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/ 9 February 2006

Tax cuts may be on the cards

Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel is in a good position to cut both corporate and personal income tax, should he wish to do so, when he makes his 10th Budget speech on February 15, due to the tax overrun of almost R40-billion that the Treasury has accumulated.

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/ 9 February 2006

Nigeria scrambles to halt deadly bird flu

World veterinary experts on Wednesday raced to help Nigeria attempt to contain a bird-flu outbreak in the north of the country, as the arrival of the deadly H5N1 virus in Africa was confirmed. Its appearance on the world’s poorest continent has long been feared, given the potential for the disease to spread from infected birds to humans.

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/ 8 February 2006

IAEA decision on Iran ‘regrettable’

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) decision to send all its reports and resolutions on Iran to the United Nations Security Council was a ”regrettable turn of events”, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma told MPs on Wednesday during debate on President Thabo Mbeki’s State of the Nation address.

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/ 8 February 2006

Opposition parties slam ANC delivery

South African President Thabo Mbeki has himself been frank about the failure of his ruling-party-controlled municipalities to deliver services, Cape Town’s Democratic Alliance mayoral candidate Helen Zille said in Parliament on Wednesday as opposition parties commented on Mbeki’s State of the Nation address last week.