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/ 2 September 2002

How summit march road was cleared

Massive pressure from the political Left and behind-the-scenes intervention by, among others, trade union leader Zwelinzima Vavi and the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) this week persuaded the government to reverse its hard-line stance on street protests at the World Summit.

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/ 2 September 2002

Cost recovery is not sustainable

Since coming to office in 1994, the South African government claims to have provided seven million additional people with access to clean, running water and 3,5-million people with access to electricity. While impressive, these figures have been challenged on a number of fronts.

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/ 2 September 2002

Gas leak threatens central Europe

Fear of environmental pollution in central Europe was growing this week as it became clear that the recent flooding had caused large amounts of chlorine gas to leak in the Czech Republic. The Spolana chemicals plant on the river Elbe was the site of what an official described as ”a mini Chernobyl”.