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/ 18 October 2002

A fighter for Zimbabwe

The career of former Rhodesian prime minister Sir Garfield Todd who died on Sunday, aged 94, spanned half a century of dramatic change in Central Africa. Todd, who was described variously as a flamboyant autocrat, a dangerous liberal and the nation’s conscience.

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/ 18 October 2002

SA seeks billions for mining reform

The IDC has been in touch with the World Bank and IMF over the funding of black empowerment in South Africa’s mining industry. The move is likely to prove controversial within the ruling alliance, many of whose members accuse the bank and IMF of undermining Third World development.

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/ 18 October 2002

Helping hands

Jim Tukane wears a warm smile as he stands in his wheat field with the ripening ears reaching up beyond his belly. His battered old tractor groans into sight. "The tractor must rest for 15 minutes at the end of each row and drink five litres of water," he says.

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/ 18 October 2002

Fiscal sacrifice

One might think from the hullabaloo around the maize deal announced by the government last week that the problems of rising staple food prices have been solved at a stroke. This is very far from true — indeed some commentators see the announcement as little more than a public relations exercise.