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/ 16 September 2006
There is a tendency in South Africa to think that the future is dependent on what happens in the political domain. We debate the prospects of long-term political stability and economic growth as a question of the future of the tripartite alliance, economic policy and globalisation. This is all very important. Yet it draws attention away from an area of South African society that may be equally important.
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/ 16 September 2006
French President Jacques Chirac was on Wednesday accused of appointing a close ally to one of the country’s top judicial posts to dodge corruption charges when his presidential immunity ends next year. Chirac has been dogged by corruption scandals dating from his time as mayor of Paris between 1977 and 1995.
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/ 16 September 2006
Not many people at Nato’s Brussels headquarters are likely to laugh these days at the old joke that the acronym for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation actually stands for Now Almost Totally Obsolete. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Nato’s Secretary General, sees Afghanistan as a test of the alliance’s credibility.
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/ 15 September 2006
Opposition MPs have expressed outrage at the final list of nominations for independent communications authority Icasa’s council, which has been passed by the National Assembly. The list contains the names of two current department of communication officials and past councillor Mamodupi Mohlala.
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/ 15 September 2006
South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Friday, in his weekly online newsletter ANC Today, that the upcoming Congress of South African Trade Unions’ (Cosatu) national congress would ”further strengthen the long-standing bonds” between the African National Congress (ANC) and Cosatu. ”As before, the ANC will await with great expectation the results of this important congress,” he said.
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/ 15 September 2006
The South African Congress of Trade Unions (Satawu) re-elected Ezrom Mabyana as its president on Friday. June Dube was re-elected first deputy president and Randall Howard the general secretary on the last day of the union’s second national congress in Boksburg.
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/ 15 September 2006
Locusts have invaded farms in Nigeria, destroying crops as farmers prepare for harvest, officials said on Friday. Diyos Auta, state agriculture commissioner for Taraba, in the centre of the country, said the locusts had destroyed 50 000ha of crops in the past week.
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/ 15 September 2006
South Africa, currently ranked the fourth largest ”new world” wine producer, has seen its exports increase steadily between 2001 and 2005, rising from 177,3-million litres to 281,1-million litres last year, says Tai Collard, managing director of Cape-based direct wine marketer, Wine of the Month Club.
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/ 15 September 2006
The government should create jobs and provide education and skills development if it is serious about fighting crime, the South African Prisoners’ Organisation for Human Rights (Sapohr) said on Friday. ”The government has a tendency of panicking and looking for a non-existent quick-fix for crime,” said Sapohr president Golden Miles Bhudu.
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/ 15 September 2006
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said on Friday his Premier League leaders would not underestimate Arsenal when they face their old foes at Old Trafford on Sunday. United have enjoyed their best start to a Premier League season with four wins from four, while a misfiring Arsenal lie 17th after taking just two points from their three games.