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/ 22 December 2006
The African National Congress (ANC) and its alliance formations are themselves largely sidelined from policymaking, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has argued in its end-of-year report. Spokesperson Patrick Craven said in a statement issued on Thursday evening that political power resides in the Presidency.
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/ 22 December 2006
The Congress of South African Trade Unions says it hopes that a basic income grant will be adopted at the African National Congress (ANC) policy conference in June 2007. Spokesperson Patrick Craven said: "We closed the year encouraged by Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya’s support for a reform [the basic income grant] that Cosatu has been campaigning for."
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/ 21 December 2006
A 150-year old Australian public library has a new true-romance section after introducing speed-dating nights for lovers of classic texts. The state library of Victoria in Melbourne introduced dating with a literary twist after the idea was raised at a staff party.
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/ 21 December 2006
Raw fish and rice is not exactly the cuisine you would expect to find on every street corner in Paris, but sushi is becoming almost as commonplace in the city as France’s beloved steak and chips. The number of Japanese restaurants in Paris has jumped by about 30% in the last two years as the French turn away from cholesterol-laden fare in favour of healthier food and living.
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/ 21 December 2006
Four separate developments this year will set the course of corporate social investment in the year to come, if not after. Firstly, the biggest philanthropic event this year was undoubtedly the startling giveaway by the world’s second-richest man of 85% of his fortune.
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/ 19 December 2006
The African National Congress (ANC) government is undermining Parliament through its inability to respond to 177 written questions posed by the official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) during 2006, DA chief whip Douglas Gibson said on Tuesday. Gibson said four departments were responsible for 97 of the outstanding replies.
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/ 18 December 2006
The glue that has kept South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) together ”is fast becoming unstuck”, says Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi in his online letter on Monday. ”This may not be a bad thing for democracy — or for the ruling-party,” said Buthelezi.
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/ 18 December 2006
It’s hip. It’s innovative. It’s left audiences breathless. And it’s German. Brian Pendreigh meets the star of Run Lola Run.
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/ 18 December 2006
The ongoing disarray in the South African National Civics Organisation continued this week when the organisation’s national congress was disbanded with no agreement on how to take the paralysed civic movement forward. The congress, which was held at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, was preceded by violence on Tuesday.
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/ 15 December 2006
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) announced on Friday it will hold its national conference in March 2008, at which it will elect its new leaders. President Fikile Mbalula said this is to ensure that the current executive members have an influence on the outcome of the ANC elections, where a new president will be chosen during the ANC national conference in December 2007.