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/ 10 July 2007

On hubris and pan-Africanism

It had to be Ghana, didn’t it? Fifty years after that country won independence, and with it ushered in hopes for a united Africa, Accra played host this week to yet another debate about African unity. At least we can take heart that this latest confab focused on the form such unity should take, rather than whether it is necessary.

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/ 10 July 2007

‘1 001 crooked ways to stay in power’

Zimbabwe’s leading dissident cleric said African efforts to mediate an end to his country’s political crisis are a hopeful step and he urged the international community on Tuesday to support them. ”Let’s give it a try,” Pius Ncube, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo, told a news conference in Johannesburg.

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/ 9 July 2007

Govt: Italian business experience can help SA

The Italian experience of small and medium businesses will help South Africa in the 2010 Soccer World Cup and beyond, Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa said on Monday. ”Italy’s experience and culture of small, medium and family-owned businesses will help in the long term,” the minister said on the first day of the SA-Italy Business Forum.

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/ 9 July 2007

Steegmans wins Tour second stage

Belgian rider Geert Steegmans won the second stage of the Tour de France, a 168,5km run between Dunkirk in France and Ghent in Belgium, on Monday. The Quick Step cyclist prevailed in a bunch sprint marred by a mass pile-up that stopped a sizeable portion of the peloton in its tracks 3km from the finish.