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/ 1 December 2006
South Africa’s budget deficit for October 2006 was recorded at R3,3-billion compared with a small surplus of R384-million in October 2005, indicating the government is on track to meet its projected budget deficit of R7,8-billion. The cumulative deficit for the year is R7,2 billion compared with a cumulative deficit of R13-billion in October last year, National Treasury’s statistics show.
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/ 1 December 2006
A new photography exhibition documents the lives of cross-border traders, writes Brenton Maart.
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/ 1 December 2006
Pakistan won the third and final Test against the West Indies by 199 runs after leg-spinner Danish Kaneria and pace bowler Abdul Razzaq took the last four wickets for 17 runs after tea on Friday. West Indies, set an improbable victory target of 444, were dismissed for 244 in 76 overs with Kaneria (3-69) and Razzaq (2-23) cleaning up the lower order in 69 balls.
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/ 1 December 2006
Pope Benedict XVI left Turkey on Friday after a momentous visit in which he reached out to Muslims and Orthodox Christians. Coming a mere 10 weeks after the leader of the world’s 1,1-billion Catholics outraged Muslims by appearing to equate Islam with violence, the four-day trip — Pope Benedict’s first to a Muslim country — turned into a fence-mending mission.
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/ 1 December 2006
Helsingborg striker Henrik Larsson is to join Manchester United on loan, the Swedish club’s chairperson Sten-Inge Fredrin said on Friday. Larsson (35), who won the Champions League with Barcelona in May, will play for the English Premier League leaders from January 1 to March 12, the local daily Helsingborgs Dagblad reported.
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/ 1 December 2006
Opposition parties have renewed their calls for police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi’s dismissal after further allegations were made against him on Friday. ”If the latest allegations against … Selebi prove to be true, then [Safety and Security] Minister Charles Nqakula has no option but to fire him,” the Democratic Alliance’s Dianne Kohler-Barnard said.
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/ 1 December 2006
Africa must develop its own business and industry to protect itself in the face of commodity price volatility and commercial aggression on the global arena, the visiting French prime minister warned. Speaking at Wits University on Friday, Dominique de Villepin further warned that if Africa did not succeed in defending its interests, it might see its wealth in raw materials backfire.
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/ 1 December 2006
President Thabo Mbeki has warned against people who use the African National Congress (ANC) as a stepladder to reach positions of power, instead of serving the people of South Africa. Speaking at the Eastern Cape ANC’s three-yearly conference in Alice, he said it has become very fashionable to be a member of the party ”and even more fashionable to be a leader of the ANC”.
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The South African government unveiled plans on Friday to reduce the number of people being infected with HIV by 50% within the next five years. A new action plan launched by Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka also contains target pledges to provide care for 80% of the population.
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/ 1 December 2006
A mixture of lazy communications strategies, the perception that they have a great story to tell and the vanity of some corporate chief executives means good money for magazine publishers willing to convey the message corporations seem desperate to communicate.