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Chad’s president has threatened to expel energy giants Chevron and Petronas, two of the three consortium partners in a World Bank-backed project that was meant to serve as a model for oil extraction in Africa. Idriss Déby accused the United States and Malaysian companies of failing to pay R3,2-billion in taxes and told them to make plans to leave the country.
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As Europe seeks to reduce dependence on the unstable Middle East’s oil reserves, it is not only looking to continents such as Africa or Latin America, but also to its own soil to ensure supplies. Several companies are investigating the possibilities of starting or increasing oil production in Spain, an insignificant producer so far.
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South Africa is in a strange situation with regard to the supply of petroleum fuels. Sasol produces about 23% of the country’s requirements at, what seems to be, a considerably lower cost than the other refineries — yet it is required by law to sell its products at prices as if the stuff was being imported from international refineries.
In a twist to the oft-told tale of humans encroaching on the wild habitats of Africa, dozens of exotic animals have made a middle-class Gauteng suburb their permanent address. ”Don’t mind the mess,” says Debbie Mills as she unlocks the front gates to reveal a cage-lined driveway where monkeys play with snacks of sugary cereal and fruit cocktail.
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Public interest ”demands” that former deputy president Jacob Zuma is not granted a permanent stay of prosecution, the state argued in heads of argument filed in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Thursday. The state said: ”We submit that there is a compelling public interest in ensuring that the guilt or innocence of the accused is judicially determined after a full and open hearing.”
Proposed changes to the Films and Publications Act could leave the Constitution ”in tatters”, media representatives told the government on Thursday. The two sides met in Cape Town for what they said afterwards was a ”frank and comprehensive” discussion on the amendments, which were approved by Cabinet last week.
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and Sentech, a wireless broadband internet service provider, have embarked on a joint television subscription venture to provide interactive services to audiences in South Africa, the companies said on Thursday.
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) expressed dismay on Thursday at allegations by a vagrant about the death of mining magnate Brett Kebble. ”The allegations that the killers are known to the ANCYL and its leadership are at best ridiculous, at worst malicious, and are nothing else but flagrant fabrication,” ANCYL said in a statement.