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Press Review, Economy
24. March 2009
JSE open to Zimbabwe firms
FIRMS listed in Zimbabwe may now have an opportunity to raise foreign capital through listing on the Pan African Board, a segment of the Johannesburg Securities Exchange, the Herald in Zimbabwe...
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20. March 2009
US medical institute and UKZN set up centre to research TB, HIV
A PARTNERSHIP between the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) in the US and the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) will establish an international research centre focused on contributing to the...
|+| [more]South Africa, Press Review
20. March 2009
Newly renovated Mandela home opened as museum
The former family home of the first democratically-elected South African President Nelson Mandela in Orlando West, Soweto has been renovated and opened as a museum on Thursday. The house, number 8115...
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20. March 2009
President Declares April 22 a Public Holiday
President Kgalema Motlanthe on Thursday declared April 22 a public holiday. This is the day on which the country goes to the polls in a general election. "The declaration was made in...
|+| [more]FIFA World Cup 2010, Press Review
20. March 2009
Mbete Urges South Africans to Buy 2010 Tickets
Deputy President Baleka Mbete on Thursday urged South Africans and Africans to buy tickets for the upcoming Confederations Cup and 2010 World Cup. Mbete was speaking after an inter-ministerial...
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19. March 2009
Industrial zone signs up to sell biodiesel to Germany
THE East London Industrial Development Zone (Elidz) had secured a long-term contract to export between 70% and 90% of the output from a planned 400000-ton -a-year biodiesel plant in the Eastern Cape...
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19. March 2009
Inflation pushes up Gautrain costs by R300m
THE cost of the Gautrain Rapid Rail Link has shot up by R300m because of a spike in the country’s inflation in the past couple of years, says the Gauteng Management Agency, which is tasked with...
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