s BEE status hangs in the balance following its sale of a 20% stake to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. It might be forced to do a second BEE deal to keep black ownership at current levels. Should its black-owned shareholding drop to below 10%, it could be disqualified from claiming ownership points under the financial charter.
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/ 14 December 2007
More than a third of patients on HIV medication in sub-Saharan Africa die or discontinue their treatment within two years of starting it, a survey shows. The study found that many start taking antiretrovirals (ARVs) too late, while for some it is impractical to travel to distant clinics. The American researchers also found evidence that in cases where patients have to pay for ARVs, some stop treatment.
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/ 14 December 2007
The race to see who will emerge as MultiChoice’s main pay-TV competitor has claimed its first casualty, with e.tv sister company e.Sat announcing its partnership with the incumbent. e.Sat announced recently that its 24hour news channel will be part of the DStv bouquet.
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/ 14 December 2007
China’s capital has registered 973 new HIV/Aids cases so far this year, a jump of more than 50% from 2006, state media reported on Wednesday. “Incidents of the disease are still on the rise in Beijing and it is spreading from the high-risk groups of people to the general population,” Jin Dapeng, head of the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, was quoted as saying.
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/ 14 December 2007
ANC deputy president Jacob Zuma’s lobbyists have added North West speaker Thandi Modise to their list for the party’s top six positions in what appears to be a move to counter President Thabo Mbeki’s strategy on gender parity in the ANC’s succession battle. Key Zuma strategist and Fikile Mbalula confirmed that Modise was a candidate on the Zuma camp’s list for party deputy general secretary.